Day 13: "Oops, I forgot to eat!" Yeah right - like that's ever going to happen. I've never forgotten to eat, but I have had times in tremendous stress that I haven't had the time to eat or haven't felt like eating. My husband, on the other hand, a totally normal eater WILL forget to eat - so I know it can happen. Not to me though. Anyway, moving along - the point was that your body needs regular fuel stops to run at peak efficiency.
Short entry today - other than to say that I digressed terribly yesterday.... however, on a bright note, I started my day at the gym and got a solid 40 minute of cardio in, and didn't dissolve until later in the day. I'm just perplexed with myself why I did what I did. Oh actually, I'm thinking about it and I know.... I had planned out my day in advance because dinner was corned beef and cabbage and I wanted to have enough calories to enjoy a good portion. However, I made two new recipes - and I sampled both (even though they are for later in the week) which sent me into a downward spiral. I just should have made a plate and eaten whatever it was that I wanted to eat. - It was the "binge quality" of the eating that upset me more than the quantity. (I did not, however, eat all the Superbowl goodies - I just seemed fixated on what I had cooked that day.)
Oh wait - I can go back a notch from that... I also did not eat what I had planned for Saturday lunch. I succumbed to eating fast and eating what I did NOT plan for lunch. I actually sat and figured out all the calories and figured out how I could redeem myself by dinner... but then landed up going to the Cheesecake Factory for dinner - totally unplanned and out of the blue. TOTALLY. My daughter and I split everything, but it was still too much.
So all in all, a HORRID weekend for eating (which is actually unusual for me - I do well on weekends generally) but great in every other respect. So, I'll just take Monday for what it is - pick myself up, dust myself off and move on.
Here's to picking up and dusting off.
Miriam
you dusted yourself off and your boundaries were a little wider than normal. Good for you to keep on keepin' on.
ReplyDeleteCoincidentally, I also fell off the wagon a bit this weekend...but I don't feel bad about it and neither should you, Miriam. The program should include a day here and there when we splurge. I will say that once one splurges, it's easy to add another splurge...and then another! I did that, too, this weekend - one splurge was "planned" but the other one wasn't! It was just there and looked so good....sound familiar?!! At least our weekend trip to the mountains is over - so back to monitoring my daily food intake...as Elaine says, we've dusted ourselves off and ready to keep on keepin' on!
ReplyDeleteYou women are so inspirational in your blogs. I can't wait to get the book and start doing the "work". :)
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