I just ate cool ranch doritos

shimmer615
shimmer615 Posts: 55
in Motivation and Support
I have been working on eating healthier and trying to lose weight for a little over a week now. I know, not long, but the latest and hopefully most successful of any of my attempts. Anyways, I just ate a single serve bag of cool ranch doritos because I'm super stressed here at work. First time in a week that I have let anything get to me enough to succomb to emotional/bored eating.

There's something different about today's incident though. Afterwards, I don't have that feeling of guilt that I usually do when I eat something that is "unhealthy". I'm not beating myself up for eating chips. I went into my diary and made room for them calorie-wise before I ate them. And while I know that I need to find some ways to cope and eventually not do the emotional/bored eating thing - I'm gonna say... WINNING!

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  • pastryari
    pastryari Posts: 8,646 Member
    Not what I expected.

    Good for you. +1
  • USMCnetty90
    USMCnetty90 Posts: 277 Member
    MAKING PROGRESS!!! Good for you!!!!
  • Mainebikerchick
    Mainebikerchick Posts: 1,573 Member
    I thought this was gonna be another "Boo hoo, I ate something bad for me today" type of threads...VERY impressed to see this is not the case!

    Kudos! :drinker:
  • contingencyplan
    contingencyplan Posts: 3,639 Member
    Cool Ranch FTW. Just saying.
  • EmilyOfTheSun
    EmilyOfTheSun Posts: 1,548 Member
    Isn't that just great? This is why I love logging. It takes away any question about what I can and can't eat for the day.
    Good luck with your fitness goals!
  • LoosingMyLast15
    LoosingMyLast15 Posts: 1,457 Member
    :flowerforyou: for you making progress!!!!!
  • staceypunk
    staceypunk Posts: 924 Member
    I avoided opening this thread for a while because I assumed you were going to absolutely freak over 250 calories. It's great that you are using the MFP food diary tool to manage your food intake. Unexpected things will happen and just continue to do your best to work around them, either by adjusting your food for the day or moving more. Well done!
  • sc10985
    sc10985 Posts: 347 Member
    Yummm. Those are my favorite. Nothing like the first one out of the bag :D
  • lambchristie
    lambchristie Posts: 552 Member
    :drinker: Way to go!

    BTW ... I don't deprive myself of food, of any type anymore. It always made me fail. I, like you, make 'room' for it in my daily planning and don't let it consume me.

    Yes you can put this in the WINNING column :happy:
  • BayBay1956
    BayBay1956 Posts: 37 Member
    Good for you! as long as you stayed within the calories goal who cares. I fight bored eating at work almost everyday. Thanks for not beating yourself up.
  • Alex_is_Hawks
    Alex_is_Hawks Posts: 3,499 Member
    I has a sad...i used to love those....

    but now they taste funny to me.....

    i can't eat them no more....

    but I can eat pringles...i love pringles....

    **good for you, that's a major obstacle...realising that food is just food and not an emotional point of which to abuse yourself**
  • nak1a
    nak1a Posts: 69 Member
    great work. i felt the same exact feeling after enjoying a beer. it had been weeks since i had alcohol but i incorporated something i enjoyed into my healthy eating. before i woulda felt guilty but instead i felt empowered. :)
  • wendamabelle
    wendamabelle Posts: 25 Member
    Good for you! I have been losing without eliminating any favourite foods too. When the guilt is gone so is the feeling that you "failed".

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