I’m not sure exactly when it happened, but at some point over the weekend, I got off track. And at this point in my weight loss journey I can recognize just how dangerous that feeling can be.
Saturday I went to bikram yoga, had a jeans meltdown, and attended at baseball game. Pretty balanced. Sunday I went to sushi with friends and that’s about it. I really didn’t do anything else because I was considering it my “off” day from working out. The only problem with that is that I also took an “off” day on Friday. And again on Monday. Three off days too close together is like a recipe for disaster for me.
I’ve actually come to realize that working out/exercising/moving my body is the key to my mental fitness in terms of staying on track with weight loss. Because when I exercise and work my body hard, the last thing I want to do is overeat/indulge. But on the days that I don’t workout, I get into a lazy mode, and I tend to give into temptation a bit more.
Case in point – I did great with eating for the entire day yesterday, until I decided to back the No Pudge brownies that I had purchased. Big mistake. The mistake was really buying them to begin with, because I can’t just have one or even two – I always finish them off. They taste too good. The same thing happened last night. And this morning I woke up feeling disgusted with myself.
But I’m not going to jump off the wagon and end up in a two-week bender. I’m taking control. I’ve already taken control. This morning I had a good breakfast – cottage cheese, a nectarine, and 1/3 cup of blackberries. Filling, naturally sweet, and healthy. Just the right thing to make me feel like I made a good choice.
Other good choices for today will include an hour of swimming (1-2pm) and then time spent figuring out the rest of my workout plan for the week. And I also want to re-read/finish reading The End of Overeating and Women Food and God, so that’s going to be my assignment for the week – spend an hour or so a day reading from both of those books. It’s time to reframe/re-educate and get on track.
Bella on the Beach 
I was actually thinking about posting about something similar tomorrow — I just took 3 days in a row basically off, and while part of me felt very refreshed, it was sooooo tough to get up on Mon morning and there were about 50 voices more than usual telling me to just stay in bed and skip the workout. I also know the slippery slope well and it’s a scary place for me.
My never-buy food should be Pringles. Hubby grocery shops, and he’ll never buy them, so I’m usually safe, but if I somehow end up in a grocery store, I buy 2 cans and bring them to work, and then proceed to finish each can the same day I open it. It’s way too much salt (not to mention calories, fat, lack of nutrients, etc.) and leaves me feeling disgusting, but yet it continues to happen. Ugh! When will I learn?!!