July 2nd, 2007

I had a couple of unplanned eating episodes. I was able to stop at one cookie the first time and I even turned down twizzlers and some other sweets. When I got hungry I went to food on my list instead of goodies – thanks Coach Emily. :)

I did yoga during my boys’ nap times and then after we had a wonderful family night, (Hubby taught a scripture story about Alma the Younger and then we went to a petting zoo.) I ran home from the petting zoo. I had planned to do this, but when it came right down to it I didn’t want to. I still had dinner in my stomach, way too much dinner to be honest, and it was hot and I was sluggish. My family encouraged me so I started on my way. It was about two miles to home.

I was jogging along when there was my family in the van. The boys were hollering out the window along with dad. They were all so excited. They drove away and around the next corner there they were and the entire way they cheered me on. It was such a boost and so encouraging. It actually made me want to train for a 5K or a swim race just so my kids could cheer for me and see their old mom work hard at something and finish. Wouldn’t that be fun? I used to compete in both swimming and running and it might be fun to go down that road again. I guess I’ll start with a small town 4th of July 100Meter race at a little park that we are going to. That will be fun.

Dinner was my problem today. In order to not go into details and beat myself down lets just say I didn’t stop at seconds. I went to thirds and dessert to. I had all the thoughts go through my mind, but I pushed them all aside. I need an action plan. I think Plan A will be to put all leftovers away before I even start eating. That way it will be a huge hassle to get them out of the fridge. The problem with this is if someone else wants to eat more. Plan B would be to leave immediately after eating. The problem with this is that DH would have to help the kids finish and clean up by himself. Plan C just came to me and I think I like it the best. I will eat my dinner. Ask if anyone wants any more food. If they say no, then I will put it all away. If it is yes then I will ask them to put it away when they are finished and I will proceed to clean up. We’ll see how this works.

Tomorrow we are going south into the heat, but to see family. It will be fun and I should still be able to workout there. The trick will be the eating, as it always is. I think my plan will be to eat three meals and three meals only. I will put my food on my plate and eat only one helping. This is going to be hard. I think my plan of action will be to eat later in the eating schedule so that I won’t be tempted to go back and my kids will all be fed and I can relax and enjoy and then I will leave the food area immediately (or offer to help cleanup) after I’m done eating. I’m going to have to print this out and read it the next couple of days.

In summary
After eating ONE plate of food get up and start putting things away or just leave the room. That shouldn’t be too hard right?

On normal days I will stick with my list of food for the day and I will immediately get up from the table and put away food or cleanup.

The thing I like about the Beck Diet Solution is that it is not only very positive, but it helps you feel in control and that is what I LOVE.