| Food and Diet and a Question for You All |
[Mar. 17th, 2008|02:41 pm] |
![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/userinfo.gif) get_fit_slowly has an article about dealing with a sweet tooth today.
I’m very bloaty today. Not entirely sure why. Saturday ended up being my day off (rather than Friday, which I thought would be because of the Chili’s miniburgers, but I only ate 2 of them and about 3 fries and ended up being well under my calorie limit for the day*). So I had Sunday to get my body flushed out and back in order. Maybe I need extra detoxing, though. I had corned beef and cabbage (so tons of sodium) and an apple salad (yum!) And french toast made with challah and oh, a sandwich with corned beef and cheese for lunch (way too much corned beef, but that was my St. Patrick’s day celebration) and a piece of charlotte russe cake for dessert at night. It was some very serious day off eating. It also made me feel awful, so Sunday’s salad and zucchini broccoli and tilapia was a very welcome. Today I’m completely back on track, but again, bloaty and ugh.
A good thing happened, though, this morning. One of the people who commutes with me daily was on vacation all last week, so I haven’t seen her in a while. This morning she told me I look like I’ve lost about 20 pounds. Yay!
I am trying to decide if I should log the food on my day off. On the one hand, I’m less likely to actually give myself a day off if I log it, and it really is my intention to use that method to make me feel less deprived. I’ve obviously been losing despite having that day off, and I feel a lot less resentful knowing I can eat whatever I want that one day a week. The freedom to not have those calories staring me in the face on my log is very nice. On the other hand, I feel like I should own what I’m doing and admit to what I eat on that day. This isn’t a once in a while accidental screw up, either. I’m intentionally eating food on that way day of the week that’s not allowed the rest of the week, like processed, refined carbs, bread, potatoes, and food with sugar in it. Maybe I should quit giving myself that day off so I don’t feel so guilty. But since I am losing weight I feel like having that day off is working.
Seriously, the psychological part of trying to change my diet is so much harder than the physical part. If there were a way I could log it without feeling massively guilty, that would be the best. But I don’t think I can do that. Have any of you dealt with this situation? If so, how did you handle it?
*I meant to post about this on Friday or over the weekend and forgot. I got to Chili’s, ordered the mini burgers and fries, and then when they came I ate one of the four, felt almost completely full but ate another and about three fries and that was it. I couldn’t eat another bite. I brought them back to the office in a to go box, and considered eating them later in the day as a snack or dinner, but then my stomach absolutely revolted. I can’t handle that kind of fat now, I think. I ended up throwing them away. When I logged my food for the day, I discovered I was still well under my calorie limit. I was a little over the fat limit, but not over the carb limit. Granted, my carbs weren’t as healthy, but there was still no sugar involved, thank goodness. So it is possible to go out to eat junk food and do it somewhat in moderation.
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