As you might be able to tell from my post yesterday, I've been having some junky and careless food days lately. Yesterday I went to a potluck brunch where I didn't know many people. It wasn't really much fun for me, so I managed to sample way too many of the dishes provided by the very good cooks in this group. So of course, I had no idea what the points were for anything, which gave me an excuse to not count anything at all for the day. And I hadn't counted anything the day before either. Crazy.
The thing is, I always think that it will be more "fun" to just eat what I want and not worry about the points, but it isn't really fun to know that I'm blowing things in a big way just as I'm starting to see some real results. It's also not fun to eat way past fullness just because I'm feeling bored and anxious, the way I did yesterday at the brunch.
As a way of reminding myself of all these things (it's amazing how years of testing this theory that overeating is fun still haven't managed to disprove it for me), I wrote a post that touched on the ways that a food plan can be a form of self-care. A lot of the time I'm writing these things to try and convince myself... Now, of course, I'm worried that I sound arrogant and judgemental. I am curious to see how people respond to it.
All I know for sure is that I really need to go back to the things that work for me: sensible exercise and following my food plan. There's nothing fun in feeling stuffed and fat.
Nothing fun in worry about it either. That is such a factor for me - I am realizing how much time I spent worrying, fretting, being unhappy with myself. This impacted my ability to get to sleep and stay asleep hugely.
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I hate [and love] those pot luck things! We have those at our church or a freinds place every so often and it's mostly devinely sweet things that are at the top of my
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I'd stay away when i know there happening, but its usualy the only time i get to catch up with some people.
I'm thinking about suggesting a pot luck dinner and ask everyone to bring the tastiest, simplest,and healthiest dish they have :o)
I think feeling "the need to get back on track" after a small binge or a few days off food plan are what make successful dieters/weight losers/maintainers. When you veer off the food plan and do not have that little voice telling you "get back on track" - that is when weight gain occurs - at least for me. So, I hope I will always here that little nagging sentence shortly after I have strayed.
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ReplyDeleteYou had a detour (to borrow that phrase) but you got back on the freeway and will do well. I think switching gears and changing our mindset to even being aware of being bored and anxious is important. I'm not sure I would have noticed that I felt anxious and bored if I were in your shoes. So give yourself credit for that awareness.
ReplyDeleteA food plan does mean a form of self-care; if you were diabetic, you'd have to be careful. If you had gout or kidney disease, you'd have to be careful with food. I really like that post on AFG.