Cheating.

Yesterday was more of a cheat day more than a meal. 

Breakfast was pretty good - cantaloupe, strawberry and kiwi with a pecan turtle coffee (with chocolate milk and a bit of sugar like literally 1/4 of a teaspoon). For lunch I had carrots, celery and cauliflower in hummus and dill dip. Dinner, 1 piece of my low carb lasagna (my last leftover piece), Greek salad and Cesar salad (both homemade) and a slice of garlic bread. Now you might ask - where's the cheat? 

Here's the cheat (and the thought process that went along with it): MAG'S COMING OVER!! 

Mag and I have been best friends since kindergarten. That's roughly 25 years ago. She is my everything. She also lives a few streets down from my parents. She's one of those friends that you called so often as a kid, her house phone is lodged in your brain. There's no way I could ever forget her number. When the bus wouldn't come we would just walk home. When I was unemployed and she wasn't working on some days she would drag me out of bed for a walk. I wanted to walk but at 8 am when you didn't have work or school? Omg Mag.. and we would walk like 2 hours. On a sunny day, on a HOT day, rainy, snowy it didn't matter we would walk and talk. 

Then I moved out. We would seldom see each other at parties and that was pretty much it. Dinners came around once every few months or we would see a movie. It was like we were dating and then started "seeing other people". We like lost touch or something. This weekend I've been at my parents ALL WEEKEND and so I texted Mag asking if she had plans on Sunday. She did. I wasn't surprised. But! She came over in the evening and we watched Riverdale! We talked so much only had time for (2) episodes. 

I could go on and on but let's get back to the point - when you see someone you haven't in so long it's like a celebration. Obviously a happy one so you want to enjoy yourself and not hold back. Yes I had wine with my dinner and then I continued to drink when Mag came. She home made rum balls. I brought downstairs my hummus, beer crackers, smoky BBQ chips and then later we had leftover ice cream cake. 

Oh and before I forget I had like (5) spring rolls for my appetizer prior to dinner. I wish Jack (he's my boyfriend) came over. He would have ate them all before me so I wouldn't have had a chance to have so many cheats. Haha! 

After all those salty and sweet treats I'm literally chugging back the water as my breakfast. Or shall I say pre breakfast. Cheat snacks are great and all but very short lived. I would rather have an apple and a protein bar or almond butter. And not have my mouth feeling dry and gross. I want to treat my mouth, stomach and over all body with good and whole foods. I'm almost contemplating on meal prepping this week even though I'm off. 

I'm not sure if I mentioned but I took this week off to relax. Focus on me. Treat myself to a spa day. Do what I want. I am doing zero chores. Going to catch up on my Focus T 25, writing in my journal (here),  watching my shows, visiting my parents and taking care of some errands. Stay tuned.