Day Three Hundred and Twelve - Don't Get Overconfident

Does anyone else out there ever wonder why it is so easy to fail as you are approaching the end of a journey?  I don't know why, but I've been making some stupid decisions in regards to the food I put in my body.  For some reason I have been falling short when tempted to eat things that I've gone ten months avoiding.  I think it may be an overconfidence thing.  I think I may (subconsciously) think that since I workout in the morning, and then run at night I can eat whatever I want.  The frustrating thing is that I know this isn't true.  I know these last two months will be as much a mental game as they are physical.  I can't allow myself to believe that I can go back to how I used to eat.  In order for me to drop the rest of this weight, I have to stick to the processes that have brought me this far.

Since I did so terrible this afternoon (ice cream, candy, chips), I knew I needed a low calorie meal for dinner.  I picked up some chicken tenderloins from Walmart (Marketplace brand has hormone free, antibiotic free, cage free chicken) while I was out buying diapers for my little stinky pants.  I simply seasoned them and then pan-cooked them on the stove.  The seasoning was from back home in Kentucky.  It's a brand of BBQ chips (Grippos) that I really like, so I bought a bottle of their dry rub.  It's got a spicy, almost smoked chipotle taste.  I rarely use it, but thought it'd be perfect on my chicken tonight.  I know the picture almost looks like it's breaded chicken, but it is just the seasoning.  The meal was delicious, and Bekah liked it too.  I know this is the type of food I need to stick with if I'm going to get down to two hundred pounds.  I need to have an excellent week to be down at my weigh in this Thursday.  I will keep moving forward and lose my butter half.

My calories today weren't my best.  I had too much snack food, and chose unhealthy snacks.  I got a full workout in this morning, but I didn't run again tonight.  I have to run these next few evenings.