Ugh, the "before" photos!! However - I had good news yesterday when I looked at mine from 6 months ago ... although I am only 1 lb less than then, there is a noticeable difference in tone. I would never appreciate that improvement if I didn't have the horrific "before" for comparison.
No to a second glass of wine, that's hard to do!
I said no to my second glass of wine last night. But then more came anyway (I caught it at 1/4-pour. Then of course drank that).
I said no to fettuccine Alfredo. But that came anyway as well. (I counted every calorie I could estimate; that ~1-cup portion came out to be > 500 cals. And I don't want to talk about the fat...).
I said no to bread. Managed to stick to that one.
I said no to more than one small piece of chocolate.
AND... drumroll please... I said no to freaking out about an unplanned dinner party thwarting my plans to exercise and eat a really healthy dinner. I just did the best I could with what was offered (no time for me to make something to bring), estimated the calories I consumed (1478; I had eaten very little before dinner) and reminded myself that it is good to have friends, even if they don't have to worry about what they eat as much as I do.
For the last two nights I have said NO to mindless (and even mindful) snacking, grazing, binging... cheating!
I had been calorie-counting, but that wasn't stopping me from making some bad choices. I tweaked my diet plan so that processed, sugary and high fat treats are not even an option. So far it's worked; I don't have the same kind of compulsion to graze through the junk food at night. It's a good feeling.
even though i'm mad at my scale for not giving me a smaller number (and to be honest, i'm irrationally mad at my body for not losing more "weight," even though i know the scale does not necessarily reflect weight loss), i said no to chips and cookies today and to going over my calories!
even though i'm mad at my scale for not giving me a smaller number (and to be honest, i'm irrationally mad at my body for not losing more "weight," even though i know the scale does not necessarily reflect weight loss), i said no to chips and cookies today and to going over my calories!
Ooh, I hear you, shasha - but way to go on sticking to the plan!
I said no to most of the goodies on the Super Bowl junk food table. Note I said "most" not "all".
Last night my husband bought me a dark snickers bar. We had talked about one for our Super bowl treat but didn't find one. I did not eat it.
I plan on cutting it into fourths and treating myself once a week on my weigh in day if the scale has gone down.
I use to eat alot of sugar-free jello but now days I don't really crave anything. My favorite treat these days is 2 olives and 2 cheese cubes with triscuits.
Yesterday I said no to granola bars, those sweet and salty ones, I can NEVER ever have just one... and at 170/bar that's a LOT of calories... so I had NONE instead... They are my downfall lately...
At grocery store last night: I did not get the premade cake/chips/crumb topped donuts that I was craving.
Also this morning I left really early for work: I was tempted to go to Dunkin Donuts, but I didn't.(Those chocolate commericals they are running right now are TORTURE!)
Today I am doing a bunch of financial paperwork, which I HATE. I let too much time go by between breakfast and lunch time and I was STARVING. My plan was to have a giant what I call "salad bar" salad, which includes a bit of everything. But no way did I feel up to chopping a bunch of veggies and all I wanted was a Kashi protein/fiber bar (that and dark chocolate are the only sweet things I eat right now). Really, that's all I wanted. I couldn't find one but I found some other really sweet bar-type things .... oooo.... the temptation was great. So I used an old trick: eat a bowl of the white chili that was (luckily) in the fridge and see how I feel after...
I'm happy to report that it is now quite easy to say NO to the sweet fiber bars!
Oh my, I just Googled white chili and it looks delicious am definitely going to try that. Emma, do you have a special recipe?
Someone mentioned white chili on a thread, so I got in my mind to make some. I also Googled and found tons, but none exactly what I wanted - with lots of veggies. So I combined a bunch of the recipes and added my own ideas and ended up with a delicious soup. I posted it here
I've only made it the one time, so I can see many variations in the future -- add green chiles and/or hominy, also many people use chicken and probably chicken stock, but I wanted a vegetarian soup.
Hearty soups like this are a lifesaver when starving!
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for finding an alternative to eating something sweet... What is white chili?
am definitely going to try that. Emma, do you have a special recipe?
