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Tuesday, Oct 9 2007 - Today I wasn't afraid of food
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10/9/07
Today I just ate whatever I wanted to eat. I didn't worry about dieting and eating this or that and ironically enough I was actually under my calories.
I think I see a pattern... when I am "dieting" all I think about is food and what I can and can't eat. And I eat more... I think I get so dissatisfied with what I "can't" have that I eat everything else in site and then I end up getting that item too...
Today calorie wise and fat gram and everything was a good day. It is just really really nice to be under my calories without a whole lot of extra work or efforts.
When I ate my cheese eggs I felt slightly guilty... but then I said to myself- if you get cheese eggs, don't get the bacon and eat and enjoy it. I got my eggs which was oozing with cheese and they look so fattening and greasy... and they were. I had a total of 16 grams of fat but for a change I was satisfied. I wasn't starving for lunch... I wasn't famished and ready to scarf down everything and then having to resolve to eating a salad that I load down with dressing just to make it taste good.
When it was time for lunch, I knew I had to eat, but I didn't know what i was going to get... I had many choices but I was still able to discern that a steak and cheese sub would be way too much since I had such a big breakfast. I didn't feel totally overwhelmed to get it either. I didn't feel "deprived". I just was like- hmmm, not a good choice since I had cheese eggs for breakfast...
So as I wonder through the cafeteria I decided to get the buffalo wings- they appeared to be fried without flour- I forgot to ask but I will on tomorrow but you can pretty much tell when chicken has flour on it (i.e. the crust). this chicken really could have been either/or... the skin was hard so I still wonder if it was actually baked or grilled in the oven... but to be safe I categorized it as fried.
I got six wing dings (you know when its not the whole wing but a split wing) and I out of the 6 I ate three and I dip each one in a little ranch dressing. The container that I have for ranch dressing holds 2 oz. The top had barely been skimmed and me and my girlfriend estimated it to be about half an ounce.
For dinner my husband hit Wendy's... because I haven't went to the grocery store. I felt panicked for a minute... but I know I couldn't tolerate another salad. I couldn't think of the calories in a burger and really didn't want another burger. I thought to myself- Chicken is better. Grilled chicken is far better- but I must be honest... today I just simply wasn't feeling baked foods, or salads. So I compromised. I compromised for where I was today at that very moment. Not for tomorrow or where I should be next week. So I got the spicy chicken sandwich...but nothing else... no fries... THAT WAS MY COMPROMISE.
You see normally, I would have gotten the eggs and the bacon- 3-4 slices of bacon to be exact. I would have eaten ALL 6 of the wings- not because I was hungry but because they were there and they were quite tasty too. I would have sopped up every bit of the ranch dressing with them too. In fact, I had been wanting some buffalo wings for two days so I am very surprised that I didn't eat much more of them simply because I had been wanting them for so long. I would have had fries with them too- dipped in honey mustard dressing. I would have eaten every bit of it until i was stuffed and felt miserable and then I would have been upset about it. For dinner I would have gotten a combo and ate it all- and dipped my fries in honey mustard sauce too!
So for my compromising today, I saved 1570 calories and 99 grams of fat.
I had my tea today and I had a Mt. Dew... and I feel satisfied with today... I feel happy and I even feel like exercising (although i am sitting on my bum at the computer and watching my Tuesday night shows right now).
The things I would improve about today is getting my water in. I didn't get much at all. I still plan to strive to eating more fruits and veggies but I think for right now since my calorie range is 1650-1760 I am going to eat what I want in moderation and in smaller portions.
I realize the quality of food is just as important as the quantity. But for now my compromising is saving my sanity and it is the first time ever I tried this approach. I have tried everything else- high protein, low carb, low fat, etc. etc... But today showed me that just making small adjustments can go an extremly long way... 1570 calories long. I don't plan on eating cheese eggs every morning, or buffalo wings and wendy's chicken sandwiches for dinner... but the relief and resolve my mind had today about food really really taught me a huge lesson about weight loss.
Today I just ate whatever I wanted to eat. I didn't worry about dieting and eating this or that and ironically enough I was actually under my calories.
I think I see a pattern... when I am "dieting" all I think about is food and what I can and can't eat. And I eat more... I think I get so dissatisfied with what I "can't" have that I eat everything else in site and then I end up getting that item too...
Today calorie wise and fat gram and everything was a good day. It is just really really nice to be under my calories without a whole lot of extra work or efforts.
When I ate my cheese eggs I felt slightly guilty... but then I said to myself- if you get cheese eggs, don't get the bacon and eat and enjoy it. I got my eggs which was oozing with cheese and they look so fattening and greasy... and they were. I had a total of 16 grams of fat but for a change I was satisfied. I wasn't starving for lunch... I wasn't famished and ready to scarf down everything and then having to resolve to eating a salad that I load down with dressing just to make it taste good.
When it was time for lunch, I knew I had to eat, but I didn't know what i was going to get... I had many choices but I was still able to discern that a steak and cheese sub would be way too much since I had such a big breakfast. I didn't feel totally overwhelmed to get it either. I didn't feel "deprived". I just was like- hmmm, not a good choice since I had cheese eggs for breakfast...
So as I wonder through the cafeteria I decided to get the buffalo wings- they appeared to be fried without flour- I forgot to ask but I will on tomorrow but you can pretty much tell when chicken has flour on it (i.e. the crust). this chicken really could have been either/or... the skin was hard so I still wonder if it was actually baked or grilled in the oven... but to be safe I categorized it as fried.
I got six wing dings (you know when its not the whole wing but a split wing) and I out of the 6 I ate three and I dip each one in a little ranch dressing. The container that I have for ranch dressing holds 2 oz. The top had barely been skimmed and me and my girlfriend estimated it to be about half an ounce.
For dinner my husband hit Wendy's... because I haven't went to the grocery store. I felt panicked for a minute... but I know I couldn't tolerate another salad. I couldn't think of the calories in a burger and really didn't want another burger. I thought to myself- Chicken is better. Grilled chicken is far better- but I must be honest... today I just simply wasn't feeling baked foods, or salads. So I compromised. I compromised for where I was today at that very moment. Not for tomorrow or where I should be next week. So I got the spicy chicken sandwich...but nothing else... no fries... THAT WAS MY COMPROMISE.
You see normally, I would have gotten the eggs and the bacon- 3-4 slices of bacon to be exact. I would have eaten ALL 6 of the wings- not because I was hungry but because they were there and they were quite tasty too. I would have sopped up every bit of the ranch dressing with them too. In fact, I had been wanting some buffalo wings for two days so I am very surprised that I didn't eat much more of them simply because I had been wanting them for so long. I would have had fries with them too- dipped in honey mustard dressing. I would have eaten every bit of it until i was stuffed and felt miserable and then I would have been upset about it. For dinner I would have gotten a combo and ate it all- and dipped my fries in honey mustard sauce too!
So for my compromising today, I saved 1570 calories and 99 grams of fat.
I had my tea today and I had a Mt. Dew... and I feel satisfied with today... I feel happy and I even feel like exercising (although i am sitting on my bum at the computer and watching my Tuesday night shows right now).
The things I would improve about today is getting my water in. I didn't get much at all. I still plan to strive to eating more fruits and veggies but I think for right now since my calorie range is 1650-1760 I am going to eat what I want in moderation and in smaller portions.
I realize the quality of food is just as important as the quantity. But for now my compromising is saving my sanity and it is the first time ever I tried this approach. I have tried everything else- high protein, low carb, low fat, etc. etc... But today showed me that just making small adjustments can go an extremly long way... 1570 calories long. I don't plan on eating cheese eggs every morning, or buffalo wings and wendy's chicken sandwiches for dinner... but the relief and resolve my mind had today about food really really taught me a huge lesson about weight loss.
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