"backward post" what I didn't eat today and other bragging rights!!

ok, so today I passed up some pretty tempting stuff...

-went out to dinner, wanted the fried fish and chips soooo much, got sirloin tips and coleslaw instead

-stopped at the convenient store for a diet coke, on the counter were these little bits of food from the devil's pantry ( i think they call them reese"s cups), i wanted them sooo much...left with only my diet coke!

-got a coupon in the mail for a free pizza....yea free, who can turn that down??  I guess I did, opted for chicken breast and salad and broocoli instead!!Put the coupon in the drawer, gonna save it for my son when he comes home from college.

Yea for me for what i didn't eat!  What did you pass up today ?  The braggibg rights are yours!

That is a major amount of resistance in one day!!!!! Congratulations ibeck!

As for what I passed up recently: I managed to limit myself to a 1oz (about 9) serving of my favorite potato chips last night.

I managed to eat only 2 hot tamale candies (instead of 1/2 the big box) and passed on all of the rest of the candy that somehow just appeared in my house this afternoon.

I did not eat any of the beef jerky that appeared around the same time as the candy. (I absolutely love this stuff - but not only do its calories add up really fast - so do the ones that are in the food all that salt makes you crave)

I only pouted a little when my son's visiting friend walked in the house with an Arctic Circle milkshake (think Blizzard for those who don't have Arctic Circle in their neck of the woods) I did NOT even ask for a bite.

I did not get the cookies from Subway last night and gave away the bag of BBQ potato chips that came with the meal. Subway has some of the best cookies & this was probably the hardest thing for me to turn down.

Thanks again ibeck for encouraging us to brag!

Sunni

Wow Sunnim!

 You out did me big time!  Limiting chips and then giving them away! I am really impressed.  You are doing this girl.  Good for you. 

 And that is also big about the pouting....I get so sorry for myself if someone else is eating something that is one of my favorites.....you did great!  High fives for working your resistance muscles, you deserve to feel good about yourself. This was a day to build your confidence and you are continuing to prove to yourself that you CAN  do this.

Subway cookies are so hard to pass up.  Good job both of you! 

I am super proud to say that I never touched even one piece of halloween candy!!  (first time in my life!!)

We had a dinner after church today - Lasagne, Salad, Garlic Bread, and Angel Food Cake w/ cherry pie topping & whip cream was the menu - I managed to eat a huge salad - easy on the dressing and only one serving of the lasagne (I truely believe that lasagne should be a food group all of its own so this was especially difficult)

I think the only thing I managed NOT to eat today was a package of stale pretzels in the pantry...I don't know what got into me this past week, but I have been on a cheating frenzy..I started out kind of bad on Monday and everyday it got worse and ended in a really bad terrible day today..It was like I was determined to gain back every single ounce I have lost over the past 52 days..I feel so sick right now..I have heartburn from eating a bunch of beans loaded with bacon and cornbread...And a cupcake.  And that was just dinner.

I went back and read my journal..I read how much I want to lose this weight for myself and my family..I am going to start again tomorrow..I have to.

I am so proud of you guys - you are doing so wonderful...We are going to make it..I know we are.

I was up late last night...very late, like 4am...this is usually a sign that I have given in to a binge and am stuffing food at a time when the rest of the world can't see me......

But not last night!  This website saved me!.. I was posting and emoting, but I was not eating!  I am so grateful I have a place to go, its like having a friend to talk to when no one is around.  I know my posts sometimes go on and on, and I thank you for tolerating me.  It  just means so much to be able to have a place to go that is safe and you feel understood.

This was new behaivor for me...so good for me!

What food did I pass up?  Well there wasn't really any "junk food" in the house,  but on a bad night I would have gone shelf by shelf eating whatever was not nailed down....even good food has calories and can wreck your food plan.   Before,  I would have gone so far as to cut an onion and make homemade onion rings, maybe made some homemade noodles, its amazing if you have fat and white flour around how much damage you can do.  Always before I would eat until I had that stuffed,sleepy feeling, (which for me being a diabetic amounts to a very high blood sugar)....and then sinking into a carb induced "coma"......and I wouldn't have been just tired this  morning, I would be feeling hung over and in pain.  I am so glad I did not eat.

I am tired today, but I feel proud of myself for not giving in. 

My husband noticed hershey bars 2 for a dollar at the store the other day. He bought 8. EIGHT! grrr, there are still 7 of them sitting there on the counter and I did NOT eat the missing one. Although if my daughter eats one, i might ask her for a section,

Things that I have seen, but not eaten in the last week:

Hershey chocolate bars (offered not once, but twice!), Soda (I have an entire case of Sprite with me in the room, but have avoided touching it), Cookies (not in todays calorie allowance), ice cream (though I miss it and may add it to tomorrows calorie allowance), Skittles (by far the best candy ever), Peanut Butter, Cashews, candy corn, coffee, smoothies, popcorn, pudding... but I did have some of my Chocolove (I accounted for these calories though).

today my frig is kinda empty, i need to go to the grocery, but for lunch i thought ok a side salad and a small chili will just be easy until i have time to shop......the last few days i've had to white knuckle my days....some are just easier than others i guess

but anyhow i had to pass taco bell before wendys and their taco salad was calling my name......and i  know that was not on my plan!...but there i was in line at the drive through...ought oh!

...and then it happened, must have been the hand or God or something stronger than me but my head screamed "don't do it!"....and then I thought...."i want to be able to say I did this!!  I lost weight, I reached my goal!!".....

so then I turned before I was trapped in that lane and over to wendy's I went...this crazy obsession almost had me!

...but I got away!  i out smarted that voice in my head and turned away...hope i can do that again, ha ha

GOOD FOR ME!

I had a good food day..I feel like it is the first day all over again!   My little trip last week into Fast Food World was an eye opener..I had been feeling so good and "light" lol - but, went berzerk last week and ate everything..All it did was make me feel physically ill and "heavy".

So it's back to healthy cooking.

I had a good food day..I feel like it is the first day all over again!   My little trip last week into Fast Food World was an eye opener..I had been feeling so good and "light" lol - but, went berzerk last week and ate everything..All it did was make me feel physically ill and "heavy".

So it's back to healthy cooking.

I am currently not having any of the free cake that they have for us in one of the conference rooms.  I'm going to continue to not have any of that cake until I go home and there is no cake :).

FREE FOOD!! ".......Free cake!  what a hook...I can really do a "snow job"on myself with that kind of "SELF TALK",.........

....like:

-all you can eat...anything will work

-its a "special occasion,  even "Arbor Day"  will work, haha

-it will spoil if its not eaten today

- it will get thrown out if I don't eat it

-I will eat it, get it out of the house then I can start fresh tomoorow

-the kids leave so much food on their plate, look how much meat is left on that pork chop  bone

-if i give that too the dog it will make him sick

I can be sooooo creative when it comes to convincing mtself to eat unplanned food...

and then there is the best lie of all,  "one bite won't hurt...or   if I cook it, I gotta taste it...and taste it, and taste it...)  ....don't really see the need to include those calories in my daily total, haha

But,

   YOU STAYED STRONG AND RESISTED THE " LIE "...GOOD FOR YOU, YOU HAD A VICTORY TODAY....KEEP IT UP GIRL!!

Patty -

I hear you about all the "reasons" we can give ourselves for indulging in calories that we just don't need. I got a chuckle out of the its a special occasion - so when exactly is Arbor Day - I think I missed that one. LOL

The whole tasting things when I am cooking is a good one - to some extent it can't be avoided when I am cooking new things (or measuring what I am putting in old things) to make sure I am producing food that my family will eat. I have come up with a system that I think is working for me - if what I am cooking is measurable in a spoon - I use a teaspoon to take a sample and then log that - if not (I don't own a scale yet) I do my best to overestimate the amount of what I do take for dinner - so that if anything I am counting more calories than I am actually eating. Finally - once I started eating foods with a whole lot of density for a few calories again, I found that I am not hungry and therefore I am not getting any where near the 1900 calories a day that CC says I can have and therefore if I miss a few of the ones in the food I taste - I am still within the appropriate amount. (So far so good - 8 pounds in the 3 weeks I have been weighing)

My kids do NOT ever leave food on their plate so this is not a concern for me.

I have a few of my own creative lies, but I am getting better at recognizing them before I let them convince me to do something "stupid" that I will only regret later.

Sunni

Sounds like everyone is doing well on Not eating the bad stuff.  I have some bragging rights of my own... Helped my aunt make the most delicious brownies ever.... didnt have one ... she asked me twice ... and still stood my ground :)   Yay!  I think I am realizing all the stuff is not going to help me reach my goal.. When I input my food into cc I dont want an F to show up.

Jes

Original Post by peaceapple:

I am currently not having any of the free cake that they have for us in one of the conference rooms.  I'm going to continue to not have any of that cake until I go home and there is no cake :).

 *** I am with you on this one... at work they bought not one but 3 different types of cake and it sat there all night.  And to top it off .... I have to go BUY a cake for a work birthday... not going to have any of that either.  Whew!

Update on the free cake, 

I got through the day without eating any of the cake :)

I have resisted my roommates' leftover Halloween candy all week. I have also been resisting the mini candy bars on the front desk at work, though today I did reach for one then change my mind only after I saw there were no Snickers left!

Peaceapple - yeah you!!!!!!!! I bet you feel fantastic about resisting - it should help make it easier next time.

Melina - Good for you too! All week? Hopefully it will be gone soon.

For all of us faced with temptation every day - somewhere on one of these posts I read about someone who tells themselves, "Nothing tastes as good as losing all this weight and being healthy is going to look" when he/she is facing down temptation. I think about that a lot when faced with my favorite foods. It also helps me when I want just one more serving of something.

Sunni