What does regret taste like? Well, it tastes like over processed chocolate chip cookies.
And I ate THREE of them last night! And I am not beating myself up, that really doesn’t do any good. What I DO want to do is figure out why.
I had already posted and said I didn’t eat them and I was in bed and getting close to sleep and I just had to have them! So I got out of bed, got 4 cookies out of the package, and ate 3 of them. The other I left on my nightstand, a sad, stale reminder of the strength of old habits and the necessity of new ones.
So, new habits to fight this urge for eating unhealthy things -
1. All food is stored downstairs. Normally I keep some snacks upstairs for the kids. No more. Their snacks need to be planned just as much as mine do!
2. No eating after 8 PM. (I realize that there will be special occasions where this will be broken. So this is definitely more of a “guideline” than a rule!)
That should do it! Well, that and remembering that those cookies did not taste nearly as good as I wanted them to.
So today -
Breakfast – the usual
Snack -Protein bar, water
Lunch – grilled chicken wrap, 10 fries
Snack- water
Dinner – tofu veggie stir fry! No matter what the kids say!!
ONCE A WEEK TREAT – Caramel Banana Crunch Ice Cream from ColdStone! I made a decision, got my kids out of the house, and enjoyed a few minutes in the (almost) bearable summer evening. It was wonderful!
OH! And another thing!
I am VERY ANNOYED to discover that my LIGHT yogurt has, as the SECOND ingredient, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP!!
WHAT!!!???
I will be taking plain low-fat yogurt and adding fruit to it from now on. It just goes to show how very important it is to read the WHOLE label!
Don’t be so hard on yourself. Try to figure out why you did it and maybe next time eat just one instead of three. Don’t completely abstain if you know you’ll crumble. Keep something small like a Hershey’s Kiss for emergencies. ;D Twizzlers aren’t too bad either. A lot of the candies now even come in sugar free and aren’t -that- bad. Try also drinking a glass of water before bed or before you crumble to temptation =)
Comment by serialtrainer — August 1, 2008 @ 10:59 pm
Cupcake
It sounds like you are developing a somewhat healthy avoidance of processed and refined sugars
You are taking important small steps on changing you lifestyle to a more healthy one. I like the approach you are taking focusing on one thing getting it good at that and noticing the next steps to take.
I will say that refocusing your thoughts are a step you might want to think about. The cookies “called” to you because you focused on them. Some positive affirmations and visualizations of that red biniki should help silence the calls of the cookie monster
Just a few thoughts that have helped me.
Comment by Someone Losing weight 2 — August 2, 2008 @ 2:17 pm
Serial Trainer – thanks for the encouragement and the tips!!
Someone – Hmmm, visualizing the red bikini may help with lots of things!
Thanks, guys!
Cupcake
Comment by Cupcake — August 2, 2008 @ 5:34 pm
Your blog is interesting!
Keep up the good work!
Comment by Alex — August 16, 2008 @ 10:21 am