i find myself thinking this a lot. "well, it could have been worse, i could have eaten 6 pieces of ___ instead of just 5." or "well, at least i didn't go hog wild and eat the whole thing..."
and while positive thinking is good...maybe i should be asking myself what i could have done better instead of eternally justifying whatever food mistakes i've made that day by comparing them to worse mistakes i've made before. maybe i should devote all of this mental energy to thinking of specific ways i could improve my {not especially fantastic} eating habits...
i don't know. just a thought. the more i do this, the more it seems like it's all a head game--just like anything else in life. mind over matter, right? (well, maybe--see bri's post below!!)
well...today could have been worse. (it could have been a lot better too). here's the scoop:
good things today: actually dragged myself to go hill walking despite getting up really late, and feeling generally anti-exercise. used restraint during 3-7pm when traditionally everything in the cupboard is calling my name. only used 1 tsp of the "crack" dressing at lunch. also refused to go w/ skinny bro to get late night fast food.
could have been better: went to lunch w/ skinny bro at our favorite mexican place. i wasn't so much in the mood for it (!) and wasn't even particularly hungry...but i ordered my usual. not the wisest move for the day before weigh in, eh? oh...probably should have stuck it out on the hills for more than 30 minutes, but i gave in... still working on more vegs. (i just like fruit better!)
what to do next time: probably should have ordered something smaller for lunch, or suggested we go someplace different and save the favorite place for when we're both starving and/or craving it...
so...i exercised 2. i ate at least 18 points for sure...i'm really not sure what the pointage is for lunch...great. i'm soooo excited for weigh in...
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Listen to you! You are doing so much better! Compare the posts of this last week from you first week! Look at how well you are doing. I'm really impressed! (and yay for more hill climbing!)
Yeah, I concur - sounds like you are doing really well. Just going walking at all is a good thing - you'll be increasing your time soon. keep up the good work - the skinnifying is working (on you, anyway...me, not so much)
yay on the good, boo on the bad. What more can I say? You know exactly what you need to be doing. So just do it! I find setting tiny goals really works. Like yesterday - absolutely no cookies! So when I saw them and I normally would have just reached for it and eaten it. I didn't because it was a minigoal. It does mean you have to anticipate your challenges ahead of time but give it a shot!
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