Duh, part 2
What is wrong with me? I’m cutting my sleep short so I can workout before my class and then I’m eating away all of my progress. Today our group gave a presentation on physical wellness and one of our members “taught” our class how to make trail mix. Yes, it’s healthy, as long as you only eat a little bit. I had more than a little bit, but still not a ton. I couldn’t decide what to have for supper and the only thing that really sounded good was PBJ. I estimated the calories at near the 400 calorie mark which is where I try to keep my meals. Again, it would have been ok if I had only had 1 sandwich instead of 2 1/2. Then, later, I heated up the leftover hamburger the guys had.
So once again, here I am trying to pick myself back up and haul my ass back on the wagon. I’m trying to be easy on myself b/c I know it should be better next week but I’m just disappointed in myself. We’re going out tomorrow night and then we’re having a family event on Sunday so eating is going to be an issue all weekend. The good news is I know I look smaller but if I keep cutting myself too much slack my progress will slow and/or stop. I’ll be glad when this week is done and I can get back to my regular routine.
i’m trying hard to live for the moment. instead of dreading your temptations tomorrow night and your Sunday event, try to enjoy the moments with your friends and family. when you’re happy, everything else falls into place. it’s hard to live this way, but when you’ve finally mastered it, it’s very freeing. i’m still working on it.
thanks for my blog comments. in my attempts to master living in the moment, i’m freeing my calorie ball & chain. i’m trying just to start eating small, healthy portions. instead of eating 5 crackers for 100 calories. we can do this. and we can be happy and LIVE while we’re doing it. cause we never know what could happen tomorrow.
have a good weekend!
-kt
I’ve been going through something similar…it’s like suddenly I just give myself permission to say “to hell with it, I’m eating.” Not “I’m hungry,” mind you, but “I’m eating.” It’s not about hunger for me anyway, it’s about that feeling of letting go & letting myself do what I think I want. I don’t know if I’m explaining this well at all, but there’s that moment of liberation that I sometimes miss.
For now, I’m working on not letting the occasional moment of liberation turn into an excuse for chucking the whole new life I’ve created for myself. I think that’s probably more important than beating myself up for the occasional slipup.
Keep up the struggle & focus on saying only one “no, thank you” at a time. You don’t have to say “no” to all of the food you encounter this weekend all at once…small “no, thank yous” over and over again will get you through & help you to make the right choices when you say “yes.” Now if only I can take this advice myself.
Good luck!
I’m with ya on waking up at 5 to do part of my workout routine. I started it this week and already missed last 2 days cuz I’ve been so exhausted doing other workout stuff. I’m not a morning person and it’s been hard. But I’m determined. I don’t want to look back and say I didn’t try. We all lose focus once in a while and I know it first hand. I battle with will power all the time. So we’re all here with ya
Don’t feel disappointed or discouraged even though I know it’s hard not to. Get up and move forward. We all slip, I have so many times, but jump right back on the track. And the fact that you’re saying you look smaller that’s awesome!
For eating out, you can do what I do, ask for a ‘to go’ box as soon as you order your meal and when you get your food put half of it away before you even begin to eat. It’s one way of eating what you want but in moderation and don’t feel deprived. For sunday maybe before guests arrive you can eat a nice healthy lunch or something healthy to fill you up this way you won’t feel too hungry and tempted to eat party food. And at the same time you can try out all the fun food in moderation without feeling guilty
Good Luck and have a nice weekend. Let us know how it went?
Let it go and enjoy your weekend. You’ll get back on track next week and that’ll be enough. That’s what it’s all about, kiddo, working hard and staying on track normally so you can let go, just a little, at special occasions and have some fun. No stressing over it all!!! Your not alone in wishing for your normal routine back. House guests, vacations, crappy weather, you name it, it all screws me up!
Chow for now!
Looks like you’ve already gotten some sound advice, so I’ll just add my two pence (about the benefits of water, imagine that :p ) :
If you start to feel hungry, drink a large glass of water. Sometimes what we think is hunger isn’t really. If you are really hungry, within a couple of minutes you’ll know. Also, make sure you drink down a glass of water (at least 8 oz.) before every meal. This will help you keep from overeating.
Good luck and let us all know how it goes!
Changes in routine seem to make things SO MUCH harder, don’t they? This is why I’m afraid (I mean TERRIFIED) of my upcoming vacation. Because it is hard to carry new eating habits into such situations that have always, at least somewhat, revolved around food.
Hang in there, just keep fighting the good food. What’s most important is that you never say, “Aww scr*w it” and go hog wild. Stay aware of what you’re eating and just do the best you can! Some days it is enough just to get out alive!