Diet Coaches/Buddies Eating, including snacks, was on plan, CREDIT moi, to streak to 73. Snacking got challenged last night in front of a table with eight homemade desserts and a box of a dozen types of dark chocolate covered shortbread's (personal favorite); I served myself none; I sampled none; I took none from DW's plate - separate CREDIT moi. My evening snack got switched from fruit to the apricot/walnut thing that DW baked to bring to the event and served with dinner so she could get my taste approval. She bakes desserts about once per year and I've always been her final judge. This one had so little sugar that the primary taste was apricots - closer to 'food' than most dessert concoctions.
Exercise was dancing in the evening, CREDIT moi. I watched some folks older than me who perfectly matched the beat and the movements with minimal exertion - a good reminder that one can dance as long as one's mobile. (One woman walked in using a cane that she didn't bring on the dance floor!)
onebyone Neat that your Fitbit calculates that you expend
"about 2300 calories a day." Kudos for recognizing
"winter blahs" so that you can figure out counter strategies.
Joy (gardenerjoy) A good reminder:
"to look at people and didn't even look at the food." You're dead right; I love Francine Prose's book.
Reading like a writer is one of a group of books I'm reading trying to figure out how to write a memoir - which for me is short vignettes from a memoir. I'm in a group that meets twice a month to read to each other. After a lifetime of generating engineering text, it's a challenge to shift to details that allow a reader to infer the situation rather than attempting to draw their conclusions for them.
Cheryl (seadwaters) Whatever
"sausage sizzle ambush" is, I want some just for its grabbing name. Yay for weather that makes outside appealing.
Athletic (FutureFitChick) Kudos for working your physical therapy seriously enough to start at 7am.
maryann - Love the perspective that allows you to bring your own salad knowing
"I will soon be forgotten in the eating frenzy." Happy crabbing tonight.
nationalparker Bon Voyage!!! Enjoy, make choices, and enjoy some more. I'll remember your,
"Free isn't calorie-free" the next time I'm at Whole Foods.
ForMyGirls - Yep, Kudos indeed for standing down the unplanned beer - especially with the added motivation of a house full of kids. Wonderful story of the struggle between your tummy and your taste buds.
AZtricia - Ouch for sick; Quadruple Ouch for four sickies at the same time. Kudos for working to make yourself pleased with your fish since it's such a good food choice.
flnu - My take is that you made
exactly the right choices at your office celebration. As
ForMyGirls mentioned, I've incorporated a
rare and unusual clause into my eating plan just for such occasions so that I can have the experience that I'd resent missing while staying to my plan (instead of taking a 'cheat day'). Kudos for thinking that one through. (I, also, intend to
take cake at my daughter's wedding; probably eat two bites since wedding cake will be competing with other food that day.)
Readers -
Quote:
day 11 Differentiate Between Hunger, Desire, and Cravings
Monitor Your Hunger
Rate your hunger again once you've finished eating. Notice your thoughts: Do you still want to eat more? Do you feel a physical sensation in your stomach? Is it more in your mouth or throat? What does it feel like? How strong are your sensations? Do you want to eat a specific food (which probably means you're still hungry)? Describe the sensations in the chart.
. . . Twenty minutes after you've finished eating, rate your hunger and then describe any physical sensation or desire to eat that you're experiencing in the chart.
Judith S. Beck, Ph.D., The Beck Diet Solution (Pink book), pg 119.