I lost 105 lbs. for surgery and a healthier future, hoped writing this blog would help me stay focused. The slideshow shows me from my highest of 322 pounds down to 211 pounds. Since my retirement and cancer diagnosis, weight has crept back. I focused on the cancer in 2010-11. Well, now it's Spring of 2015 and I have regained almost all the weight, back up to 284. I guess I should change the title to Weight Loss Journey AGAIN.
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Falling off the wagon
I fell off my personal food wagon again yesterday. AGH. WHY do I DO that? Mark went out to Home Depot to buy the new garbage disposal unit, and I went into binge mode. I ate way too many nuts, plus some other nutritious food like a can of tuna and a cheese sandwich (made with lo-cal, lo-carb bread and fat-free cheese), and some Saltine crackers. OK, an entire strip of Saltine crackers for 480 calories. Other than finishing the strip of Saltines, there was nothing actually wrong with what I ate. The thing that was wrong is that I had just had lunch less than thirty minutes earlier. There was no reason to eat anything else at that time. Yet, I got the old urges and started to rove around the kitchen finding things to eat. It's such a bad behavior. It's one that I thought I had mastered, but clearly I have not. Maybe it's too much time in the house with this surgery recovery. Maybe it was the unending, dreary rain yesterday which prevented me from going out for a walk. Maybe it's something else. I really and truly do not know what triggers it. It's clearly not hunger that triggers these binges. I have to get back to reading some of the articles from Peer Trainer on emotional eating. I have gotten a several emails from them lately that I have not taken the time to read. Today might be the day to read them.
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crocheting as an option?
ReplyDeletepart of learning better habits is learning why we have the ones we currently have...
Oh, Denise, I think you are so right. I'm really trying to think about why I have these bad habits. It's harder than it sounds.
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