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I'm a Cookie Monster...
Ok, so I struggle with binge eating. I wanted to end the cycle, so I read "It Starts With Food" which suggests eating a Paleo type diet. When I eat Paleo, my urges to binge disappear. Just by eating whole foods, I feel better and I do not even want to binge. However, the SECOND that I allow myself to eat something that is…
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'Tis the Season- For Unhealthy Eating
Last year, during the holiday season, I gained 10 pounds. I gained this weight because I ate unhealthy at every occasion at every chance. This ENTIRE year I have tried to lose those ten pounds. Now it is the eleventh month of this year, and I have FINALLY dropped 3-4 pounds of this weight. I have tried off and on all year…
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I thought I knew what I was doing but....
Ok, let me repeat this back to you so you can tell me if I'm correct. I can use MFP in two ways. A. I can put into the settings that I don't work out and actually log my work outs when I do. My settings would say that I work out 0 times per week, and then when I do, I log it using MFP. B. I can put into the settings that I…
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Incognito
I have this thing that I do, and I guess you would call it "sneak eating." I eat cookies and chocolate in my car with shades on and then hide the evidence at the bottom of the trash can. When I go to the store to get gas, I sling a little candy on the counter, and then hide away in my car with the guilt. Tonight, I hid in…
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I thought "macros" was an economics class in college....
I know there is a lot of talk about hitting your macros. I know that macros are nutrients that you get from food (carbs, protein:grumble: , sugar, sodium, ect.). The problem is, how to get these numbers perfect (or at least close). Every day, I'm either over in my sugar, carbs, or sodium. And NEVER enough protein. I feel…
