Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Loss and NSV

Todays weight = 248.4  Hello new decade.

Yesterday I didn't have work - the university was closed because we got about 8 inches of snow.  I had a cozy snow day at home.  Since that threw a wrench into my outdoor walking I did an exercise dvd and I am SORE today.

Now on to my NSV - Since I was off work yesterday I ate an early dinner at 5:00.  About 7:30 or so I started getting that nagging feeling telling me to eat a snack.  I thought "I could eat a cutie, they're so small, it would be alright...or a banana or some raw vegetables...there's hardly any calories in them..."  But I sat still for a minute and payed attention to if I was really physically hungry or was I just compelled to emotionally eat.  I decided I wasn't hungry and fought off the urge to eat or drink (only water) until I went to bed at 11:00.  That is huge for me to not eat from 5-11.  I just challanged myself to see if I could do it and I pushed through the uncomfortableness.  It felt great to not let food have that power over me.  I was the one in control.  If I did it once I can do it again and again.

I started reading The End of Overeating today.  I hope it helps.

4 comments:

  1. OMG OMG OMG!!!

    1. CONGRATS on a new decade!

    2. YAY for you, pushing through after realizing it was emotional hunger! (try more protein-based meals...they satisfy longer.)

    3. YAY to reading The End of Overeating! I AM SO SO STOKED about that! :D

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  2. Awesome job, especially resisting the evening cravings. I don't get evening cravings, but my mid-morning munchies are a real killer!

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  3. Yay for the new decade!! Keep it up! And that's a great NSV. I usually eat a light breakfast and then have a small snack mid-morning, but I've given that up. My usual morning snack was a granola bar and when I started ww I saw I didn't want to "spend" my points on it, so no more snack, just tea and it's been alright. (But only because I eat lunch early, haha. Can't give up my afternoon snacks.)

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  4. What a concept ... right ... deciding if you really are hungry before you eat. :) Congratulations on being in in control and getting into the 40's.

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