One step forward and one step back.

[Janni]

Yesterday was a good day. I kept to my calorie limit and photographed all my food although I didn't post the photos. I did feel a bit agrieved that I have to give so much of my attention to my diet. And then today, disaster, concentration slipped. I took my eye off the ball and just ate mindlessly. Today I have been mostly eating bread and butter and fruit, loads of both, and pate, and ice cream and some chocolate. I just couldn't be bothered. I feel sluggish and bloated. Lesson learned (I hope), I do need to concentrate on my diet.

Ah well, tomorrow is another day. Food plans for tomorrow involve yoghurt and fruit for breadfast, chicken soup for lunch and salmon and veg for dinner. And no mindless eating.

[fiwa]

That sounds just like me. I have no halfway house. I'm either super healthy or I just eat everything I shouldn't. I just have to keep reminding myself how much I enjoy proper food (which I do) and how good I'll feel. Good luck for tomorrow!

[Janni in reply to fiwa]

Thanks fiwa

[Hidden]

Hi Janni.

For sure, tomorrow is another day.

But you might like to ask yourself just why you did eat a lot of bread and ice cream and chocolate.

Comfort eating? Boredom eating? Just wanted the sugar rush? The more insight you gain to the ways and habits that have made you overweight - the more you'll be able to change them.

Tomorrow's plans have three meals. But you should probably have planned - at least to some degree - your snacks as well. Try not to go for more than about three and a half to four hours without any food. A light snack, a bit of fruit, a Ryvita or similar (or two) with a bit of low fat cheese spread or that sort of thing.

The logic of that is that it stops your blood sugar going too low. If your blood sugar goes too low, it's inclined to trigger you into fat storage mode rather than fat burn mode. The same is true if it goes too high, too, so try to avoid sugary things that might give you a blood sugar 'spike', especially on their own, i.e. not mingled with other foods.

And if you learn from what happened today and, through that learning, manage to keep control on another occasion, then that would really be one step forward and one step forward.

Good luck with your weight loss journey.

[Janni in reply to Hidden]

Thanks Doikosp

Hard to pinpoint the reason for my overeating. I just seem to slip out of gear and I know that once I start with bread (proper white bread, not sliced) and butter (real butter) I don't stop. All the nice bread (that I kidded myself I bought for the family) is gone and I've replaced it with sliced brown which is not a binge trigger for me, so that should help. I might try your snacking idea too.