Good morning!! I hope everyone is having a decent week so far.
So I'm so pissed at myself right now. Here is the situation....bad habits are hard to break!!! I mean seriously I will eat healthy all day...and then after dinner I just "gotta have" a sugary treat. For example, yesterday I actually ate a real breakfast...it was hard, but I made it happen. Lunch was roast beef and broccoli. It was feeling and delicious. Dinner was a small baked potato topped with grilled shrimp, broccoli, low fat cheese and a drizzle of sour cream. Filled me up. Did that stop me...Hell nah...I had two (2) chocolate chip cookies. Ugh!!!!!
I know it is so stupid!!! Sweets are my weakness. I try to keep them out of the house. Unfortunately, I'm not the only person who goes to the grocery store. My will power is shot to hell. I mean I feel like Hannibal Lecter (sp?) at a nudist beach...food everywhere.
I did manage to exercise 3 days in a row. Now if only I could get help with my eating.
Oh yeah...lets add in the fact that I feel a need to graze throughout the day. I don't think it has anything to do with hunger. I swear I think I do it for entertainment.
OK...now you know why I'm pissed at myself and seriously thinking of grounding me. LOL
5 comments:
ah, hun, don't be so hard on yourself. If all you had to do was flip a switch to fix yourself you never would have needed the surgery. You can't fix it over night, and two cookies are not the end of the world. You are doing a lot better than you give yourself credit for. You acknowledge the behavior you are displeased with, which is the first step. And on top of that you are eating relatively healthily, and you are working out! Hang in there! (((hugs)))
After dinner eating is an issue for a lot of us. I think it makes sense because our energy is waning at that time of day and our body starts looking for a pick-me-up. Probably what we really need is to go to sleep!
I would suggest a couple of things. #1 - Brush your teeth after dinner. This is a signal that you're done eating for the day. OR #2 - Do a calorie budget and save 100 calories or so for a sweet after dinner. Keep appropriate items on-hand.
Either way, don't beat yourself up. A couple of cookies in an otherwise clean diet isn't going to make or break your weight loss.
If you tell yourself no sugar, then you'll crave it and be in trouble. If you tell yourself, on the other hand, that 2 cookies is ok, you might be surprised to find that you don't "need" them everyday. I have found giving myself permission for some things - and planning accordingly - helps. And there are some not bad sugar options out there. One of the things I love love love is a dollop of creamy vanilla yogurt with a tbsp of almond granola on top. It's the perfect little sweet and not bad, in total. A little protein, a little fiber, no fat. There are some "wise" options out there, if you look. You are doing so well - give yourself some credit for that. Two cookies won't kill your efforts. At one stage in my game, two cookies were actually necessary, according to my daily plan, to get an appropriate number of calories. And they do serve a purpose late in the day...after dinner...when you want that little something else. I love to bake and I could bake my own cookies with an eye on ways to "improve" them.
And sometimes, just a cup of hot tea is perfect, too.
It happens you didn't develop bad habits over night and it takes a very long time to overcome it. 2 cookies is better than eating 3. LikeJustawallflower said you are eating pretty good a slip up every now and again doesn't hurt. You will get where you want to be
Thank you so much!!! I was starting to feel like a failure. I don't want to fail at this journey. Thank you all for the encouragement.
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