Sidetracked Celebration

Yesterday was my birthday. Unfortunately I had to work, but my co-workers made my day special by being so generous and thoughtful! Several people got me gifts and cards and they secretly pitched in to buy pizza for the celebrating! I LOVE pizza!! And I TOTALLY forgot that I was trying to be healthier until I was licking the dusted Parmesan off my fingers after my third piece of pizza. Oops. Then I thought, "It's my birthday. Today is special. Don't worry about it." So I ate 2 truffles and went back to work.

I came home to my wonderful husband and he took me out to eat at one of our favorite spots, Katie Downs. We love going to share a pizza and a salad. Even though I ate 3 pieces earlier, I still wanted to continue our tradition by ordering a pizza and a veggie salad.

Not many people party at Katie Downs at 9:00 pm on a Sunday evening.

The salad was fresh, which helped with the super rich pizza we ordered. I ate 2 pieces of the pizza and was done. My stomach shut down for the evening, grumbling in protest about how badly I had treated it through the day.

I feel like days like this are when I give up. Thoughts of "you messed up already, why keep trying?" and "you messed up, so might as well go big and REALLY mess up...make it worthwhile" keep tempting me to stop. And yeah, I may have done a doozy on my goals, but it's a new day, right? I can't totally give up on things I love eating, I just have to eat smaller portions and splurge on occasion.

So what changes today? Well, there is still celebrating to be done, but it can be healthy too, right? My mom treated me to lunch at one of our favorite little cafe's in south Puyallup called Oasis. We shared 2 healthy, perfectly portioned sandwiches. Yum!

Also, I have this thing at work called "Healthy at Work." You have to earn 100 points over the year to earn a 50% discount on health insurance. I signed up for the first 8 week challenge to walk 5,000 steps a day. I borrowed my mom's pedometer and will tally how many steps I am at whenever I post. I am really interested to see how many steps I take at work! Any guesses?

Now for three days off to relax and celebrate...in moderation ;)

Buddy wanted to wish me a happy birthday as well!