Can someone turn off the weekends? Why is it that I eat great all week, but then "blow it" on the weekends?? I binged... HARD... this weekend. L&M donuts on Saturday, followed by burgers, hot dogs, chips and dips at Lisa's birthday party - not to mention cake and regular soda. Pizza for dinner Sunday, followed by a carton of Ben and Jerry's at 10:00 PM. My stomach is turning just thinking about it.
When I started this crazy trip I was writing down everything I ate in a 5x3 notebook I kept in my purse. I would even count the waters I drank to make sure my daily intake was up to snuff. I made myself little notes about when and why I ate something and if I liked it.
On 5/21 I was really hungry at 11:40 (noted in the book), so I ate a Kudos bar, even though I knew I was having lunch soon. I realized that the cantaloupe just didn't cut it for breakfast by itself, and the next time I had it I also had a granola bar. My lunch, a Lean Cuisine Chicken Philly Flatbread, was too spicy for my taste - so I didn't buy it again. I also noted my nighttime snack calories because I feel like it's important to my success to keep track of how many calories I'm consuming after dinner.
Today I am renewing my commitment to myself to eat healthier and more consciously - not stuffing my face in front of the tube. I also am committed to exercising EVERY DAY this week.
When I started this crazy trip I was writing down everything I ate in a 5x3 notebook I kept in my purse. I would even count the waters I drank to make sure my daily intake was up to snuff. I made myself little notes about when and why I ate something and if I liked it.
On 5/21 I was really hungry at 11:40 (noted in the book), so I ate a Kudos bar, even though I knew I was having lunch soon. I realized that the cantaloupe just didn't cut it for breakfast by itself, and the next time I had it I also had a granola bar. My lunch, a Lean Cuisine Chicken Philly Flatbread, was too spicy for my taste - so I didn't buy it again. I also noted my nighttime snack calories because I feel like it's important to my success to keep track of how many calories I'm consuming after dinner.
Today I am renewing my commitment to myself to eat healthier and more consciously - not stuffing my face in front of the tube. I also am committed to exercising EVERY DAY this week.
I had a BIG problem with this when I started my weight loss. The weekends were a nightmare because EVERYTHING was in reach unlike when I'm at work. The trick in the end is to give yourself 1 or 2 cheat meals a week and spread them out. That way you don't fall to every craving during the week.
ReplyDeleteI'd say my biggest weight losses came when I was doing something called the Abs Diet. I'll send you a facebook message with a couple of links to the Amazon page.
Now before you think diet, eww, you eat real food. The goal of the diet is to half you eat the right portions with some of the power foods they talk about about 6 times a day(3 larger meals and 3 snacks) so that you're never "hungry". It leads to less binging or bad snacking.
And if you need some other success stories for it, call my Mom and Dad they Lost a ton of weight on it too and their in there 40s/50s one of the traditionally hardest ages to lose weight at.
--Josh aka the Ogre
Ohh it also covers a really good work out routine. It focuses more of muscle gain as muscle burns fat with incredible efficiency.
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