I must detox myself off of take-out food YET AGAIN.
Bah. It is so frustrating to me even 18 months after surgery that I can't be trusted with take-out. I had been doing so well, over 2 weeks without and then I cave and have it and now it is all I want. I have spent most of my day obsessing over the chicken fingers from Longhorn Steakhouse. I looked up the calories to help curb my craving (748 for just the chicken fingers in case you were wondering) and that is not even helping.
I refuse to cave in though so I'm posting about it, that sometimes helps.
To get myself back on track I have come up with some Mini-Goals.
*Log every little food morsel everyday on myfitnesspal.com.
I just started using it yesterday instead of writing everything down and I love it so far. You can even track exercise which I love.
*Blog food log totals everyday.
I need some accountability and if I know the whole blog world is going to be looking at it that will help me behave.
*Exercise every Friday, Saturday, Sunday & Monday for at least 45 minutes. I have not been to the gym since last Tuesday. Bad Leslie.
*Dig out my Yoga DVD.
I've been wanting to do this for about 2 weeks. I bought it right after my surgery and I just felt defeated by it so I want to dig it out and try again. I think it would help me handle stress better. I am going to do the DVD by the end of this weekend.
My scale has to start moving down, I just need to detox and get my head on straight again.
8 comments:
I hate fast food! It is my downfall as well. I hate the couple of days after when all you want is the nastyness. I find now that alot of the food isnt even that tasty anymore, but it goes in anyway.
Good luck with the yoga. It kicks my butt on a regular basis! I have a DVD too.
Leslie...do you need a fill? Honestly I can still eat some fast food but man is it hard. I can't get through 3 chicken fingers. You can allow yourself some fast food just limit the amount, right??
You are super creative and I think you should MAKE some super yummy chicken tenders!
I wish you were closer to craft with!
Try www.fatsecret.com for logging your food. They have a GREAT free ap for phones that syncs with the website online. It has SOOOO many foods in the database, including restaurants. LOVE that site.
I LOVE a good plan! :) I have those same nasty cravings that just won't go away, but mine are for Chipotle & Razzoo's. Ugh!!
I just started back with morning yoga. I think it gives me more energy throughout the day. Good luck!!
You'll persevere, I know it. Your game plan is awesome and I know you'll kick the icky take-out cravings in the arse! With the Realize Band, do you not you realizemysuccess.com? My surgeon's office makes us, lol. I've used it since Day 1 and can't live w/o it. You track food, activity, water, vitamins, weight loss, inches, pictures, etc.....
@ Shannon - If I can stop myself from thinking about it then I can avoid it but in a moment of weakness if I allow myself to start thinking then I can obsess over it for days. It is so hard!
@Amanda - even with my band being SUPER tight, if I want that fried food, I will eat it. Classic eating around the band syndrome. I wish we could craft together too! I still have so much to do for Marc's party and it's in 2 weeks!
@adorkbl - I'm impressed with what myfitnesspal has so far but I will check out your site too.
@ BethAnn - Chipotle isn't the worst craving you could have but it takes up most of your calories for the day. Blah, it's so hard!
@Nikki - I have never used realizemysuccess.com. I find the realize website not easy to navigate and I just don't like it. That is awesome that you have a place to track everything though.
Hey Leslie, just keep that goal in mind for Memorial weekend :-) maybe make some little reminders (cute cards etc) to keep in the car, on the fridge and around to remind you :-)
Good luck with your plan, you've come so far we all know you can do it :-)
You can do it, lady. You're the master of your destiny! :)
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