whats to eat today 12/13/08

Going to a family christmas dinner tonight what so my last snack and Dinner will be there. I am going to try and avoid the desert table, I called to see what everyone was bringing to help me get a visual and get myself geared up and want the good stuff!!! I will let you know how I do when I return tonight!

Breakfast-2 sausage links, celery w. cream cheese, sugar free jello-
3carbs

Snack-Atkins shake- 1carb (I frickin love those things)

Lunch- Salad, w. turkey burger NO bun, mayo and mustard- 4 carbs

SNACK (ON THE ROAD) - ATKINS BAR- 2 carbs

DINNER-(AT CHRISTMAS PARTY) SLICED OF HAM, DEVILED EGGS, VEGGIE TRAY, BACON W. CREAM CHEESE WRAPS, STUFFED MUSHROOMS-(estimated no more than 7 carbs)

total- 17 carbs

B: Coffee w/milk (6 carbs for 1/2 cup of moo juice)
L: 6 mini burgers from BK (no buns) (4 carbs for 1 tblsp of real ketchup)
S: 1 tblspoon PB (3 carbs)
D: Steak Pizzaiola

Carbs: 10

The closer to Christmas it gets, the harder it is to resist carbs... I can hear them calling my name. Even when I'm full,  I still want them. I hate this. I'm doing so well, and I don't want to sabatoge myself. I'm allowing myself to eat what I want on Christmas; and an annoying voice in my head (I know, I sound crazy ) keeps telling me, "it won't hurt to start early, you're gonna cheat on Christmas anyway" I know that voice lies, and I don't want to listen to it. But it's so hard. Does anyone have any tricks to get past that kinda thing??

B: Atkins shake (1 carb)
L: tuna fish sandwich, minus the bread: tuna, mayo, pickles, cheese (2 carbs)
S: sf jello
D: lemon peppered fish fillets (4 carbs)
S: sf jello
     3 mugs tea w/cream & sweetener (6 carbs)

Carbs: 13

Heather, ain't head hunger a *****  Here's a little trick you might try.  Sit down with a piece of paper and start 'seriously' thinking about all of the reasons you want to lose weight and write them all down.  Then the next time your head is telling you lies, like a little bit won't hurt, take out your list and read it.  When your brain is set on being irrational, reading something rational will jolt your emotions back to reality enough to stop you from sabatoging your weight loss efforts for the moment. 

I used to ask myself...how bad do you want this?  You have to come to point in your head that the number on the scale becomes more important to you than what you are putting in your mouth.  And believe me I know how hard that is, but it takes practice to get to there.  In my case, practice didn't make perfect, but I did reach a point that what my head was trying to tell me became nuisance noise that was unworthy of my attention. 

Now, about that big fat lie that your mind is trying to pass off on you...that's pure unadulturated bull!  How many days did it take you to recover from Thanksgiving?  Good grief, Christmas is eleven days away...you could be back to where you started by Christmas.  And besides, you wanted to be smaller by Christmas to impress your family, no?  If you eat a cookie today, you won't remember it by tomorrow, and yet you will still feel like a failure by tomorrow.  Stay strong Sweetie.  This is the time of year to learn new behaviours because the old behaviours just got us fat!

Mary 

Thanks Mary, I'm gonna try writting my reasons down. Or at least the main ones, theres too many to list. I've been strong so far, and  instead of giving in I've been trying to destract myself fwith the computer. Also, as I was leaving the bathroom, I just noticed that my face looks smaller. That made me happy. Seeing little changes like that make me want to stick to the program even more.

Heather.....STAY STRONG, GIRL!!

I am so proud of the job you're doing!  Don't give into those temptations now.  What Mary says is so true.  If you're anything like me you could gain back all you have lost over the holidays.  Remember....NOTHING TASTES AS GOOD AS SLIM FEELS!  The worst part is not the weight gain you would experience, but the feelings of guilt and shame and disgust with yourself that once again you had failed at all of this.  I speak from experience because I am not doing well at the present time.

You are truly motivating me and I want so badly for you to continue on this road to health and a happier you.  I know you can do it....we're all here cheering for you!!