So I got a plate of cookies from our home teachers Sunday, after they left, I said in my head, "The difference between reaching my goal and obtaining my desired reward is NOT eating ONE cookie right now."
The reason for this is: once I eat one, then two is not a big deal, and eventually I am trying mix up some dough and frosting to make some more because mine taste a thousand times better and I am still hungry. I just don't have the off switch when junk food is around. I can eat and eat and eat and never be done. This is how I am with food, but you may be different. If only I could be hypnotized into believing chocolate and pastries tasted like circus peanuts.
I have a preset time of the week when I can splurge a little and eat things that are not normally part of my day, by doing this I don't waste calories on junk that isn't worth eating. I plan ahead for the best quality indulgences. For example: although a Hostess powdered or chocolate dipped donut may taste good, some handmade pecan cinnamon rolls fresh from the oven are that much better. I also run a calorie deficit during the week so that if I get a little crazy one day, the deficit makes it have less of an impact on me overall.
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
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5 comments:
This sounds like quite the plan. I am impressed that you didn't fool yourself into just eating one.
Have you heard of the book Intuitive Eating? I hear good things about it. I guess it deal with the psychological aspects of eating. I will let you know what I think when I read it!
I looked up that book and it seems pretty good. Give me a review if either of you read it
I could not disagree more with the premise of Intuitive Eating, it is the absolute wrong plan for me. Here's why:
1 I exercise 6 days a week, I need good healthy food to rebuild my body, exercise breaks it down, food and rest repair it. But Intuitive Eating encourages eating whatever you crave whenever your hungry (M&M's at midnight for instance). I won't rebuild myself as well with candy and soda than with chicken and vegetables.
2 The focus for the diet is for those who binge on foods to "treat" their physical or emotional pain. I don't eat for those reasons. I overeat eat out of sharp dips in blood sugar, enjoyment, convenience, and social interaction.
3 Intuitive eating assumes you have built in controls to curb your appetite, yet popular refined corn, flour and sugar products do the opposite, and shut off or block your full sensor. It seems like an unfair match up, you are already overweight and have issue recognizing when you are full and are surrounded by foods that inhibit the very sensation you are depending on with this plan.
4 Often I am not hungry, rather thirsty but it is sometimes hard to tell if that craving for food is actually just the result of poor hydration.
All that being said everyone is different and so intuitive eating may work great for some.
Keep up the good work and thanks for sharing your successes to inspire us!
I think the emotional aspect of it is appealing to me- at least to look into. Before kids, I never ate to fill an emotional void or whatever. Now, I know I eat when I am stressed or fed up or whatever. It is comforting for some reason. If I beat myself up about it, it just seems like I spiral down more. I do agree with you that we shouldn't give into our every whim and eat M&Ms at midnight, but if you have a down day and do that, I think the book is saying that it shouldn't derail your whole eating plan.
I know what I should and shouldn't eat- I don't think any diet or gimmick diet is going to work better than good old fashion common sense.
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