Day 4 Snacking Safely

Snacking saved my life yesterday. Lest that sound too dramatic, let me explain. Snacking in the car saved my weight and food plan for the day.

It was a very long day. I left school immediately and headed to a doctor's appointment. After that, I ran errands and eventually finished up with grocery shopping. I loaded the heavy bags of food into the back of the car. I got in to the front seat. I buckled myself in. I thought to myself, "If I do not get something to eat immediately, I am going to eat the door handle...and then I am going to start tearing through those blasted bags in the back of the car." I thought for a minute. I took my seat belt back off...opened the car door...hopped out...popped the trunk...and started pawing through the bags. I was looking for some sort of protein which would give me energy and would keep me on track. I found a healthy snack...pecans and a piece of swiss cheese.

I know it sounds weird that I managed to dig pecans and swiss cheese out of the back of my car. I know those foods are not as neat and easy as a protein bar and a bottle of water or an apple, neatly cut up into a ziplock bag. I was fresh out of protein bars and bottled water. I had failed to cut up apples and seal them neatly in a bag. I failed to be prepared like Martha Stewart. And yet...I succeeded. I stayed way below my calorie limit. I ate healthy food. I did not eat the door handle. I remembered to keep snacks in the car.