Well, this weekend could have gone perfectly, but I did a little too much baking. I had muffin and cookie mixes that were going to expire, so, rather than let them go to waste, I made up the cookie dough and baked the muffins. My husband will eat the muffins (that is, if I don’t get to them first), but the cookie dough will stay in the freezer. That presents a bit of danger for me, but so far it hasn’t hurt me since the initial night of mixing it up.
Tonight I did well with the muffins until the end when I just totally caved. There’s no other way to put it– my willpower just left me. I was genuinely hungry, though, so that didn’t help matters. Even after dinner, I was really hungry. At that point, i had only had about 700 calories, so that might have something to do with it. Still, I should have had something other than muffins and a bit of a rice krispie treat. Hopefully it won’t hurt me too much, and hopefully this coming week will go better than the weekend did.
I just wonder where the original motivation has gone. In the beginning months of the diet, even if I was hungry, I didn’t cheat. Now, hunger just gets to me sometimes. I don’t know if it’s because I’m just tired of dieting or what. I know that if I just buckle down and do what I’m supposed to do, this will all be over in just a couple of months. I guess I just need to remind myself of that for the next few weeks when I’m tempted to cheat.
weight at home: 168 (.5 up from yesterday– maybe it’s a delayed cookie dough reaction.)
| Calories | ||
| Eaten | 1,123 | |
| BMR* | 1,900 | |
| Exercise | 0 | |
| Total Burned | 1,900 | |
| Differential | -777 | |
slimming back down after having my first baby
gottaloose4
June 1st, 2009 at 1:05 am
i think the motivation shoots out the window when we hear others tell us how amazing we look and how amazing we feel each day, its hard to keep pushing as hard as we do ALL the time. but we just have to remind ourselves that with every muffin sets us back with all the time and effort (blood sweat and sometimes tears) has brought us. you look amazing because of the determination YOU had, and that same determination is what will burn off those last 24.5 lbs! you can do it!
Laura Jane
June 2nd, 2009 at 6:50 am
Oh, the baking can really get you sometimes. Just one muffin isn’t going to derail you. Your calorie deficit was still pretty good. It does feel like it’s somewhat harder when you’ve been “dieting” for so long. But it’s good that you just keep right on going.