I've been primarily sticking to the healthy eating for three whole days now (ooh!). I have not gone unchallenged in this endeavor. Work has been especially stressful and crazy busy of late. Because of this, all day yesterday I really wanted to eat bad foods. I really wanted to go out to lunch, but having already skipped my lunchtime workout on Monday, I didn't have any room to be bad and still be somewhat good, if you know what I mean.
At the time, I guess it kind of put me in a bad mood that I couldn't just do what I wanted, ie eat what I wanted. However, I'm glad I stood up to that temptation. I feel much better about myself now. If I had given in, I would feel now like a failure, which would make it that much harder to try again in the future.
However, that being said, I did still go out to eat for dinner last night with some friends. I was torn, because I've made rules for myself that say no eating out on weeknights. But I was also sad about being on a stupid diet to begin with and allowing the diet to interfere with my social life was making me even madder. So, I stopped and pored over my food tracker and decided I had enough calories left in the day to go out to a sensible dinner. I ended up about 200 calories over my expected total for the day, but I think it was worth it for a sense of normalcy.
In the end, I'd chalk the week (well, three days) up to a victory. It ain't easy, but I think I'm making good choices and being healthy in my attitudes toward food.
Now to survive the weekend...does anyone else feel like the weekend is where all good diets go to fail?
I think that for me, it's lunch where things go crazy. Since I've started coming out of my shyness shell, I've been getting to know more people and going out to lunch. And when I go out to eat, I develop a saucy, bad attitude toward healthy eating, like "I'm going out to EAT, so screw you, fruit salad!" Then, after I blow things at lunch, the bad attitude continues, and I think "Well, there's no point in eating a sensible dinner NOW." It's a vicious cycle.
ReplyDeleteI think going out to eat is hardest. Pretty much EVERYWHERE serves salads... but who want salads when you can get a white trash burger? or a kickin' chicken sandwich?
ReplyDeleteWe need a better Wednesday plan. I'll bring us something healthy/delicious to eat next week after walking club.
Meredith- That's what's the worst, because if lunch is a problem, you should probably stop going out to lunch. But you don't want to be a social doorknob. You don't want to have to give up seeing your friends just to be healthy. I feel the same way about going out to dinner after work.
ReplyDeleteAmie-a lot of times those salads aren't the best pick anyway. They can be loaded with calories because of cheese, dressing, etc. Mostly I just hate paying more money for a salad then I do for an entree (which happens at a lot of places.)