A win, a possible fail, and a NSV

So first for the win, yesterday I didn't plan as well as I should have - or rather my plan didn't work out as expected.  I ate the breakfast, lunch and dinner that I planned but for dinner it was pork tenderloin, a slice of wholegrain bread, salad and 2 tsp salad dressing.  Unfortunately, the salad ingredients were mostly lettuce, and other light, non-filling veggies.  Both Jussi and I agreed that dinner was a little too light - in fact, I was still hungry after eating it, waiting, and drinking water and ended up eating so more lettuce, plain, just to fill up.  As a result - we were both in a major snacking mood!  We cleaned, drank tea, and found ways to fill the time until bedtime, and both went to be a little hungry, in order to avoid the snacking.  We didn't give in, and it was nice to have the support of someone else in the same situation as I was, at the same time.  It made the difference for me between success and in the past when I have had failure in the same situation.  Not having him snacking while I was hungry helped me to overcome the urge.

For a fail - today was a bit of a rough day.  Stress, people being grumpy at work, a cold and me failing at realizing what day of the week of it means I missed a meeting I wanted to be at and generally feeling like I failed at adulting today.  Dinner was a better success since I replace the bread with brown rice, and the salad with steamed veggie mix so I felt fuller.  Unfortunately, when I realized my scheduling mistake (too late to do anything about it), I took it hard and turned to my old friend diet coke.  To be fair, I have literally only had about 4 sips out of the glass (and I do mean sips), and noticed its caused a bit of euphoria.  I don't know if that's from allowing myself the comfort of a food based friend, and thus a psychological reaction, or a reaction to the aspartame because artificial sweeteners, despite being well studied, may or may not have side effects.  I consulted dr. google, but found nothing evidence based, then moved onto google scholar, and found nothing conclusive, so I'm undecided if I should finish the yummy glassful sitting beside me.  I'm working mostly on water until I decide.  If I don't decide by bedtime (in 40 mins) then I will make myself throw it out.

For the NSV (or non-scale victory) today, I needed a hole one size smaller on my belt than normal.  Which, is awesome.  I know which way the scale is heading and its positive, I have actually stepped on it and know some early numbers but I will save that for the big reveal on Friday, aka weigh days,  Friday nights, we have pre-decided, is date night, which also means cheat meal night. 

So far, this plan is meaning Jussi and I actually spend more time talking to one another (over dinner, sans TV), and are actually reconnecting.  I hope this continues, especially since now it looks like grocery days are moving to Thursday so Friday we can actually focus on one another.