Bananas in Pajamas

Ok, confession. I have trouble with snacking. Patrick was at work last night until 10:00 pm (yeah, I know, right?!?!?!). My class let out early so I got home around 7:00. Assuming he was at the gym, I pulled out the chicken breasts we were going to have for dinner and sat down to work on some homework (and maybe some wedding thank you notes--don't tell my mom that I am STILL working on them) while they thawed. Around 8 when I hadn't heard from him, I started to wonder if he was ever coming home...and more importantly, if I was ever going to get to eat dinner. I decided to start making our salads and prepare our lunches for the next day. So during commercial breaks of "Biggest Loser", I would hop up and chop some veggies and then run back in to watch the show and continue with my work. During all this time, I kept thinking that the last thing I ate was at 5:30 and it was 4 strawberries. By 8:30, I was pretty hungry and by 9:00 when he still wasn't home and I had no e.t.a., I was ravenous moving around my kitchen like those little velociraptors from the original "Jurassic Park" searching for something I could eat and not feel guilty about--and would not add any calories to my day. I tried a mushroom. Not satisfying. I tried some green pepper slices. Nothing. I tried drinking a glass of water. Yeah right. I tried to distract myself by cleaning up my room and putting on my pajamas. At this point, the chicken was on the George Foreman and my kitchen may as well have been a gourmet restaurant because it smelled like heaven in there. At long last, when I knew he would not be home until 10:00, I decided that I should eat a banana. Ok, so it's going to add a few calories to my day but will a banana make me fat? I don't think so. When the evenings are tough and the snack monster attacks, don't be afraid to add a few calories with something nutritious to satisfy your hunger so you don't deprive your body. Your metabolism needs some assistance and it needs fuel to keep going when you are at rest. Lesson: Don't starve yourself to avoid calories.

This morning, Patrick and I got up and did a kettlebell workout. What a great way to start our day. Plus, since we belong to different gyms, it's a rare pleasure when we get to workout together.

Keep it up guys--you're doing great!