what did you eat today? 1/3/08
I beat you today Janina. I dont have a life on weekends soo...
lol.
Allowed carbs= 30
Breakfast- Sausage pattie, celery w. cream cheese
Lunch- chili dog w. cheese, sf jello
Dinner- Prolly Turkey burger w. veggies
Snacked on janina's P.B. cheesecake mix for snacks today in between meals. I made about a 3/4 cup of the mix, my snacking size during the day was a little bigger than an index finger size, so total snacking for the 3/4 cup mix was about 5carbs total
TOTAL= 20carbs
My day so far:
1 egg beaten into 1 pkt hi fiber oats + 2 clementines
2.25 hour hike with DH! Beautiful sunny COLD day..our snack was shared: 1ounce pkt trail mix (soy/sunflower seeds/dates) + 1.13 ounce pkt raisins + 1 square 86% dark chocolate (oh holy ****i just broke my no sweets rule! SEE THERE!!!!!!! how weak I am!)
Lunch: 1/4 c rice + 2 ounces tofu + 1 oz lean pork stir fy heated up + 2 tbsp greek yogurt + 1 svg tortilla chips + fresh salsa.
Supper: a yummy beef - orange sauce wrap thing w/ fresh cabbage/limes/cilantro/carrots/toasted sesame seeds
"The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not." ~Mark Twain
B: egg beaters w/ oz of ground beef, and one slice high fiber multi grain bread
L: yogurt with ezi cereal, blueberries and flax
D: spinach and asiago chicken sausage sauted with mushrooms, topped with WW cheese packet, and a little bit of salsa. Romain lettuce with 1/4 avocado smashed in it, cup of clove sprouts and topped with a little Braggs.
S: oatmeal
I was reflecting on the very early days in my food addiction fight. This is what OA has you do: eat 3 meals, whatever you want. You may NOT lose weight doing this, but the purpose is to combat cravings and restriction. So many of us get into trouble the MINUTE we restrict ourselves.
At a later point, you may be able to morph off that point to get to dealing more with caloric amounts.
"The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not." ~Mark Twain
on 1/3/09 8:15 am
I'm not trying to be a smarta$$ but if you restrict yourself to eating only 3 times a day, isn't that "restriction"? I guess I need to read up on OA 'cuz I know nothing about it. I often read Denise's post and for the life of me, I can't figure out what she's abstaining from? I guess I just need to ask her.
Many folks in OA may even need to gain weight, they are terrified of food and are anorexic. Let's face it, restriction is married to losing weight, no matter how much anyone wants to argue about that - even some fo the fat people can deal with being fat forever - they only want to get hold of their food intake. The purpose of eating 3 squares is to fulfil our need for nutrients and not be tempted to eat all day, unfettered.
In my most disordered days, I was a binge/purger, so my one "meal" started at about 6:00 pm and kept going til I passed out. IF I ate food before that, I never kept it down. It could be argued in my case that some days, not much stayed down, therefore being zero meals. I would be in the bathroom barfing up mouthfuls of foods i deemed "bad"
Abstinence and eating are VERY hard to chain up, b/c unlike drugs/booze, you don't stop eating. But you can define certain foods as triggers and abstain from them; those will be different foods for each person.
"The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not." ~Mark Twain
