Friday Landmines
I love Fridays, mostly because I have a two day weekend ahead, but also because I get to drive home to Alabaster. I also kind of dread Fridays. They have always been my trigger days for over eating, or an all out binge. Fridays at my work are also donut days. Donuts are delicious. Yeast ones, cake like ones, crullers, cream filled ones, chocolate covered ones. Pretty much all of them. I mean look at them!!
Nothing this fancy ever enters this building, or I would have one, because it would be worth the calories to do so. Our donuts are pretty basic, and since I have had them numerous times before, I did not even go near them this morning, because I am trying to stay focused on eating food that is good for me, and saving the treats when they are worth having. Aside from the donut temptation, there is also the general temptation of disregarding the lunch I brought from home, and splurging on a fast food meal, or going to eat with friends. A few things stopped me from doing that today. One, it is still too hot outside, and I am over this heat. Two, I really wasn't craving anything, although I would love to try that new Impossible Whopper they have out. I have heard great things. Three, we only get 30 minutes for lunch, and I do not work around a lot of restaurants that offer food I am willing to eat that may or may not make me feel bad or lead to a binge later. Four, I am trying not to waste food. I had food at the house, so I needed to eat it, rather than end up throwing it away. I waste way too much food every week. So, I stayed in the office and ate remnants of food from home, and feel just fine. The donuts were gone by morning break, so that landmine was disabled.
My other landmine will be this afternoon on my way home. I usually stop to get a drink to sip on since it will take me almost 2 hours to get home, and with the drink, I usually get a snack. Now, I can choose to take water, which will be the wisest choice, and will keep me from having to stop at all, or I can just get a drink, and wait until I get home to eat with Anthony. We don't have a home game tonight, so there will be no rushing to get to the stadium. (Side Note: Thompson Warriors are currently #1!! Go Warriors!!) There is also no food at the house, so that is a bit of a situation. Since he will have nothing to eat, and I will have nothing to eat, it stands to reason that we go get something to eat together, which makes me feel even better about not going out for lunch. By the way, for breakfast I had sourdough toast with my apple butter, and then for lunch, I had a crudité plate of nuts, grapes, pepperonis, and sliced cheddar. For a snack, I had hummus crostini. I'm so fancy, lol.
It is all about pre-planning with me, and then sticking to the plan. I am guilty of starting a new diet regimen at the beginning of a week, and prepping food to eat that week that is in line with my new eating regimen, whether it be Keto, low calorie, low fat, all meat, no meat, etc. By day two, I am usually bored, and sick of counting calories, points, macros, or how many glasses of water I have consumed. I am left with a week's worth of food that I don't want, money wasted, and a feeling of complete failure. I will then go home at the end of that failed week, and try yet another program. It is tedious and unnecessary. I have a pantry filled with various foods with which to follow various diet programs, and I don't even know why I bought some of the stuff I have.
This weekend, however, I am going to try to put an end to all of that. I need to do an inventory, and figure out how to incorporate the ingredients I have on hand into actual meals, regardless of what program they follow, before I go out and spend more money on more ingredients to make more food that I will end up throwing away.
This is just a start. I don't know what tomorrow will look like. Heck, I don't even know how the rest of today will look.
Wish me luck.
Nothing this fancy ever enters this building, or I would have one, because it would be worth the calories to do so. Our donuts are pretty basic, and since I have had them numerous times before, I did not even go near them this morning, because I am trying to stay focused on eating food that is good for me, and saving the treats when they are worth having. Aside from the donut temptation, there is also the general temptation of disregarding the lunch I brought from home, and splurging on a fast food meal, or going to eat with friends. A few things stopped me from doing that today. One, it is still too hot outside, and I am over this heat. Two, I really wasn't craving anything, although I would love to try that new Impossible Whopper they have out. I have heard great things. Three, we only get 30 minutes for lunch, and I do not work around a lot of restaurants that offer food I am willing to eat that may or may not make me feel bad or lead to a binge later. Four, I am trying not to waste food. I had food at the house, so I needed to eat it, rather than end up throwing it away. I waste way too much food every week. So, I stayed in the office and ate remnants of food from home, and feel just fine. The donuts were gone by morning break, so that landmine was disabled.
My other landmine will be this afternoon on my way home. I usually stop to get a drink to sip on since it will take me almost 2 hours to get home, and with the drink, I usually get a snack. Now, I can choose to take water, which will be the wisest choice, and will keep me from having to stop at all, or I can just get a drink, and wait until I get home to eat with Anthony. We don't have a home game tonight, so there will be no rushing to get to the stadium. (Side Note: Thompson Warriors are currently #1!! Go Warriors!!) There is also no food at the house, so that is a bit of a situation. Since he will have nothing to eat, and I will have nothing to eat, it stands to reason that we go get something to eat together, which makes me feel even better about not going out for lunch. By the way, for breakfast I had sourdough toast with my apple butter, and then for lunch, I had a crudité plate of nuts, grapes, pepperonis, and sliced cheddar. For a snack, I had hummus crostini. I'm so fancy, lol.
It is all about pre-planning with me, and then sticking to the plan. I am guilty of starting a new diet regimen at the beginning of a week, and prepping food to eat that week that is in line with my new eating regimen, whether it be Keto, low calorie, low fat, all meat, no meat, etc. By day two, I am usually bored, and sick of counting calories, points, macros, or how many glasses of water I have consumed. I am left with a week's worth of food that I don't want, money wasted, and a feeling of complete failure. I will then go home at the end of that failed week, and try yet another program. It is tedious and unnecessary. I have a pantry filled with various foods with which to follow various diet programs, and I don't even know why I bought some of the stuff I have.
This weekend, however, I am going to try to put an end to all of that. I need to do an inventory, and figure out how to incorporate the ingredients I have on hand into actual meals, regardless of what program they follow, before I go out and spend more money on more ingredients to make more food that I will end up throwing away.
This is just a start. I don't know what tomorrow will look like. Heck, I don't even know how the rest of today will look.
Wish me luck.
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