MIPACKERFAN's CalorieKing blog
Monday, Jan 28 2008 - Argh!!
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WARNING: Lots of talk about specific foods ahead.
I'm frustrated. About a lot of things, I'm frustrated. But for the sake of everyone's sanity, I'll try to keep my frustration here just to food.
I don't get it.
I don't get how yesterday I was kicking myself in the pants because I went 196 calories over - and then realized after I was in bed that I forgot to put another 120 down because of the hot chocolate I had in the morning. And today, I still have over 500 calories to eat. It's after 11pm, and I still have 500 calories I'm supposed to eat!
My breakfast this morning? Oatmeal. Nothing fancy. But it was warm and it tasted good. Lunch? I thought I was doing the right thing by bringing in a salad from home. Some lettuce, peppers, mushrooms, celery, and tuna...for me that's a pretty creative salad. And the dressing I used wasn't even bad - and it was low in calories! My snack? Some cottage cheese around 3. It filled a good spot that needed filling.
Now, granted, by the time I got home, I had a headache. And I've pretty much figured it was because of what I ate, or didn't eat. So I quickly heated up leftovers from last night (meatloaf, mashed potatoes, carrots) and that tasted really good. But then I got this taste in my mouth for something sweet. In previous weeks, I've had a box of Nips laying around. They helped with the oral fixation, and they tasted good. Of course, no Nips in this house tonight!
What does one do to satisfy the craving? Well, the good thing is that I did NOT go for the cookie dough - but I certainly thought about it. Instead I made pudding - the kind with sugar in it. And when I finished off the whole batch... I was still hungry. And I still had over 650 calories to eat! Criminy! At this rate, I could spend all day eating!
I mean, what was I supposed to do? Whip out 10 cups of cooked carrots? So, while watching a bit of TV, I popped some popcorn and ate that. The whole bag.
Now again, I'm stuck. It's 11:30 at night (which is WAY past my goal of no more eating after 8:30) and I have all of these calories I'm supposed to eat. And I'm going to get the "you didn't eat enough and losing weight this fast isn't a good long-term solution" speech from the CK automator if I don't eat them all.
I realize that if I can ever get this food thing going in the right direction, I'll be wishing I had all of those calories to eat again. But for right now, I just don't get it. If I ate things the way I'm supposedly supposed to be, I'd be eating all dang day! And let's face it, I just don't like raw celery and carrots THAT much!
I'm frustrated. About a lot of things, I'm frustrated. But for the sake of everyone's sanity, I'll try to keep my frustration here just to food.
I don't get it.
I don't get how yesterday I was kicking myself in the pants because I went 196 calories over - and then realized after I was in bed that I forgot to put another 120 down because of the hot chocolate I had in the morning. And today, I still have over 500 calories to eat. It's after 11pm, and I still have 500 calories I'm supposed to eat!
My breakfast this morning? Oatmeal. Nothing fancy. But it was warm and it tasted good. Lunch? I thought I was doing the right thing by bringing in a salad from home. Some lettuce, peppers, mushrooms, celery, and tuna...for me that's a pretty creative salad. And the dressing I used wasn't even bad - and it was low in calories! My snack? Some cottage cheese around 3. It filled a good spot that needed filling.
Now, granted, by the time I got home, I had a headache. And I've pretty much figured it was because of what I ate, or didn't eat. So I quickly heated up leftovers from last night (meatloaf, mashed potatoes, carrots) and that tasted really good. But then I got this taste in my mouth for something sweet. In previous weeks, I've had a box of Nips laying around. They helped with the oral fixation, and they tasted good. Of course, no Nips in this house tonight!
What does one do to satisfy the craving? Well, the good thing is that I did NOT go for the cookie dough - but I certainly thought about it. Instead I made pudding - the kind with sugar in it. And when I finished off the whole batch... I was still hungry. And I still had over 650 calories to eat! Criminy! At this rate, I could spend all day eating!
I mean, what was I supposed to do? Whip out 10 cups of cooked carrots? So, while watching a bit of TV, I popped some popcorn and ate that. The whole bag.
Now again, I'm stuck. It's 11:30 at night (which is WAY past my goal of no more eating after 8:30) and I have all of these calories I'm supposed to eat. And I'm going to get the "you didn't eat enough and losing weight this fast isn't a good long-term solution" speech from the CK automator if I don't eat them all.
I realize that if I can ever get this food thing going in the right direction, I'll be wishing I had all of those calories to eat again. But for right now, I just don't get it. If I ate things the way I'm supposedly supposed to be, I'd be eating all dang day! And let's face it, I just don't like raw celery and carrots THAT much!
1 comments so far.
1.
a decade ago
The thing that will make it better is when you start liking the celery and carrots. I found that after the first month, I lost my cravings for sweet stuff(junk food). Now if I do decide to take a bite of something, it tastes too sweet...sickly sweet and I don't like it. You'll get to that point.
Remember, it is about a lifestyle change, and it takes time. My body was addicted to the foods I'd been eating for years and that had packed on an extra 50#. I've been determined to retrain my tastebuds so that I don't crave those foods, and I don't anymore. THat makes it easier.
AND, with the new steam bags of veggies, you could have whipped out 10 cups of cooked carrots in the microwave. You'd have probably lost your appetitie though...that's a lot of carrots.
Hang in there!
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