Daily Check In
julieworley376
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Or weekly.. or whatever.. life happens. What I do want in this group is brutal honesty with ourselves and others. If you ate that box of chocolates I want to know.. and I want to know why.. i want to know if it has destroyed your confidence that you can do this. I don't know about anyone else but I have been there more times than enough and it goes kind of like this:
I REALLY want that cream filled long john (or whatever), I will have it now and then no sugar from tomorrow onwards. It's okay. Oooo that (whatever candy bar) - current is Cadbury's Caramello - looks good. Before I know it I am buying it and eating it, usually in the car or somewhere else private so my husband doesn't know because I can't have a treat without disapproval. Then I hide the wrapper or find a garbage can to throw it in so no one knows.
Thing is, tomorrow never comes, I might have had a fantastic day of eating healthy, and then ruin the whole thing by bingeing on chocolate on the way home because I had to stop by the store and I felt tired and irritable and wanted it.
Then I step on the scales cursing the fact I haven't lost weight because I have eaten healthy and surely that chocolate couldn't make THAT much difference could it?
These are the things I have told no one. These are the things I want us to get out and deal with and help each other. I can't be the only one.
I REALLY want that cream filled long john (or whatever), I will have it now and then no sugar from tomorrow onwards. It's okay. Oooo that (whatever candy bar) - current is Cadbury's Caramello - looks good. Before I know it I am buying it and eating it, usually in the car or somewhere else private so my husband doesn't know because I can't have a treat without disapproval. Then I hide the wrapper or find a garbage can to throw it in so no one knows.
Thing is, tomorrow never comes, I might have had a fantastic day of eating healthy, and then ruin the whole thing by bingeing on chocolate on the way home because I had to stop by the store and I felt tired and irritable and wanted it.
Then I step on the scales cursing the fact I haven't lost weight because I have eaten healthy and surely that chocolate couldn't make THAT much difference could it?
These are the things I have told no one. These are the things I want us to get out and deal with and help each other. I can't be the only one.
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The big thing that has really helped me with binging is giving myself the permission to eat those foods IF they fit within my calorie goals for the day. One of my MFP friends has a 'rule' and I adopted it from her. If I want a bag of chips/candy bar or whatever and it fits within my calorie goal for the day, then I can walk to the store (about 1 mile round trip) and buy a single serving of whatever it is.
The point is it is not a forbidden food. I firmly believe that demonizing certain foods or food groups gives them power over us. I give myself permission to have those treats with certain conditions. And guess what, since I've instituted that rule I haven't wanted a bag of chips badly enough to go get them. It isn't the distance, I routinely walk 1.5 miles during lunch, it is more about the fact that my craving is temporary.
I also keep one or two high protein snacks in my purse for those times when I am really hungry between meals. I can quickly get something to meet that immediate need so I don't put myself in a situation where I am more likely to make bad decisions (i.e. go through the drive through).0 -
Today I came home and about 4 mins to grab something before I went to my counselor - I had nothing to grab but some organic chips and hummus. It was not enough for dinner though and when I got home I had to little pizza's I made - flatbread and sauce and mozzarella. I went over calories today but not because I ate poorly. I really wanted candy today or stop at Wendys and get a burger...my daughter is stressing me out and that's why I went to talk to our counselor...Im so proud I didn't stop at get a hamburger or an ice cream - I may have gone over a bit but I did not give in! - Just for today!0
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You did a fantastic job!! Anytime we don't take the more destructive path I think is one for celebration.
Myself I am delighted to report that today my weight is finally going down!! It seems that paying more attention to sodium and sugar levels is really paying off and I am finally getting rid of the water. I feel SO much better and more comfortable for that.
My boss is taking me out to lunch today for Administrative Professionals day, I picked a local restaurant I know includes calorie counts in some of it's dishes, and they are delicious! I will also be foregoing the designer coffee or any soda (sodium levels) and drinking plain water. A couple of walks round the parking lot are also in my future today.0 -
The big thing that has really helped me with binging is giving myself the permission to eat those foods IF they fit within my calorie goals for the day. One of my MFP friends has a 'rule' and I adopted it from her. If I want a bag of chips/candy bar or whatever and it fits within my calorie goal for the day, then I can walk to the store (about 1 mile round trip) and buy a single serving of whatever it is.
The point is it is not a forbidden food. I firmly believe that demonizing certain foods or food groups gives them power over us. I give myself permission to have those treats with certain conditions. And guess what, since I've instituted that rule I haven't wanted a bag of chips badly enough to go get them. It isn't the distance, I routinely walk 1.5 miles during lunch, it is more about the fact that my craving is temporary.
I also keep one or two high protein snacks in my purse for those times when I am really hungry between meals. I can quickly get something to meet that immediate need so I don't put myself in a situation where I am more likely to make bad decisions (i.e. go through the drive through).
I am with you on this one...totally!! I also don't say food is 'forbidden'....but try to stay within my caloric intake. My mother who was a registered dietitian for years and years...told me to try and count calories...but I never wanted to look up things in books etc to count them. Then lo' and behold I found MFP and it is so computerized to journal your food it is fantastic and so simple!! So I log in the good food and the bad food, but I do keep in mind the type of food I eat.....can't live on chocolate alone (although would LOVE to try!). I am now trying to find food that will satisfy me over several hours to get me thru from breakfast to lunch...then lunch to dinner without taking in too many calories or 'unhealthy' food.0 -
Well my weight is up again this morning.. so I ate too much sodium yesterday. At some point I hope eating healthily and tracking food will start my weight going downwards but for now I just work not to be discouraged by the increase. At least it is not as high as it has been and people noticed yesterday my face is less swollen with water.. I felt so ugly.0
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Julie, since you have been talking about the sodium content in things, I have really started paying more attention to mine, and noticed how much of it I have really been eating!!! Looking back on my food journal on here, the foods overall have been healthy for the most part, and I am under the calories for the day thankfully, but the sodium content has been horrible! I too have swelling issues. About three years ago before we moved I went to the Dr and she ran every test under the sun I think to try and pinpoint why my left ankle swells so bad. My right one also does, just not as bad as big as the left. My legs also swell, and fingers. She even ran an EKG on me thinking it may be heart related, and nothing. According to all of their tests, I was fat, but healthy otherwise. I was put on water pills and sent on my way. But looking at my "healthy" food journal has me wondering if maybe all of this time it could have possibly just been too much sodium in my diet? I am going to really start watching it now and reading more labels of even those "healthy" foods and see if that helps at all with my swelling also. Thanks for pointing out on here though about the sodium contents0
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Sodium causes water retention in those sensitive to it. It sucks because there are lots of things I can't eat as snacks that I used to because even portioned pop chips or whatever are out. I stopped cooking with salt and was amazed to find I still enjoyed the flavor.. my baked potato and brussels sprouts last night were salt free and tasted delicious. I love the fact that here sodium levels and so many other things are shown on the tracking, I have already substituted something else for something I was going to have purely to keep my levels down. It works!0
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Checking in about dinner last night. Julie wanted me to, lol. So ashamed! Basically, I didn't read te nutritional facts before I ate. I knew that my going to Spaghetti Warehouse, I'd probably go over my calorie goal, but didn't think it would be that much. We eat there every couple months, so I kind of know what the nutritional data is there. However, I decided last night to try something different. Didn't even think it would be DOUBLE the calories of my usual spaghetti with meat sauce. Not usually a big lasagna eater, so I never looked it up before. Lesson learned!! Oh, and I should have skipped the sangria, but I can never tell my husband no.0
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Oh Kitty Kitty.. you have got absolutely NOTHING to be ashamed of! You had a lovely night out that you get to have every couple of months and you simply tried something new and didn't realize there were more calories there than you thought. Don't you dare let that small fact ruin a wonderful evening. In the long term, looking at the big picture, does it really matter? Of course not! Don't try and make up for it, just carry on with your normal tracking and even if you are up a little bit on weigh in day, it is OK. Do not let guilt and shame get the better of you so that you end up over eating every day after.
MMMM Sangria is SO good. I was introduced to that in my teens in Spain on my oldest brothers honeymoon.. yep, me, mom, dad, brother and new wife all camping on his honeymoon. My darling brother passed away just over 2 years ago, but I remember that night on the terrace at the campsite where we were all sitting drinking from those giant jugs of Sangria and my brother took his first sip and said.. this is nice pop! Many hours later it had turned into.. thish ish schnice pop.
Don't let shame and guilt eat your happy memories.0
