There have been a couple of diets that I have tried that have said not to eat Carrots. Now I know they might not be the most nutrient packed veggie out there, and I know they are higher in sugar then most veggies as well but really??? Its a fuckin carrot. It comes out of the ground, and we eat it just the way it is... the way nature intended... its a vegetable and I'm eating it. Of course I'm making sure it is part of a variety of veggies that I eat every day but don't beat yourself up over these tiny details. Another tiny detail I'm not worrying about... dressing.... you know if I make up a huge ass salad to go with my supper, packed full of veggies and healthy goodness I'm gonna go ahead a put some ranch on there if I feel like it. Again, don't misunderstand - I watch how much is going on - chances are if you are eating your salad more like a soup then you have too much dressing on there!! I've even opted just to have it on the side and dip, its a little easier to watch your serving size. The bottom line is... if a wee dip of ranchy goodness is going to help me jam in a wack of veggies - then I'm doin it! ha ha ha! If we nit - pick ourselves to death I think we will drive ourselves batty and in the long run it will only work against us. There is a wicked easy recipe for a home made salad dressing that you can play with too, it is really good! Mix up some Extra Virgin Olive Oil with some Balsamic vinegar and add cracked pepper and a wack of garlic!! Let it sit and peculate for an hour or so and OOooooo baby!! To quote D "if that don't send ya, you don't want to go!!!"
Speaking of D, he came grocery shopping with me on Sunday. It was really nice to have the company and the help but he does sneak things into the cart that would otherwise never be in there. For example fresh baked chocolate chip cookies from the bakery. Oh baby! And he had to eat a couple on the way home in the car... they smelled SO ridiculously good. Of course, like the gentleman he is, he offered me one or a bite and I politely declined... so he says "well, you can have a cookie if you want to though right?" (refering directly to my change in lifestyle) and I said "Ya.. of course I can, I'm just choosing not to right now because I got the distinct feeling from Elaine that my competition in the challenge is making excellent progress as well" .. so he thought that made sense, and so do I. She did sound like my competitors we're fierce so I have to "keep it up". There are always going to be temptations around. I have to learn to keep control of myself and make sure I'm eating things for the right reason. They say the very best way of course is to just keep the junk out of your house. Its not going to happen in my world. I'm not going to deny D of things he wants to have around just because I'm going to 'slip' one day and eat a tray of cookies. Its not gonna happen. - He's lost his 100 pounds and works out 6 times a week, he can do and have whatever the hell he wants!! I'm also not going to 'slip' one day and eat a tray of cookies! I've learned now that food if for feeding your body not your emotions. I didn't ever really think that I was eating for my emotions, but looking back now I'm pretty sure that I was. Especially boredom.. well there's nothing to do, lets make nachos!! I think because my life is so great and so happy I thought "I'm not an emotional eater, I'm happy - I just like to eat", but what I wasn't realizing was the feelings I had for me were slipping and those were the ones I was trying to hide away or eat away.
Now that I am out of hiding I don't have to hide things anymore!! ha ha!! YAY!! What a relief. And it turns out that half of the reason why I was draggin ass day in and day out was because I wasn't eating any protein. Hardly ANY protein until lunch, then sometimes not even until supper!!! How can I expect my body to carry me through if I'm not giving it what it needs?? DUH. Just a bit of education is all it takes. I actually eat MORE now than I did before!! Who'd of thunk it??
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