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