Strange NSVs

cassondraragan

Well, yesterday I blew it. Just totally blew it in the afternoon after being good all day long. I had planned on having one slice of pizza at the park at a picnic I was having with a friend and her kids. Then about 4 hours later on the way home, my eldest was hungry (and I was craving something BAD...I guess the pizza did it to me haha) so we stopped at sonic and I had a BLT (but they drenched it in butter...really, it was gross. Did I eat it anyway?? uh , yeah.) Then I had already blown it so I had a fudge stick/popsicle thingy. 2007 calories for the day.

NOW, why this day was full of non scale victories.
1) I had planned on eating just one piece of pizza...which I didn't really even think was possible. But I did it! (well minus my son's crust, but I gave my self an additional 100 calories on diary.)
2) When I was ordering at sonic, what I REALLY wanted was a footlong coney with all the STUFF on it. But I realized that my "bad food" craving would be just as satisfied with a BLT which surely had fewer calories (490 versus 830 to be exact) So I got the BLT instead, not tots or onion rings.
3) I knew that I'd have a sweet tooth after all the junk, b/c junk food just starts that vicious cycle in me. But I didn't get a sonic blast or shake, or ice cream at sonic like I might have done in the past. i went home and had a mayfield fudge stix (50 calories) instead.
and number 4) (this next one is big for me) I logged every DADGUM CALORIE!!! (I'm from the south so dadgum is an actual word ;p ) In the past, If I messed up even a little bit, or if I knew I was over my calories/points...i would just chuck it all, and then go into "oh well, I blew it" mode. In other words, I would have said "well, good decisions don't matter anymore b/c I've already messed up. Might as well eat what I want the rest of the day because I'm starting over tomorrow!" Well it does matter and I'm starting to see that now. Because I logged even the mess ups, I was able to visually see that even with the extra 800+ calories I consumed, I was UNDER my maintenance weight. It would take 2090 to maintain, and I consumed 2007. So except for the sodium, I still shouldn't have gained. In the past, I would have gone into a downward spiral that would have ended up in a 1000 to 2000 calorie overage...and that WOULD have been a gain.

SO, essentially, I'm turning a frown upside down. I'm trying to recognize old patterns and give my self props for the itty bitty baby steps that I may not even be aware I'm taking.

That is all

zaz936

That is good. You are learning. You are making better choices. Continue to be careful, you'll make it!

marianeo

Good for you! great set of NSV's...we all have those days when we eat over - that is part of life. It is the way we deal with it that shows how much we have changed!!

dls06

It is a victory. When you start making better choices you have made it. Even though it would have been better not to get it at all. You were educated enough to make a better choice and it's all about 'better choices'. Baby steps.

RuthRW

Definitely an NSV - you broke a pattern of behavior and stayed accountable! Way to go!!!!!