Yesterday my day started off well foodwise, but around 10:30 I had a sudden and very very strong craving for junk! I didn't want the beautiful ripe local strawberries or baby zucchini that I had in the fridge, I wanted potato chips and hot dogs!!!! So, in order to try to "get this monkey off my back" I went ahead and ate a hotdog (it was the last one in the house, thank goodness) and a very controlled portion of potato chips for lunch. But the one hotdog and one very small portion of potato chips used up 13 of my 22 points for the day! Well, dinner plans fell apart as some things happened in the house, and we were very crunched for time (to be at the church by 6), so we hit Del Taco for dinner. I wasn't all that hungry to start with, and walked in with the plan to get 2 chicken soft tacos and water. I ended up getting meal #4 which DID have the 2 chicken soft tacos, but it also included an order of fries, and a small (fast food small which is actually probably 20 oz....I DO NOT consider that a small!) drink. I sat down and thought....ok, I'm only going to eat 5 french fries and I got brewed iced tea instead of soda. Well, I got deep into conversation with my hubby and before I knew it, I had eaten the whole bag of fries. Oh well! One day...not a whole week.... I came home, accounted for every morsel that I consumed and am ready to move forward.
Here I am this morning....woke up very tired (never a good thing!), and am not feeling very motivated today. I am trying really hard to overcome this attitude and get back to where I was 2 days ago with a good attitude about the lifelong changes I am trying to make (again....but hopefully for the last time!). But I am tired and don't really want to think about what I'm eating, and take the time to prepare the healthy things. It would be so much easier to just pop a frozen burrito into the microwave and eat 9 points of nothing and then be hungry again 30 minutes later and have more of "nothing".
Ok, I know I'm rambling, I'm pretty much just typing my thoughts to get them all out and then hopefully move forward! No, not hopefully, then to move forward!
So, here's my plan for today:
Exercise: WATP 1 mile (2 times...1 time by myself after dh leaves for work (since I've spent my exercise time on the computer this morning), and again with the kids for PE later in the morning) OR my new workout DVD that I got yesterday and WATP 1 mile with the kids
Breakfast: coffee with skim milk strawberries and orange slices toast with almond butter
AM SNack: 2 egg white omelet with spinach and peppers (maybe with 1/2 oz. raw milk cheddar)
Lunch: whole grain wrap with tuna, lettuce, tomato and sprouts green salad with balsamic vinaigrette
PM Snack: 1 serving TLC crackers with homemade hummus OR carrot chips with salsa and black bean dip
Dinner: homemade pizzas on ww crust....one will be a veggie pizza, the other will be bbq chicken
Blessings,
Lori
Re-committing myself to a healthy lifestyle that will include regular (and increasing) exercise, and following the baby steps rule on food. 6/17/08
Posts: 3145 | Location: California | Registered: March 11, 2004
Thank you all! Well, I am doing well! My house is clean, I have a couch full of laundry that has b een washed and dried today and is just waiting for me to fold it. And I am getting ready to head into the kitchen to make the pizza dough for tonight's dinner. I'm also going to prep the ingredients and get things ready so that when it IS time to assemble the pizzas and make dinner, I won't "be too tired".
I haven't had my afternoon snack yet, but I didn't eat all of my lunch at lunchtime...only had the wrap, and then ate my salad a few minutes ago. Since it is time to start prepping dinner, I doubt that I'll have my afternoon snack.
I also only did my WATP 1 time today, not 2 but that's ok because yesterday I did an extra long workout.
Blessings,
Lori
Re-committing myself to a healthy lifestyle that will include regular (and increasing) exercise, and following the baby steps rule on food. 6/17/08
Posts: 3145 | Location: California | Registered: March 11, 2004
Sounds like a great plan for the day Lori and that you are already back on track.
I had a rough day yesterday too and found a new trigger food that I can't have in the house - my Nature's Path granola cereal : ( I easily ate 1/3 of the entire box yesterday.
Out of our beliefs are born deeds; out of our deeds we form habits; out of our habits grows our character; and on our character we build our destiny.
Lori, I know you are on a points program and I think that ww lets you save points for another day. If it is any consolation, it takes 3500 calories to gain a pound, so count up the extra calories you had, not the good choices, and figure out how many you need to delete from the next several days. It really takes about a week for a pound of fat to deposit, so your food consumption can be on a weekly calorie basis, not just a daily one.
You did great by making a plan right away too!! Don't feel so bad! It was my FIL's bday on Saturday. We had an icecream and cake cake. About half of the quarter sheet was gone and this week I have slowly consumed the rest!!
All I can say is that it was delicious! Not sure if it was worth the extra calories, but it is too late to worry about that since it is already forming new fat cells in my body even as we speak! What I do know is that if I keep that kind of behavior up, I am going to be wearing the next size this summer and will have no desire to wear a swim suit at all!!
So, we won't keep that kind of behavior up!!
Posts: 1376 | Location: West Florida | Registered: March 12, 2004
thank you for posting. i just had a weekend like this. it helps me to read your posting and to see that you got back in the swing of things. and D...that reminder to be nice to yourself is a big winner also!
Goals: 1. Stop thinking like a chronic dieter and start living to inspire. 2. HALT (hungry, anxious, lonely, tired) I will stop and tune in with myself should I experience these things, and respond with something healthy. 3. One word 2008: courage 4. Eat slow and mindfully.
This may or may not be helpful. But I just posted a recipe for low fat microwave potato chips in the recipe file. It's basically no worse than eating a baked potato. For me, in fact, it's better, because I need a ton of butter to enjoy the potato.
It might be a good alternative when you are craving chips. It was far more satisfying than regular chips, and you can control the seasoning.
D, you're so sweet! Actually, by posting here and being "public" about my struggles from yesterday that IS being kind to myself. By not wallowing in it here all day by myself, I have posted it, gotten it all off of my chest, and now I feel better Really I do...for me, to post something like this is a big step! And one toward's success. In the past I would have sent a private email to one or two girlfriends that help keep me accountable, and continued to wallow, but by posting it here "for the world to see" it helps me to keep a proper perspective on things, and to get it all out.
Well, Don is off to work, and I am off this computer, going to put my sports bra and tennis shoes on (yes, I have other clothes on! you people get your minds out of the gutter ) and going to go exercise.
Oh, and dinner....we'll be eating around 5:30...there's plenty, stop on by
Blessings,
Lori
Re-committing myself to a healthy lifestyle that will include regular (and increasing) exercise, and following the baby steps rule on food. 6/17/08
Posts: 3145 | Location: California | Registered: March 11, 2004
Your planned foods sound wonderful. I know how easy it is to use up too many points on junk and feel like I've blown it. Good for you for making a plan and posting here.
----------- Jen
Posts: 2868 | Location: Ohio | Registered: March 11, 2004
