May 2, 2023
Wow, I haven't posted in a long time. That's because when I went off the road, down the ditch and into the ravine of poor food choices, it took me quite awhile to crawl back up to the road.
I fell into some kind of sugar coma, for lack of a better phrase. Thinking I could have a treat here and there (well, it's NEVER just
here and there, is it?) lead me to regain several pounds, and I could not lose it. It was if I forgot everything I knew about MWL program. I would weigh every day (don't do this), then beat myself up because I either gained a bit more or wasn't losing. I decided the scales were broken. Finally, finally, I got fed up with myself and this behavior, so I threw out the scales. In a matter of days, that cycle just...stopped. It wasn't even hard. I just bought a lot of veggies, decided if I wanted a treat I would have sugar pea pods ($7/lb where I am). They are so good! Filling. And I thought, hmm...
more veggies please. So now veggies are my treats. I loaded up on celery (love the crunch), cucumbers, lots of carrots; love sweet potatoes, steamed broccoli, broccolini, apples etc. Rice and potatoes are my favorite starches; legumes, red lentil pasta, oatmeal, hemp hearts & ground flax seed, soy milk, steamed collard greens.
I have no idea what my weight # is, nor do I care. My pants are loose again; I bought a smaller size pair of jeans. I do track measurements once a week; back to where I was before the insanity started.
Have I tried a cookie or treat since? Sure, and they just DON'T TASTE GOOD anymore. My homemade veggie soup tastes so much better. I know that chips are my crack, so I just simply don't have them.
Satiety is an issue for me, so now I just spend time after a meal thinking "do I feel full"? I realized that I didn't really know what it meant to 'feel full', so now I wait awhile to test this feeling. And if I decide yes, I really am still hungry, then I eat more of my good food! Often just munching on carrots, apple slices (or pea pods!) fills me up.
So, this is my story. Hope you are all healthy.
Marsha