Abstinence - Day 31

Taking my sponsor's advice, I've decided just continue my abstinence from where it was before.  I didn't have a complete relapse, it was just a "slip" during one meal.  I was abstinent by the next meal on the same day.  So instead of starting all over, this is my 31st day of abstinence! Breakfast 1 banana 1-1/4 cups Cream of Wheat 1 cup 1% milk 1/4 cup scrambled egg substitute 1 mug coffee 2 cups water Lunch 2 whole wheat flat breads with spinach, tomato slices, chicken lunch meat, American cheese, 1 tsp. mayo 9 small prunes 6 oz. nonfat, low sugar yogurt with fruit 2 cups water Dinner 1 serving Mediterranean Pot Roast 2/3 cup brown rice with 1 tsp. margarine 1/2 can pineapple chunks 1-1/2 cups 1% milk Denise Phares

Heya Denise,       Thats's the spirit! LOL  And eating some lunch meat isn't like downing half a cake and chasing it with a half gallon of ice cream anyway.      I spent most of my day doing the last of the tear out in the basement.  The only thing left were our reef tanks, so I was down there hauling reef rocks and calcium sand out of the tanks and into tubs so we can move our massive tanks and tear out the old carpet underneath them.      My food for today was: 6:00 am - South Beach protein bar 8:30 am - Zone Perfect protein bar 11:00 am - Caesar chicken South Beach wraps 1:30 pm - Zone Perfect protein bar (was supposed to be a Lean Cuisine, but I got stuck at Home Depot too long and had to eat from my emergency stash in the van) 4:00 pm - Caesar salad 6:30 pm - Caesar salad      Got about 80 oz of water in so far, so I just need to grab one or two more bottles this evening.  Did 55 minutes on the treadmill...too sore from the rock/sand hauling to do anything else today.  Might go to the gym tomorrow if I'm less sore by then.

I feel better about that advice from your sponsor! Abstinence when it comes to nutritious food intake is a fine line. As i say, we are not machines - some days we truly need a bit more food.  On the other hand, the "good" food gets me in trouble, too. I don't have any one area of foods, i.e., bags of chips, cookies, jelly beans, fast food, etc. that I can stop or delete and see a gigantic difference in my weight.  I am impressed with your planning and fortitude to keep on keepin on. My daily food has to be this regimented also, so I feel your dilemna. Most of the time, it truly is a comfort to not have to think about food; it's all laid out most days what I will eat and I don't vary.