Monday Stuff/ Transition Time

Today I kept to my coffee goal, did a tiny amount of exercise AM (a token amount, really) and this afternoon ate really low quality food.

I didn't have a good lunch with me and bought something at work that turned out to taste yucky. I ate half of it anyway (next time, if bites number 1 and 2 taste bad, throw it out!!) and then got 2 cookies apparently on the theory that I need them to recover from the "boneless BBQ ribs" . (when our cafeteria has actual BBQ meat, it tastes fine but this was some weird meat-like product). didn't really enjoy the cookies.

so of course later I was hungry after a small and very unsatifactory lunch, half of it sweets. I bought popcorn. by the time I was half way home from work I had enough enough of that salty stuff I was craving sweet and I needed a bathroom - which they just happen to have at a burger joint where I can get a small ice cream cone. (my commute is 90 each way, sometimes I can't make it all the way) you still with me? I ate about half of the cone and threw the rest out the car window.

SO:  the good news is, I didn't actually over eat. ate some JUNK but not too much of it, in other words. I stopped when full. so that 's good.

BUT: this evening may be more challanging because of eating JUNK.

PLAN: this may sound weird but I'm thinking what I mostly want to accomplish this evening is to NOT have a Binge.  this means no scolding myself for eating junk, no planning on "just a salad" to make up for the junk, no punishment in other words.

right after I post this I'm going to change into my play clothes  (LOL) so I can roll around on the floor with my dogs. I'm going to turn on the TV and catch up all over OH but I'm also going to be reading my book of ball exercises and picking some more I can do. I'm going to do a few stretches. I'm going to play with my dogs and brush Fritz a bit, even his butt which he hates.

and when I get the urge to eat I'm going to ask myself if I'm hungry. if not, I plan to wait until I am.

I enjoy food more if I wait until I'm hungry.

I deserve to take care of myself with better quality food.

I can relax in the evening by activities other than eating.

what's going on with you?



 

Thank you, I need this thread. I've been going through some really rough stuff lately and have been struggling with the night time eating because the anxiety is so high. I do things like nuts and cheese and low carb chocolates which the calories really add up on, and which I don't need in my weight loss phase.

Plus I tend to eat really frequently, and I know I'm eating emotionally not because I'm actually hungry. So far my day has been good.. tuna salad most of the day with lean hamburger patty and green beans for dinner, with a dessert of greek yogurt flavored with sugar free-chocolate syrup.

Now comes the challenge.. avoiding the bad foods tonight when I watch TV after I finish my homework. Still trying to figure out a strategy for that. I may be eating some of that seaweed snack which Elina always talks about.. it's not that damaging and it is satisfying.

Hi Pet MOm
Sounds like a plan. Know what you mean about keeping eating when what you get to eat tastes bad. So often in the past I would really overeat because what i was eating wasn't all that tasty and i craved something decent. Thats why I remind myself that pretty much everything I eat these days should be exquisitly good. because it has to be small. And thats probably hard if you work where there is an employee cafeteria - notorious for yuck stuff. I think I have posted before about the greasy swill they served at the Mayo Clinic.

Yep, playing with dogs is a good plan. Years ago I used to do lots of dog training as a hobby. Dog obedience and tracking training. It was good exercise and the dogs loved it and it got me out and about. I want to take up the tracking again as I have done the showing again now that I am not too fat to do it. You might teach dogs some tricks as an activity for both you and them which involves them getting treats but not you!

No binge one day at a time is a good goal. It becomes a habit. GL with your plan. sounds like a winner.

Diane

I didn't exercise today because I had company and I think I would feel a lot better if I had.

Jackie you're doing so well at being mindful!

I've done my share of snacking today because of some emotional issues too. I don't think any of it was really bad stuff but  it was just flat out grazing.

I need to get on the scale tomorrow. I avoided it today because of Easter.

So Jackie.....I gotta ask.....is Fritz you husband?    He hee!

LOL Jimbo,  he does think he is the boss!

Fritz is a pomeranian, of my my 3 dogs.

 Oh Jimbo - bwaaaaa haaaaaaaaa
Kathy

 Jackie how did your plan go?

I'm calling it a success. I waited until I was hungry and then stuck the most decadent thing I eat for a meal in the microwave: Marie Callendar Chicken Alfredo!  kept eating until full...OK, had a tiny bit more, but then put it away.  the rest of the night I felt like pulling it out and eating more but I didn't.


NO binge!

I consider this an especially big win because in the past I have always had that "what the hell" feeling after eating junk -  I'll use it as an excuse to keep eating junk all day and figure "what the hell, I'll start over being good tomorrow"

so I'm patting myself on the back here!