Last night I succumbed to one of my most long-recurring temptations. I stayed on the internet and watched the Olympics most of the night and never went home to eat dinner. I did finally get hungry and ate 15 almonds and two candies about 11:00 p.m.
When I went home (at 2:30, ouch!), I ate a cup of low fat yogurt, a slice of Ezekiel 4:9 bread with a slice of Swiss cheese melted on top. This went over my recommended calories for the day (< 200), but I didn’t know that, I had lost track.
I know NOT to do this for many reasons:
1. I missed doing the productive thing I had planned.
2. I went longer than 4 hours without eating (a no-no on this plan).
3. I didn’t eat my good *dinner* menu but substituted snack food.
4. I ended up basically eating all hours, and understand we put on much more weigh with those foods we eat late.
5. I didn’t get enough sleep, and stress negatively affects our metabolism and immune systems, among others, with the ultimate effect of weight gain.
6. I was groggy this morning so stumbled through breakfast and packing my lunch and snack, grabbing whatever I saw rather than following a menu, planning to figure it out once I got to work.
Sum total damage: Not *so* bad.
I wrote all these out so I would think through how many things are affected when I don’t make good decisions or follow through on plans.
I’m glad:
1. it would do NO good for me to feel badly about this,
2. the best thing I can do is take it as a lesson, and,
3. pay more attention to what I really want next time.
Also:
- A stumble is not a fall.
- Even from a fall I can get back up and go again.
