Summer time and the living -should be- easy.
I have been very close to triggering today. What I mean is that now that I am trying to become more aware of my "food issues" I have noticed that I have a lot of triggers. I know I wrote about my emotional eating and the situational eating, both of which are triggers.
I have also discovered that some food is a trigger for me to over eat. There are certain foods that make me want to eat and eat and eat some more.
This is the tricky part. Part of me wants to ignore these foods completely the other part of me wants to incorporate them and trust that I will have some self control. I just worry that I won't, which will lead to some serious emotional eating.
Some of my trigger foods include (but are not limited to):
Doritos
Sour cream and onion potato chips
chocolate
cake
chocolate cake
brownies
pretty much all candy
It's all the "bad" stuff. These are all things that I like, and want to be able to enjoy once in a while, but its almost impossible to buy single servings (with the exception of the chips) of these items. Then I binge or take a serving size for 3.
Anyway, this is what I did today. I really wanted some doritos. So On my shopping trip I picked up a box of the 100 calorie snack packs. We had turkey burgers corn on the cob and chips for dinner. So I wouldn't eat all 5 of the packs I ate my burger and corn before I ate the doritos. It worked. I was able to satisfy the craving and didn't over eat because I was pretty much full when I started to eat them.
If only I could apply this to all of my trigger foods.
One day I will!
Shout out goes to Tom, for not allowing me to take myself too seriously.
Quote of the day: "Have an aim in life - then don't forget to pull the trigger" - unknown
What I ate today:
Protein shake
banana
Chicken Sandwich with lettuce
Watermelon
Chex mix
Turkey Burger
Corn
Doritos
Cantaloupe
Activity: P90x Legs and Back and training - double the fun
Love love love
-K
I'm trying to do the same thing. If I get a craving for something, I'll eat my normal healthy meal first then a small portion of whatever it is I'm craving. I'm also trying not to bring my trigger foods into the house. If I want ice cream, for example, I go to a shop and get a cone rather than buying a tub that I can demolish in one or two sittings. I know that small packets are great for portion control but I can quite easily run through lots of them--it's just better for me not to have those around!
ReplyDeleteBy the way, I had a funny but motivating experience today. I was at our local wine shop picking up a bottle for dinner when the one of the guys poked his head back where I was looking at the wine. He started complimenting me on how much weight I had lost then told me that I had lost too much weight and that I needed to drink more wine! He sure knows how to get a girl to buy his merchandise!
A good thing for brownies---bake a batch, put them in individual baggies and freeze them. Take one out the night before to defrost. This way it takes a lot more effort to eat more than one serving. Have you tried one box of brownie mix with one can of pure pumpkin (no eggs, no oil, no water)? They come out very gooey, not cakey at all, but upps the fiber which makes you more full.
ReplyDeleteI have heard about the Pumpkin brownies from various weight watchers/hungry girl enthusiasts. I am not a fan of pumpkin but (because I am hearing so much about them) I think I have to try them. I also like the idea of freezing a batch of brownies. Thanks!
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