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Upson Downs
Feb. 25th, 2011 12:36 pmI've been struggling with food choices for a couple of weeks. I started getting bored with JennyCuisine and went off the rails several times. Part of it was being ravenous from working out so hard, part of it was PMS, part of it was self-destructive stubbornness. I was up 1.25 pounds for the weigh in on the 17th. I spiraled from there and went on lots of binges. My water intake has been steady and my fitness level has been good, so I'm not flailing about on all sides, thankfully.
Flash forward to yesterday's weigh in. I was all set to hit a fast food joint afterward and continue the self-destruction when I saw that my weight had continued to rise. But, I lost the 1.25 pounds I'd put on. I boggled at my consultant and told her what I'd done. She gave me some suggestions for quelling my post-workout starvation with additional protein from egg whites. She allayed my concerns about some of the other issues I've been going through and I left my consultation with a completely changed attitude. I was 100% on program yesterday and I'm 100% on program today. I've got some ideas for shaking up my food rut by adding new "free" and "limited free" foods to my diet. I am going to break through to the next "decade" of weight by the time my mom visits in three and a half weeks.
I'm such a pollyanna. Now that I'm on the far side of that trough, I can see the lesson I need to take away. I'm struggling to learn not to have an effed up relationship with food. The important thing is that I'm learning.
OH! And I forgot to add the exciting things I learned this morning. The slacks I pulled out to wear today were roomy. Hmm. I pulled out a pair of slacks the next size down and they fit! Plus, the cute Spring trench coat I bought earlier this month that wouldn't close but I bought it anyway because I would shrink into it? It buttons. It buttons tightly, but it buttons. I wore it to work today. Yeah, the program works if you stick to it. I can be such a knucklehead. :)
Flash forward to yesterday's weigh in. I was all set to hit a fast food joint afterward and continue the self-destruction when I saw that my weight had continued to rise. But, I lost the 1.25 pounds I'd put on. I boggled at my consultant and told her what I'd done. She gave me some suggestions for quelling my post-workout starvation with additional protein from egg whites. She allayed my concerns about some of the other issues I've been going through and I left my consultation with a completely changed attitude. I was 100% on program yesterday and I'm 100% on program today. I've got some ideas for shaking up my food rut by adding new "free" and "limited free" foods to my diet. I am going to break through to the next "decade" of weight by the time my mom visits in three and a half weeks.
I'm such a pollyanna. Now that I'm on the far side of that trough, I can see the lesson I need to take away. I'm struggling to learn not to have an effed up relationship with food. The important thing is that I'm learning.
OH! And I forgot to add the exciting things I learned this morning. The slacks I pulled out to wear today were roomy. Hmm. I pulled out a pair of slacks the next size down and they fit! Plus, the cute Spring trench coat I bought earlier this month that wouldn't close but I bought it anyway because I would shrink into it? It buttons. It buttons tightly, but it buttons. I wore it to work today. Yeah, the program works if you stick to it. I can be such a knucklehead. :)
