*Sigh*
Before I even start, let me say that I know this was a BAD idea and pretty stupid, but I feel like I needed to do this. It may hurt my body but for my mind it was a goodbye to the foods that I DON'T need.
This weekend, I pretty much ate what I wanted to eat. Honestly, looking back, it didn't do too bad... I had veggies and fruit and good proteins... I just also had a lot of alcohol, a bag of peanut M&Ms *not the big bag, the bag you get in the check-out lanes*, a few cookies, and french fries... I'm actually kind of proud that I didn't give into the greasy pizza and all the cakes and cookies and greasy foods that were around me! I also had four ginger ales, and coke in my rum & cokes, and I haven't had soda in f-o-r-e-v-e-r. I'm acutally glad to be back to my diet green tea and water :-).
Tomorrow is it! I finish my signing up at the gym (aka paying a HUGE fee to join!) , and I can begin working out 5 times a week! I really am excited, this is going to be GREAT! I'm only weighing in once a month, so the next weigh in will be Wednesday. February 3rd. I'm going to take pictures tomorrow for Day 1 and then most likely pictures every month after weighing in... This is how I plan on keeping myself motivated!
Question: What are your food weaknesses? Do you give in often? If not, how do you stop yourself?
Before I even start, let me say that I know this was a BAD idea and pretty stupid, but I feel like I needed to do this. It may hurt my body but for my mind it was a goodbye to the foods that I DON'T need.
This weekend, I pretty much ate what I wanted to eat. Honestly, looking back, it didn't do too bad... I had veggies and fruit and good proteins... I just also had a lot of alcohol, a bag of peanut M&Ms *not the big bag, the bag you get in the check-out lanes*, a few cookies, and french fries... I'm actually kind of proud that I didn't give into the greasy pizza and all the cakes and cookies and greasy foods that were around me! I also had four ginger ales, and coke in my rum & cokes, and I haven't had soda in f-o-r-e-v-e-r. I'm acutally glad to be back to my diet green tea and water :-).
Tomorrow is it! I finish my signing up at the gym (aka paying a HUGE fee to join!) , and I can begin working out 5 times a week! I really am excited, this is going to be GREAT! I'm only weighing in once a month, so the next weigh in will be Wednesday. February 3rd. I'm going to take pictures tomorrow for Day 1 and then most likely pictures every month after weighing in... This is how I plan on keeping myself motivated!
Question: What are your food weaknesses? Do you give in often? If not, how do you stop yourself?
My biggest food weaknesses are EVERYthing bad for you! haha Seriously, I'm such a bad eater. My biggest biggest is when there is cake in the house. Yummmmmmmmm. I give in to the temptation, knowing that the craving will only be worse if I neglect it. They say moderation is key and I say a big fat bullicky to that! Yes, moderation is good, but for me, I canNOT have an itty bitty piece of cake. No way no how. So if I really want something bad, or I want to indulge in a nice hunk of cake, I replace my meal with it. I know that it's going to have a bunch of calories to it, so I generally will replace my lunch with it. Seriously. I will cut myself a nice hunk of cake, then not have ANYthing else for my lunch. I figure, since it's lunchtime, then one, it isn't my most important meal of the day--breakfast--and two, I'm going to be moving and grooving the rest of the day, so I'm burning off the calories. I try never to eat "bad" calories at night since I am going to bed and it's allowed to just sit. But lunchtime, you're needing a meal and then you'll still be moving and it's less worry for me. You wouldn't believe how big of cake piece I'll eat for lunch if I want it. Biggest rule? NO GUILT. Guilt kills. It will knock you off your plan to stay healthy since you'll get all down on yourself, when why? Healthy eating, exercising, all of it is a learned habit. You have to LEARN to eat right and exercise daily for it to become habit. There's no reason for that guilt.
ReplyDeleteIf I really want stop myself? Eh, I just don't. Or I go do something else and I've forgotten to give in by that time. Staying busy works.
Pastries are my downfall. And crunchies. There are few things crunchy when you don't eat carbs.
ReplyDeleteJust a suggestion: If you're going by weigh ins also keep track for yourself measurements. Since you're joining a gym you are going to be gaining muscle and it weighs more. It's disappointing to work your booty off for a month and see the scale hardly move... what you don't see is that you may have actually lost 5 lbs of fat and gained 3 of muscle.
Just a suggestion from someone who has been there. ^_^