I’ve been eating like a pig even though I’m trying to lose weight.
Am I disheartened?
Not at all. It’s all part of the plan.
Since Friday I haven’t taken too much care over what I’ve eaten and when I’ve eaten it. I’ve eaten whatever I want whenever I want.
That includes, pizza, chocolate and beer – and that’s just for breakfast.
I’m kidding of course. I would never eat chocolate for breakfast, that’s just silly.
With previous attempts at dieting I would have panicked by now feeling I’d fallen off the wagon, but this time I’ve taken it all in my stride.
The reason I’m not bothered is because the arrival of Monday morning is like hitting the reset button.
I got out of bed and got straight into my ‘one meal a day’ mindset.
Having gone through this a few times now I know that I can happily survive on one meal a day. I also know that there are some positive benefits to having only one meal day.
I know that by the end of the week I’ll have lost more weight than I put back on over the three day food fest.
The piggery was deliberate and planned for. I decided ahead of time that I was going to ease off for a few days and picked Friday as the day.
I probably won’t blow out again for another two weeks which means I’ll be able to make another serious dent in my fat loss.
That’s not to say I’ll only eat once a day for the entire two weeks. On the weekends I relax a little and have two meals. Sounds grim I know, but really it’s not.
This has been the best period of weight loss in my life and that’s probably because for the first time ever I feel I’ve got the right mental attitude.
So what else did I eat over the weekend? A Chinese meal, an Indian meal, ice cream, ice lollies, toast and marmalade, chicken nuggets and chips, fish in batter, popcorn, more chocolate all washed down with more beer.
So what did you eat over the weekend?
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The weekend was pretty much normal fare for me, except for the big bacon cheeseburger at Chilies, which really didn’t bother me much since, between gym and renovations at home, I’ve been really burning up a lot of calories.
What did bother me though, was the pain in my side when I got up yesterday morning. I had taken a fall on Friday off a ladder and was a bit sore on Saturday, but nothing serious — I thought. Then, Sunday, there was this sharp pain in my left side that really hurt bad when I coughed. I figured I had done something bad to a rib or two so planned to make it to the doctor today.
It was still hurting this morning, so was getting ready to go in to see if I could get in at the doctors.
Then…, I sneezed.
O. M. G!
That hurt so bad! I was sure it must be a busted or cracked rib. Turned out that it was actually the muscles around the ribs that were damaged in the fall, but Jeez! that sneeze hurt!
So what has this got to being able to eat anything I want?
Right now, with the pain, I can’t exercise, so I really, really need to limit the calorie intake until I can start burning more.
Otherwise, I’ll just bloat up.
Ouch! Falling off a ladder is not a bad way to bust a rib. Luckily for you it’s just soft tissue damage. That’s a relief!
I’d love a bacon cheeseburger right now, unfortunately I’ve had my one meal today and it was a rather large portion of bolognese on a baked potato. Delicious.
I think you’re right to go easy on the calorie intake until you can get a little more active. Shouldn’t be too long though. Maybe a week? Possibly two?
Take it easy!!
One meal a day? Doesn’t that give you the shakes? I am awful if my blood sugar gets too low.
I can’t really remember everything I ate, but I know there was a lot of hummus. One night we had turkey schnitzel with mashed potatoes and green beans and the other night we had spaghetti bolognese.
Oh and a yummy yellow butter cake with homemade strawberry cream cheese frosting.
I don’t tend to get the shakes or feel weak, but when I do I eat. Usually a fruit or veg type snack. But I try not to snack. Instead I’ve been drinking hot tea, with full fat milk and sugar. I suppose that could count as a snack and keeps the blood sugar levels stable?
I have no idea what a schnitzel is but I don’t suppose the turkey misses it.
I ate salad all weekend, but I did have mint-chocolate Swedish wafers as a treat Today everyone is telling me to stop working on losing weight and just work on eating to heal my body – jeez! that is what I thought I was doing….I thought the weight was keeping the problem on-going.
My friends at the gym ate lean all week so they could drink all weekend….I haven’t been able to drink for years….inside I am screaming LIFE IS NOT FAIR…I eat so healthy and carefully and yet 80 pounds hang on ( one Dr. say 100 needs to come off to be health)
aargh! Hope it keeps working for you… and you achieve your goal
The mint wafers sound wonderful!
Actually I don’t drink too often but we’ve endured blistering heat (by our moderate standards) and only a cold beer will do at times like this.
I’ve almost given up on ‘weight’ as the measure. I’ve taken much more satisfaction from feeling better and noticing how loose my waistband feels.
Losing weight isn’t easy, I’ve tried and failed so many times, so I understand how difficult it can be. I also know that I’ve taken some drastic action to make progress. Eating just one meal a day isn’t something I’d be happy to recommend. All I know, is it’s working for me… but only because I’m doing it in short bursts!
You’ll do it Patricia, it’ll just take a little time, keep at it.