Yes, I was a happy little camper when I stepped on the scale and realized that I am down another 3lbs! Bloody brilliant! It was probably over a period of two weeks, so that's pretty darn good considering how close I am to my goal, only a meager 4lbs to go! I am so happy with the results, you know how hard it is to keep on track and keep going and sometimes you just wanna throw in the towel and say hand me that triple chocolate cake pretty please! I think what is making it a little more bearable for me is that I realize this is it for the rest of my life. I have chosen this food plan which I really enjoy, but I do still allow myself the occasional treat. But, it's not the same for everyone, you really have to figure out what works for you, I have to tread very carefully around my treat days.
There are certain foods that I cant have, I have one mouthful and I want a hundred more, so my treat foods aren't my binge foods. If you're a binge eater you have to figure out what your trigger foods are, basically you cant stop until you've consumed a whole bunch of whatever it is that cranks your chain! Also, a lot of my binge's are brought on by my mood, so I monitor how I am feeling if I have a sudden craving rear it's ugly head, I check in with myself and see whats going on. Because if I eat over something that's upsetting me, or depressing me I will literally eat anything and everything, I just want to stuff down whatever feelings I am having and not want to face them.
But, I learnt over the years that dealing with a situation like that is very demoralizing, because now you have the same problem hovering over you and now you also hate yourself for downing a massive amount of food. So, now you basically have two problems, the original one and the feelings of self loathing from giving into your habit. For me, this was the worst feeling, I would beat myself up something chronic, it is just so self-defeating, yet so easy to do. It is adsacly the same as when an alcoholic has that first drink after many years of abstinence, or the drug addict takes that first hit, food is my drug and I have to treat it as seriously as any other kind of substance.
But, anyhow folks, back to the happy news, yay 3lbs down! What a lovely day it was in Calgary, did you manage to get out and enjoy it? I hope so, it was a glorious sunny day, I actually met my sponsor today for coffee and we had a good old chat and catch up. And tonight my friend and I are going to see "Sherlock Holmes" with our imaginary boyfriend Robert Downey Junior, he is quite the tasty morsel!
Down the hatch:-
Breakfast: 3/4 cup wholegrain cereal, 1/2 cup strawberries, skim milk, 1tbs flax-seed, 1tbs bee-pollen, water & cup coffee.
Lunch: wholegrain bagel with low fat cream cheese, water.
Snack: slice low fat banana cake, water & cup coffee.
Dinner: Roast chicken, salad, water.
Snack: sml bag popcorn (no butter) at the theater.
Activity: 1 hour kick-boxing class.
So you folks have a bloody great weekend, remember you're worth it!
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