Day 25-Part2: Lions and Tigers and Beers, Oh my!

Well not really beers, but I did have one beer to count towards my indulgence.  One light beer after I finished the warrior race.  I did read what Patrick said about beer and its potential effects on the body and I decided it would be worth potentially feeling really bad, so I had a beer.  Plus, I had just got done running the warrior dash and well fell victim to their motto, "warrior, sweat and beer!"  So I had one light beer and I didn't feel bad, it actually tasted so great and I really enjoyed every sip.  Hours later, I still felt fine and the day after that, and the next day after that, just fine, so I guess this time, one beer did not effect me adversely.

But we were allowed 200-400 calories for the indulgence and I had only used 100...so I knew that I either wanted Chic-fil-A waffle fries or a DQ vanilla ice cream cone dipped in chocolate.  So we left the warrior dash in search of a Dairy Queen because 1. I felt like I wanted a true indulgence and 2. I still had the calorie allotment.  With still a good amount of daylight left, we found a DQ and I got a small cone with vanilla ice cream dipped in chocolate.  Oh soooo good.  So very good.  And I felt just fine after that as well.  I felt complete, satisfied that I got to indulge and I stayed within the calorie allotment!  Whoo-hoo.  Little did I know, I had set myself up for failure.

When we finally got home from the day's events, it was just a bit before dinner time.  I was already to get started on creating my PCP supper, but then I sat down and somehow, there were goldfish crackers nearby.  I did not have the PCP discipline and I indulged once more.  I now went over the indulgence caloric allotment, for no good reason at all other than I felt munchy.  I mean true that I had exerted myself more physically than I had in a long while, but that's not a good reason to eat it.  While they did taste good, they didn't taste great.  I wish I had stopped at the ice cream, but I didn't and now time to learn from it.

When eating non-PCP approved stuff, it's hard for me to actually feel full and I start to feel munchy and my brain was like, "dude, eat more stuff."  Unfortunately, I didn't eat the right stuff.  I didn't truly over do it, but I did have more indulgence calories than allotted.  Guess I wasn't ready for the freedom - so it's back on the PCP diet for me.  Cookie Monster 1, Fish 0.  Until the next indulgence "challenge"...