After yesterday morning's bad news on the scale, getting through the rest of the day was pretty much a matter of sheer stubbornness and crying on all available shoulders. Thank you very much to those of you who allowed me to vent my frustration and discouragement to you. You have no idea how much you help. Thank you also to those who left me comments or messages, I love getting that feedback and knowing that you're out there reading and cheering for me. The urge to eat something horrible was strong yesterday, but it was outmatched by the support I get from you guys and by my sheer, heel-digging, stubborn need to show this diet that it's not going to win. Yes, I'm completely aware that this is a totally illogical feeling, but hey, if it works...
Anyway, I stuck to the program, I did my walking - 6 minutes per session this week - and I used my new hand weight to do some arm work. Yesterday's intake:
Breakfast: 1 egg, scrambled, 3 pieces bacon - 1.55g
Lunch: 4 oz deli ham, cheese stick - 3.38g
Snack: 1 oz almonds - 2g
Dinner: 6 oz ham steak, 2/3 cup frozen green beans - 9g
Dessert: 1/2 cup sugar-free Jell-O, 2 tbsp cream, whipped - .8g
Total: 16.73g
Yesterday was the first day that I've officially eaten all five of my planned meals! It was nice to have a little something sweet for dessert, and fabulous to have something other than a cheese stick available for my afternoon snack. I have nothing against cheese sticks, but having eaten two a day nearly every day for the last three weeks, I was getting a wee bit tired of them. Options are a good thing. If I get too bored, eating the same thing every single day, I'm a lot more likely to succumb to cravings. I really don't mind having the same breakfast every day, but lunch and dinner are a different story!
If that feeling is illogical then show me the boat you are on.. I am with you!
ReplyDeleteThe same food daily, weekly... SUCK! Ben Ben loves his chicken nuggets sooo much that he can eat them every single day.