Posted by Deneb on August 8, 2010, at 19:44:20
In reply to I went to the Y, 1st time in months!, posted by Deneb on August 7, 2010, at 0:30:00
I've mastered a major stumbling block to weight loss!
Before, when I would fall of the wagon and binge, I'd have an all or nothing approach and think that I ruined everything. As a result, I'd just binge even more.
Now I allow myself to give in to my cravings when they are irresistible, but I'm right back on track after I eat the bad food!
I've also discovered that it is good to make sure I eat good foods when I am hungry. Eating many small meals gives me something to do and enables me to eat all the time.
I'd eat something, maybe 150 kcal, then I don't allow myself to eat more until at least an hour has passed. Then if I still feel hungry, I'll eat another 150 kcal.
I also eat really slowly to savor every bite of food. I drink a lot in-between bites.
I'm making this my permanent way of eating. I haven't weighed myself yet. I will weigh myself on the 18th. That will make it one month of tracking my eating. Then I'll know how I've done.
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