I had Chinese food made with flours and sugars this weekend, and I put milk in my coffee. And then I ate pizza on Sunday. Oh, and I had some wine with my husband. I'm holding steady at 166 pounds as of this morning, but I feel bloated and blurgh.
I found that by fudging a little bit, it opened the floodgates of fudge. I hate that. I hate that I have the type of personality where I have to be all or nothing when it comes to food and exercise. Now, I'm not even trying to say that eating a slice of pizza or drinking a glass of wine is bad. Neither is milk in my coffee or Chinese food. But the fact that I decided not to eat sugars and flours and dairy for one month, only to fall off the wagon for two straight days, is disappointing.
Truth: I feel better when I don't eat a bunch of dairy and carbs.
Also true: I feel deprived when I don't eat ANY dairy or refined carbs. Even when I'm satisfied by the meal I've just eaten. I pine for cheese. I long for breads. I crave crackers and cream in my coffee. Surprisingly, I don't miss sweets at all.
I'm going to continue doggedly on my quest to keep dairy and refined carbs out of my meals for the rest of the month. In my typical fashion, I've managed to get all excited about this new goal, and then promptly shelve it when faced with cooking dinner for kids who don't think sweet potatoes and steamed veggies sound good.
Gah. There has to be a happy medium. It is times like these where I feel like following someone else's menu plan would be a good idea. Nevertheless, I'm a menu-planning, grocery-shopping fool. I'll update this post with the week's menu in a couple of hours.
Hi! It's me...I don't know if you'll remember me, but, I used to comment all the time. Needless to say, I've been "off the wagon" for way too long, and thought I could get back on with out my blogger woman support: WRONG! I missed you! I'm so happy to find you're still here working it out! Thanks for your perserverence! You're an inspiration. I loved your post about being a woman who exercises. You're the bomb baby!
Posted by: prov31wisemom | 06/11/2007 at 04:55 PM
Pizza and wine do me in every time.
A friend of mine did the Fit for Life program and every week you got one "cheat" day. She liked it because she could have one day to not beat herself up, but it was limited to that day, it didn't bleed over into the next.
I don't know what the answer is; I'm sure it's different for everyone. I'm like you, if I plan and shop diligently, and plan for yummy yet "good" food, I'm usually OK. When I slip on the planning it is just so easy to say..."oh, let's just get some pizza" and then I'm doomed.
Posted by: Kris | 06/11/2007 at 08:54 PM
Jenny, guess what? I got challenged to lose 30 pounds in 90 days, and when I do, I get $100.00! How awesome is that?
So, I've been trying to limit myself to around 1400 calories a day, and I'm okay with breakfast and lunch, but if I eat a 400 calorie dinner at 6:30, then by 9:00 I am STARVING. I just want to shovel everything in the kitchen into my mouth. I try eating a big salad with a drizzle of lowfat dressing with my salad, but it doesn't help! Any suggestions?
Posted by: Elizabeth | 06/13/2007 at 07:24 AM