Logging Avoided Temptations
The prior two weeks were filled with holiday temptations at work, most of which I indulged in. (Free carby lunches, executives passing out pastries, cookies, birthday and anniversary cakes, homemade goodies, etc.) There was something everyday.
The past week continued the temptations, but I found something that helped me resist.
I added a brightly colored sticky note to each day on my food log. I titled each note "Did Not" and listed on each one the temptation I didn't indulge in.
Did Not
Bagel
Cake
Did Not
Cookie
It really changed my focus from wanting, wanting, then eating the item to satisfaction from logging it as not eaten and I could move on.
I was pleased to see the list of items I had said no to at the end of the day. (To the end that the day there were no temptations and nothing on the list, I was a little disappointed.) The previous week I would have eaten every one of them. This week I only ate the one item Monday before I started logging the items I didn't eat.
Hopefully this will be a helpful technique for others as well.
(Oh and by the way, I stopped eating the junk temptations and I started losing weight again. Go figure.)
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I think I will try that. It will probably be pretty darn useful this week!
It was a little self-conscious and silly (the way I was doing it) but it did help me deal with that noisy inner 3-year-old who wants what she wants NOW and is terrible at delayed gratification. Even if I wasn't getting the instant satisfaction of the cupcake or whatever I resisted, at least I got my points!
