Chips are one of my trigger foods. I love them. I love the salty crunch. I'm not a fan of oil and vinegar potato chips and am able to eat only a reasonable portion of corn chips, unless guacamole is available, but give me a bag of Hawaiian style BBQ potato chips or Nacho Cheese Doritos, and it will be gone in 2 or 3 days. Never inclined toward big binges, I have not eaten an entire bag in one sitting.
I brought my own meals to work again this week, which worked out well. In the two days up, I stuck with my healthy eating plan with the exception of a biscotti on Wednesday. But more importantly, I did not give into the temptation of chips. Buffalo blue cheese and spicy Thai gourmet potato chips. Alright I admit I did eat 3 or 4 of the buffalo blue, but I ate only one of the spicy Thai. That's a total of 5 chips that were available in the lunch room for 2 days. Five chips! Who am I?
Today marks the end of my second week. I began this journey with only one real goal: exercise 6 days a week. I decided to take the rest as it came, rather than becoming obsessed by unrealistic goals, as I usually do, and then eventually abandoning all efforts. So far this approach appears to be working. When I have a scone with my morning coffee or a 100 calorie fudgcicle for dessert, I do not berate myself for eating simple carbs. Instead I focus on staying on track the rest of the day and the day after that. I am finding that each day I do a little better with my diet. I do better because I want to do better not because I am guilting myself into it.
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