Fighting Temptations

[jeepgirl06]

Tonight I was faced with a small temptation that I was able to overcome very quickly and this was my train of thought. I realized that first of all, I can handle this.

One of the first things I encountered was the thought "If I was counting calories, I could eat that if I really wanted to, but with Atkins, I can't." Then I realized that was total bs. That was my stomach talking to me.
On all the other diets that are out there, you can't eat cookies and all that crud either, so what's the decision to make... I can starve myself on salads, or I can go with Atkins... Hmmmmm... Hmmmmmm... oh what would I choose.

I said no to the cookies and said yes to a plate of eggs and sausage with cheese...

Then I really started thinking... Christmas is coming up, my mom always makes a turkey or a ham. The ham she gets isn't sugar-water based, I'm safe there... There's also the fact that the first thing I always raid when I'm at her house is the relish tray... well guess what? That's safe too... So what, so there's a couple things that I can't eat while I'm there, but I remember one year when I was on a strict calorie intake diet and I always "Gave myself a break for the holidays" which meant not only gorging myself on like 3 plates of food and dessert, but it also meant that I wouldn't get back on the diet for 2 weeks, only to tell myself I might as well wait till after New Years, which resulted in a good weight gain over Nov, Dec, Jan....

So this year, I'm happy to know that I can go to my mom's, I can eat stuff and feel full and satisfied and not feel like I'm losing out cuz of a diet.

If I'm in a big hurry, I can go to hardees and get a lo-carb thick burger or a breakfast bowl. If I go to subway I can get an wrap AND DARN IT, I CAN HAVE CHEESE ON THAT!

I can eat beef jerkey if I darn well want to. I'm not afraid to have a steak.

I'm thinking YEEEEE HAH!!!

[slimndown]

Re: Fighting Temptations

Keep that attitude sweetie! That'll make you stick to the WOE so much better! Pretty soon you'll cringe at carbs. I've been really good for the last 60 days but I decided to splurge last night as my mom had made a turkey with all the trimmings and I haven't had that in YEARS. Honestly, I had a good helping of mashed potatoes with gravy along with yams and green bean casserole then had a small slice of apple pie w/LC ice cream and a small slice of cheesecake. I was already planning on eating that stuff - up to 100 g carbs for the day - I didn't have to but in a way I don't regret letting myself have a little splurge after 60 days of being good (I'm back on plan today). What I found interesting was that I was not all that satisfied with the mashed potatoes and only a bite of yams hit the spot. What I really wanted was the green bean casserole!!!!! That is still a higher carb dish with the french onions in it but now I know that the next time I splurge (a long time from now - I PROMISE) I'll want to stick with the green bean casserole because I like that the best and won't waste my extended carb allowance on so many yams or mashed potatoes.

SO anyways, the point? Even though I enjoyed splurging, I found that it really wasn't worth splurging on the higher carb items - I really lost my taste for them. You'll find that you will too and may even lose the "need" to "splurge" and even have any at all. Sometimes I need to splurge to remember that those things just don't taste as good as they used to.

[jeepgirl06]

Re: Fighting Temptations

That's awesome. I hope that after a long time, those darned mashed potato's become yuck to me too. I was raised on them, so that is one thing I think I'll miss, but who knows, maybe after awhile it'll be the same!

I think I would be happy in life if I never touched another pizza again. That's my trigger food.