Yesterday was my first day on Eats4Life. I felt ok in the morning when I ate my kashi and fruit for breakfast (and didn't drink the milk). I was full; almost too full. But not 2 hours later I was shaky and feeling the urge to eat something with sugar to bring my blood sugar back up. I ate my snack, which was blueberries. I felt better and made sure to drink water all morning.
Lunch was not too different from what everyone in my office was eating (Panera was delivered by a drug rep). I had made a tuna sandwich with lite mayo and veggies. I did not get hungry again for hours. When I finally did I ate my snack: an orange and a babybel cheese.
My downfall came when I opened my desk drawer to look for something and there, staring me in the face, was a Ghiradelli dark chocolate square. I was pretty sure I had emptied all of the emergency chocolate out of my drawer before starting the program, yet there it was, and my body craved it. So I ate it.
I felt terribly guilty, but when I got home at 5:30 am and started thinking about cooking dinner (ground turkey breast with sauce and a huge salad) I was dreading eating the turkey (hate ground turkey) and was starting to get hungry so I ate a huge peanut butter cup. Then I felt REALLY guilty. Then I lifted light weights for 20 minutes.
Suprisingly when I cooked the ground turkey with garlic and added the sauce to it I found I really like ground turkey! I did not even add any seasonings, but in general it is very tasty! I was excited about this because any ground turkey I have eaten in the past was not appetizing to me.
I had a huge salad, but after dinner was still craving some carbs and ate a handful of pretzels. I also ate a chicken thigh that I had cooked for my husband! I might have to lock all of my cabinets in between my scheduled meals...
However, I do realize I am only cheating myself and won't see the results I want if I keep eating this way. This morning, though, I feel great! My breakfast was 2 egg whites and one egg with two pieces of bread and low sugar strawberry jelly. I had two cups of coffee and my snack this morning, which I forced myself to eat because I wasn't shaky or hungry, was a pear. Now I am waiting for lunch to come around when I will eat my salad with reduced fat feta and fat free dressing. I have a much more positive outlook today and do not feel I need to resist the temptation of cheating. Drinking all this water has me feeling thinner anyway and I already feel my clothes are starting to fit a little better (even after yesterday; I added up all the calories and it wasn't horrible). I feel ready to take this nutrition thing head on! :)
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