feel proud - last night

toshie333

this may not seem a big deal for most but i had an india last night for the first time in 5 years. i usually stay away from it like the plague as it was always so high in points on weight watchers which i had been on for 5 years before i moved to here 4 weeks ago.

I went to the gym in the morning for hour and a half, burnt 700 cals. i had 2 protein shakes and a light lunch of 200 cals.
i walked to the train (15 min) walked into town (15 min) had my indian with family.
instead of gorging like i used to i had what i wanted but... i picked the chicken out of the tikka masala (no spoonfuls of the creamy sauce!) had 1/3 of the pilau rice, 1/3 of a naan bread. this is she who would easily be able to eat all of each portion. so im proud that i enjoyed a meal and didnt feel i had to eat it all (someone else finished it for me anyways) and to top it off we walked back to train and then to home too.
I think im just seeing it as a totally different appoach. i have tried to capture it in cals on mfp and i think i would come in on target but i know i have made a good effort to earn that meal.
I feel a successful evening.

bonjour24

good stuff. a long term healthier lifestyle is not about removing things from your diet that you enjoy, completely. although i must say that you're clearly dedicated to eradicate such delish food from your plate for so long! welcome to MFP. and welcome to enjoying everything in moderation.

emb94

Hi!

Last night I had my sister stay over and we had bought lots of treats (very naughty of us!) but I was really happy that, before I started digging in like I normally would, I actually took a minute to think about whether I wanted to eat the chocolates and I decided I didn't!

I think we need to celebrate the small victories

theoriginaljayne

i had an india last night for the first time in 5 years

:flowerforyou:

In all seriousness, I'm glad that you had a successful evening!

ALH1981

mmmm my evening was the opposite! had a great meal of viscose salad, then ate half a dessert - unfortunately the damage was done when i came home and ate a bag of candy...... ggrrrr back to the gym today