Temptation

Day 64

temp·ta·tion
Something that tempts, entices, or allures.

Butter... Bacon... Pringles... Cake Icing...  Steak... These are a few of my favorite things. I find these foods extremely easy to over-consume, which is why I don't eat them very often.

Notice that I didn't say that I've banned these foods. If I told myself that these foods were off limits forever, it would just make me want them all the more. The small act of making a conscious decision to say I can have these foods sometimes makes it easier not to eat them regularly. I also believe that it's important to not let myself get too hungry because when you're ravenous, you are less likely to make healthy choices.

For instance, today there was an opportunity to eat cake at work. I had planned on a piece if I really wanted it. But, then when the time came, I wasn't hungry so I didn't eat it. Flash Forward to 8 pm. It had been 5 hours since I'd had anything to eat. I was planning for my dinner to be a free meal. And boy was it a FREEBIE. By the time we got to the restaurant, I was starving. Fried Pickles, Fried Fish, white beans, and a slice of Caramel pie later, I felt that I needed a wheel barrow to get me out of that place. I will say that I did not eat all of any one thing. And, the caramel pie was not worth the calories at all so I stopped eating it.

Despite the fact that I didn't eat all of  my food, I still ate enough of it to make me sick by the time I got home thus reminding myself once again that there is a reason I don't eat this stuff on a regular basis anymore.  All it did is make me feel bad am bout myself and force me to spend several excrutiating minutes in the "facilities". Logically, I know that I shouldn't feel bad about it. I planned for it. It's that lethargic overstuffed feeling that I hate. I'm still working toward stopping when I'm 70% full instead of when I'm stuffed. I guess it's a good thing that I approached stuffed way before I finished everything on my plate. Gluttony is not my friend.

Tomorrow is a new day.

Cheers!
Margaret