Changing Tastes

Usually I crave sweets; so the other day in the grocery store, I picked up a 4-ct package of strawberry muffins without hesitation. However, when I got home and actually looked at the calorie count (400 per muffin!) I was disappointed in my choice. That's a third of what I'm trying to take in right now! I can't afford to eat these mamma jammas!!! I put them on the counter and tried to figure out who to give them to. But that's when the snowball effect started.

The very next day, just as I was contemplating what to eat for lunch---(let me interject that I was already hungry which is when I tend to make unhealthy choices)---I got a phone call to rush to meet someone on the other side of town. I didn't have time to make a salad or sandwich and I was WAY too hungry to wait. So I grabbed a muffin with the intention of eating it on the way. After about two or three bites, I just couldn't take it any more. It tasted so artificially sweet that my body didn't even want it. (Yay for small victories).

I learned two things: (1) my taste buds can be trained to serve my higher Self and (2) I must learn to plan my eating more carefully.

Now I just gotta figure out what to do with the rest of these muffins. I hate wasting money!

Eating Habits

I am still struggling to create some healthy eating habits. I made pretty good choices during the first portion of the day: Protein Shake and supplements for Breakfast, Water, Coffee, and then 1/2 sandwich and salad (w/no creamy dressing--yay!) for lunch.................

But then....a 400 calorie strawberry muffin for dinner. Of course, this wasn't enough to hold me until tomorrow so I just finished bbq chicken, spinach, and sweet potatoes at 9:40 at night. WTH??? Not only am I sure to feel uncomfortable going to bed on a full tummy, it doesn't make sense for me to have done this.

However, I do realize now that if I'd simply eaten the same meal earlier in the afternoon instead of the muffin the choices themselves were not that bad. I won't beat myself up because slow and steady wins the race.

Still Learning,
tdp

Long time no see.....

Total, I'm about 30 lbs up from my lowest weight during my first weight release struggle. I've been back on the grind now for about a month. I'm taking an amino acid and protein supplements. I'm lifting and I've incorporated the C25K program in for cardio. Today was day one of that program.

No excuses.....I truly do feel better after a workout so I'm in it again. I've ordered some new workout clothes so I feel sexier going to the gym and I'm determined to fake it until I make it (smile).