Struggling lately - help!

I had a hard time this past week with food.  I don't know why.  I ordered a frig for my hotel room, brought my mini-blender and protein drinks, and even stocked up on greek yogurt.  Still, I was grazing and eating larger portions. 

For example, I usually order the little cheese tray on the plane.  I typcally eat 1/2 of the cheese, two crackers, and a few almonds.  Today,  I ate 2/3rds of the cheese, four crackers and the whole bag of almonds!  Yesterday, I ate 4 mini pieces of left over SF candy that I had bought to hand out at my presentation.  Just good old-fashioned compulsive eating! 

I am waiting to weigh myself until Sunday but I am sure that I gained weight, which means my current one-week mini-stall will continue.  I know what I have to do - weigh my food, journal, stick to the plan,etc .  Hopefully, it will be easier at home this week.    

I would love to hear from those of you who have been there and done that, what did you do to get back on track, both emotionally and behaviorally?  After so many weeks of feeling in the groove, this experience is putting me on alert.  I would appreciate your support and advice.

Thank you!
Amy

P.S. On the flip side, the hotel had a wonderful gym so I spent my evenings doing full work-outs.  It felt great not to be pressed for time.    

I totally understand grazing...guilty, but you may be pleasantly surprised when you weigh on Sunday. Sometimes when you mix up your diet for a day or so, your body decides to drop some pounds. Crazy how it works.

--gina

I agree with Gina.  Sometimes I end up the same or losing after one of those days.  Which unfortuately reinforces that I can do it. UGG.

My problem is in the kitchen, cooking supper.  As I am cooking ground beef to go in something, I eat it as it gets cooked.  My "tasting" adds up, I know but it never shows up on the scale to weigh it so it can go on my food log.  It's the old "one for the cook" mentality.  I'm also guilty when I am slicing meat or cheese to weigh.  If I get a little too much, it is likely to end up in my mouth instead of back in the package.  Yesterday I roasted kale and ate half the pan just to be sure it was ok.  So it was just kale with olive oil and salt.  And I don't know how to count it because it ends up losing all the water in it and weighing nothing but I know it has calories.

As far as how to deal with it, I don't have a good answer yet.  Acknoledgeing it I guess is the first step.  I'll be happy if someone has a next step.

Price, here is the nutrition label for Kale. Now since you roasted it, check your olive oil for it's calories.

Liz

how do you roast kale?

Found this recipe when I googled it: Roast Kale

Liz

That is pretty much what I do with a few variations.

I wash and tear leaves in small pieces.  Spin dry in the salad spinner.  Dump on a baking sheet, sprinkle with olive oil and sea salt.  mix with your hands to get it all spread out.  I bake for 35 min at 300.  It ends up crispy and yummy.  I've been using a sea salt, garlic and lemon seasoning mix which is wonderful with it.

This sounded so good I called my neighbor for kale out of his garden. BUT he plowed it all up this weekend. WHAAA!   The stuff they have in the store isn't half as good.

I agree with Gina too...sometimes we have to "let go" of the reins a bit to get our bodies moving again.

Liz

Good for you for getting to the hotel's gym!!

Meg