Hey Beth! Thanks! I’ve been reading your journal from time to time and just want to tell you that you are doing great! I love your enthusiasm. I’m also happy to have Katie in my life.
I was thinking about when I became a finisher/member of the Clean Plate Club. I know I wasn’t as a child or even in college when I was still on the meal plan at the dining hall. I’m not sure if I did it when I started cooking for myself in college…but I know that as soon as I started trying to change my weight I did. Because if you’re counting calories, you have to finish the food to know how many calories it (supposedly) was. Hmmm.
At my bro & SIL’s now. They are such an awesome family. She made tacos for dinner so I had a plate of brown rice, black beans, lettuce, tomatoes, and salsa. When I finished it (yeah I was really hungry after not eating at the airport or on the plane) I noticed she probably had put a little oil in the rice so it wouldn’t stick like they do at Chipotle, because I could see it on the plate. Oh well. I definitely did the best I could.
Since I came back home from my parents’ last Monday I’ve been practicing (speaking of practicing!) being a little hungry. I won’t say I went on a week-long crash diet but I was a little disgusted at myself at how much I ate while I was there, even if it was compliant food I’d made myself. Something about not having a working microwave and therefore not being able to quickly warm up leftovers probably had something to do with it too. Anyways, I don’t know why I have to learn this lesson over and over again but it turns out that I will not die if I’m hungry and don’t immediately eat! Ha. This morning I had some leftover mashed potatoes for breakfast (after doing 4-1 on the treadmill—we had an afternoon flight) and then ate a big container of leftover white rice on the way to the airport and then didn’t eat until about 7-8 hours later at my bro’s house. And I was fine!