Yesterday was my weekly weigh in day. I'm embarrassed to admit that I actually gained a pound. :( I was doing so well up to Sunday and then I gave in to boredom and did some emotional eating. Sunday is my worst day of the week - so long and boring and lonely. I planned on exercising but instead I just watched Lifetime movies all day. One of my mistakes is that I had this mix in my pantry for oatmeal chocolate chip cookies and I caved and made them. I thought that I could be strong and ration them out and eat only one after my meals for something sweet. Wrong. I had a mini binge on them Sunday night which totally ruined my weigh in. I also ate the chow mein noodles that I had bought for the asian salad. I'm a hog for chips and didn't have any so I ate the noodles instead because I was craving something crunchy. I knew what I was doing while I was eating that stuff but I didn't stop. I knew that I was ruining my weigh in for the next morning. I have to wonder if something in the back of my mind made me self-sabatoge. Maybe I was thinking that I can't lose weight so why even try to have a good weigh in so I may as well eat. I don't know... I must move forward with positive thoughts. I threw away the rest of the cookies last night. I know that I cannot be trusted with that stuff in the house so I must not buy any more. It's like an alcoholic having liquor in the house. Remove the temptation.
Last night was gorgeous out so after dinner I went for a nice long walk by myself. It felt good to move and to get out in the fresh air and clear my mind. It felt good to work toward my goal instead of doing nothing. Today is another day and I must repeat these positive actions.
No worries--stuff like that happens to everyone. For years, I thought I could buy chips and crackers and limit my servings, but then I realized that didn't ever work. Remember, my operative word is years, whereas you've learned your lesson much quicker. Good job on tossing out the cookies untouched; I would have totally picked out all the chocolate cookies first.
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Good you got that stuff out of the house! Lesson learned, right??
ReplyDeleteOne positive aspect of living alone - you don't need to keep those tempting things in the house, and if you buy them for guests/company, you can send it home with them. :D I can't have a bag of candy sitting around the house, or at my desk at work because I'd just eat it all in no time , but I do like my little chocolate fix each day. What's been working for me is keeping the bag in the freezer at work and pulling out one piece or two each day. Since it's at work, I'd be too self-conscious to keep digging into the freezer more than I should. And this would never work at home, so I won't even try it there!
I think we all sabatoge ourselves at times. I know I do. It's just to easy to fool ourselves when we want that something special to eat. I'm glad you got back on track so quickly.
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