Ah, Christmas. The way I used to eat.
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salvyhead
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Amazing contrast, i realized today. After living on a godforsaken starvation diet since January ... it's fun (and scary) to take a _real_ day off and eat like I used to.
A cookie here and there. Cheese and crackers. Crabcakes. As much beer as I want. Dinner based on gravy and heavy cream. Yikes!!
The good old days? Not really. I have to be honest I am glad I reformed my eating habits. No nostalgic longing here. Just an observation - an example of one of those days when the difference is quite graphically illustrated.
Happy Holidays, all you maintainers. Tomorrow's another day.
-Sal
A cookie here and there. Cheese and crackers. Crabcakes. As much beer as I want. Dinner based on gravy and heavy cream. Yikes!!
The good old days? Not really. I have to be honest I am glad I reformed my eating habits. No nostalgic longing here. Just an observation - an example of one of those days when the difference is quite graphically illustrated.
Happy Holidays, all you maintainers. Tomorrow's another day.
-Sal
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You know what is funny...my husband and I were both overweight kids...sometimes we say, "I'm glad I know what (fill in the blank) tastes like...NOT that I would ever eat it again!"
I'm glad I know what all those delicious, insanely high-calorie foods taste like...b/c I can just rely on the memory of eating those foods instead of eating it!0 -
i need pepto. my tummy is not used to this kind of mistreatment anymore.0
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OMNOM NOM NOM NOM NOM0
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Yes, i ate pretty much what i wanted to today. Really not like i used to eat at holidays though. Much more selective.
But i don't feel too great now - i feel better on all the other days when i felt like i was making headway not stepping backwards.
Oh well - tomorrow back to the program..........0 -
why are you starving yourself?0
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I ate smaller portions than I would have in years past and I was able to get by with having just one slice of pie. Probably still went way over maintenance but I don't care, it's back to business tomorrow and for the first time ever I'm not going to have to look into losing weight after the 1st of the year. Life is good.0
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why are you starving yourself?
This.
Also, hows the air up there?0 -
CANDY.
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I unleashed my inner fat kid today and ate whatever I wanted. I'm glad I found the feeling of being stuffed unpleasant and got bad wind from it. It's good motivation to avoid pigging out on that scale again. I am still glad I had an all out day though, I had fun with it and I'm prepared to go back to healthy eating tomorrow.0
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why on earth have you been on a starvation diet? that's completely unnecessary....0
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Amazing contrast, i realized today. After living on a godforsaken starvation diet since January ... it's fun (and scary)
-Sal0 -
Amazing contrast, i realized today. After living on a godforsaken starvation diet since January ... it's fun (and scary) to take a _real_ day off and eat like I used to.
A cookie here and there. Cheese and crackers. Crabcakes. As much beer as I want. Dinner based on gravy and heavy cream. Yikes!!
The good old days? Not really. I have to be honest I am glad I reformed my eating habits. No nostalgic longing here. Just an observation - an example of one of those days when the difference is quite graphically illustrated.
Happy Holidays, all you maintainers. Tomorrow's another day.
-Sal
Please be aware that there are people here recovering from eating disorders/disordered eating and that promoting/advertising/bragging about a starvation diet is also against the rules.
Please seek help.
http://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/find-help-support0 -
Sorry, kids - no offense meant. I was being sarcastic but chose the wrong word. for an Italian man to eat 1500 or 1800 cal. a day is extremely out of the ordinary and fairly severe. Obviously I am not literally on a starvation diet but some days it sure feel like it. Thanks for the responses.
-Sal0 -
I unleashed my inner fat kid today and ate whatever I wanted. I'm glad I found the feeling of being stuffed unpleasant and got bad wind from it. It's good motivation to avoid pigging out on that scale again. I am still glad I had an all out day though, I had fun with it and I'm prepared to go back to healthy eating tomorrow.
Well said!0 -
I was thinking how nice it was that I did eat everything I wanted to (and made an absolutely fantastic dinner). And had cookies without thinking and TWO slices of pavlova . . . and was only over by 300 calories.
But yes, I also feel a bit stuffed and will happily head back to my normal food tomorrow.0 -
It's a holiday.0
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Sorry, kids - no offense meant. I was being sarcastic but chose the wrong word. for an Italian man to eat 1500 or 1800 cal. a day is extremely out of the ordinary and fairly severe. Obviously I am not literally on a starvation diet but some days it sure feel like it. Thanks for the responses.
-Sal
Hey I would easily say, kiddingly, starvation. Let's be honest, we do eat much less than usual when losing weight! Or at least, I did.
As regards Christmas, I had lovely Christmas food BUT didn't feel like mindlessly eating 2 servings of everything, especially since I logged it all (accountability!). Thus managed to stay UNDER ny calorie goal!
Still - lovely food is great, isn't it?0 -
Hey I would easily say, kiddingly, starvation. Let's be honest, we do eat much less than usual when losing weight! Or at least, I did.
Thanks!
What I was thinking on Christmas Day was what an amazing educational experience this whole weight loss thing has been. I basically gained about pound a year since I was 18 years old. Doesn't seem like much but then you turn 50 and all of a sudden you're hair's gray and you're 30 lb. overweight! Yesterday - as I was taking a day off from the calorie counting - I was thinking, no wonder. In fact I am surprised I didn't gain more than a pound a year. Although I was never one to eat whatever I wanted whenever I wanted - still it was enough of an imbalance to gain, year after year.
Different universe we live in, now!
Happy New Year.0 -
Your post title sums it up for me, pretty much.
My husband and I are usually filled with energy at bedtime and we were both just like "ugh, must sleep, so tired"...very unlike the usual us! haha
Although honestly, I still don't think I ate quite as "badly" as I once did. I remember having a similar Christmas Day several years back where I probably ate ALL of the same stuff I did yesterday, plus half a large Dominos philly cheesesteak pizza afterward for "dinner". UGH!!0 -
why are you starving yourself?
Yep, that's my question too?! It is possible to have a healthy caloric intake without starving and depriving yourself!!0
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