I feel like crap.
Good: I’ve written down everything that I’ve eaten and every bit of exercise I’ve done.
Bad: I’ve eaten bad, bad things. And lots of them. I am so excited about my big plan (I always have more success when following a big plan that I can get wrapped up in). But then I miss up. I eat two servings of the chocolate cake when I’ve already gone over my 1,400 limit. The I eat a bit more– just because. Then my tummy hurts and I have a sugar/crap-food headache and lose all motivation to do anything– to try, to stop myself… much less to exercise.
Result: I eat like crap, so I don’t exercise, so I feel like crap the next day, so I eat more crap, so I don’t exercise again.
I’ve been looking at pictures of me at my goal weight compared to pictures now. The difference is so obvious. Looking at those makes me want to jump into the ‘goal’ picture right now. So I try hard to get there, having faith that I can do it. After all, I have finally found an awesome guideline to get me from here to there. But I haven’t budged.
I still think the 1,400 plan is awesome. But I need to stick to the 1,400 plan. I need to change my mentality to “Ashley, this is about CHANGE. 1,400 calories. Period.” Ahhh, this stinks.
Please tell me that I am a crazy girl for continuing to ignore my plan but still expecting the scale to move downward. Please send me some inspiration and some common sense to actually say “no.”. I know the ‘chewing gum’ thing, or the ‘busy yourself’ technique. But my problem is that, at the moment, I am not even trying to not eat the crap.
Give me some tough love, my fellow bloggers.
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If counting calories works for you that’s fantastic. But I recently stopped counting because it made me obsess and agonize, which is what it sounds like you’re doing now. Now, I have started focusing on eating only when I’m hungry, stopping when I feel full, and if I have a craving giving in to just a little bit of it. That’s really helped me. since I stopped counting calories I’ve lost about five pounds.
I hope you are able to get your groove back and feel motivated again! Don’t beat yourself, everybody falls off the wagon. Pick yourself and keep going!
Before I would just “eat healthy”, or eat three meals and two snacks.
But so far counting calories seems to be the best for me (ha- I feel silly typing that considering I have only gained so far..). The counting allows me to be honest with what I am eating and to have the flexibility to budget as things come up.
Also, I am a ‘list’ and ‘plan’ type of person. If I have something in writing that I can follow, and something in writing that I can see results, I am more likely to follow it. Sounds silly, but it’s what works for me!
Thanks for the support. I guess I have to kick myself in the behind!
Ahhhh the cycle!
** SLAP **
SNAP OUT OF IT GIRL!
You did, it’s over, MOVE ON.
Reverse the cycle… exercise, feel better, eat better.
:~)
I snapped out of it!
Roni, I made that spaghetti-squash recipe Friday night and then went out for a late run. I am SO back
I’m going to make it a point to abide by my 1,400 plan more. Also, I am going to lay out an exercise schedule (such as run x times, weights x times, as opposed to working out as much or as little as I feel like). I can’t help but thrive on my set little plans!