FOOD CHALLENGE NO. 1

But first, a self-congratulatory haiku:

Old Navy clothing:
XL pants are far too big,
XL bras too small!

The sashimi poundage is almost all gone. What is that about, anyway? I would have had to eat 7000 calories in one day to gain two pounds overnight, and I'm sure that wasn't the case. So chalk it up to hormones and sodium. Regardless, I'm just happy to be losing again.

I am also very happy about Food Challenge No. 1, the fajita dinner for my cast. Frankly, I was so busy managing the whole thing I didn't even think about eating much, and when it came time to fill my plate, I skipped the meat altogether and just enjoyed some veggie fajitas on corn tortillas (lower fat and fewer calories than flour). I did not feel at all deprived. I didn't even think about the food very much, other than in terms of preparing it for other people. That is always a mini-triumph for me, because no matter how many times I think I have it beat, food obsession can rear its ugly head.

Anyway, next week we are having another get-together, and this time I think I will serve pasta and a nice garden veggie marinara sauce, with a big salad. At least it will help me get rid of some of my abundance of zucchini!

It was a busy day and I'm happy that I managed to get in my workout.  I'm happy that I stuck to my food plan and did not go get ice cream even though it was ridiculously hot and that makes me crave ice cream more than usual. But mostly, I am very happy that food was not the most important thing to me today, and that as I get ready for bed, I'm even a little hungry because it's quite possible I didn't eat enough. I wasn't really thinking about it. That, in itself, is a miracle.

Tomorrow is Food Challenge No. 2, dinner at friends' house. I'm not really worried; the main thing will be to make sure I don't eat too much just because it's there. Here my mantra comes in handy: eat mostly veggies, and eat them first!

Comments

[Becca]

good for oyu.

I a m not trying to lose currently but trying to learn to eat to maintain, so I weigh myself daily to make sure I am doing it right. I fluctuate within a 5-pound range over the course of a week, usually being at the low end of the 5 pounds when i feel the fattest. weird, can't explain it.

[SW]

Wow!!
Do you deserve credit, or what?!
SW

[Cindy]

No matter how successful I have been overall there are always times when I get off track and have to wrench myself back on. Taking any sort of "vacation" from healthy eating is always a bad idea for me; it's so hard to get back to routine. But even more insidious is the slow leak of good habits. It's really true that every time you give in, it makes it easier to do it the next time, too. So here's to staying vigilant!

[Karen]

Yay for you! X )

I've been kind of in the same boat you have - losing/gaining roughly the same pounds over and over again and realizing that the game isn't as tight as it once was.

This week, I doubled my efforts to eat "clean" and stay within my calorie range and to not talk myself out of staying on plan. I worked out last night, drank my water, thought about an extra snack, but never acted on it.

One day, but it was a good day. I realized that my past success was really just a series of good days and approaching each moment, each meal, rather than glossing over it in the name of focusing on the big picture. I can't do "big picture." I have to focus on the details.

Keep on truckin', Miss Thang!