I ate all that was on plan except carrots for dinner.
In addition
I ate about 9 triscuits
1 piece of cheese
4 chewy candies
I'm really happy with that. There were several times that I wanted to eat so many other things. I stayed strong and followed Emily's advice. When I really wanted to make brownies or have chips and salsa, I instead ate something on my plan. At 4:00 I had 1/2 my dinner and at 4:45 I had the rest. It worked so well. Those were my boring times of the day and I knew I would be out and about (at a parade) for the evening.
I'm so proud of myself. It wasn't perfect, but it was good. It was a lot less food than I normally eat. I ate lots of fruits and veges and had water too. Until this evening I didn't eat through my slow moments of the day.
I was up two pounds today. I'm actually happy with that. When you eat until you are stuffed and don't workout very much then you gain and, the last couple of weeks, I have found that when I follow plan pretty closely, I lost. I feel in control.
I will lose next week because I will stay on track.
Rewards. When I lose 5lbs I get to go shopping for clothes for me.
When I have 7 days of good eating then I get to do something special for me. If I have a day that didn't go quite right, like humans have, then I will put off my fun reward for one day. I don't have to be perfect to get the reward, I just have to be doing more things that help than things that hinder. I have written a list and it varies like playing mind games, doing chemistry (to keep my brain strong), watching a movie with hubby, a date with hubby, a hike with hubby, going to a bookstore alone, reading alone for a couple of hours, going on a group date with friends, and getting my hair done. That is all I can remember right now. There is a longer list that I wrote down. Can't wait to do them. They are all things that help me feel more alive and enriched and have nothing to do with kids. (There are several things that make me feel good simply because I see that my kids are enjoying themselves. I don't particuarly like what we are doing, but I love that my kids are happy. None of those things are on the list.)
2 comments:
Hi,
Your rewards list is a great reminder to me, and contains some excellent suggestions. Your reaction to the gain this week sounds like a response to a CT experiment. Yep, you binged earlier in the week. Yep, there was a weight gain. Cause and effect. One thing I have been working on is looking for things I am doing better now than I was a month ago. That lets me have another measure, in addition to the scale. Don't get me wrong. The scale is important, and both of us had small weight gains this week, but we are both still working on new behaviors and becoming more aware of when we do something that is not in our best interest. This continues to be a learning process.
Keep up the good work.
Emily (GatewayDreamer...Lessons, Thoughts, and Dreams)
We are going to do this aren't we!
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