No good news this week, which nearly meant no blog post this week. But I think I should be honest here, and honestly, I ate a bunch of crappy food this week.
I don't feel horrible about it, but I don't feel good either. Some of the food was delicious, like dinner at Cheddar's Restaurant. I had "Spasagna", which is a baked spaghetti-lasagna dish that is the ultimate comfort food for me. It's a huge serving and I only ate half. And I chose marina sauce instead of meat sauce. Still, there is a lot of cheese in this dish and cheese is dairy and dairy is not part of my new diet plan. Plus I ate a nice and buttery piece of garlic bread.
I ate the leftovers the next day for lunch. And that night we had a pizza for dinner. A nice, thick pizza with hamburger and mushrooms. Still not good. Last night, we had dinner from our favorite vegetarian restaurant and today I ate such a small amount of food, with no protein whatsoever, that I was absolutely starving at dinner time. All I could imagine eating was a big Italian sandwich from the deli. With lots of meat and cheese. And it's greasy. And utterly delicious. Another bad choice.
Not a scrap of fruit has passed my lips today. Nor a vegetable, unless you count the splash of tomatoes on my sandwich. No smoothies, no whole-foods or plant-based foods, for the most part. So nothing from the Forks and Knives plan.
So, why this big deviation from my usually healthy choices? I'm not sure. I haven't been keeping up my food log. Uh-oh! And I have been pretty disorganized this week. Oops! And I just haven't given a damn. Rats! A three-step plan for disaster when you're trying to eat healthy food.
I'm not exactly chomping at the bit to get back on the Forks Over Knives plan. I've had a taste of my old lifestyle and it was delicious! But boy oh boy, I do not want to gain that weight back. Those lovely 25 pounds are gone and I want them to stay gone. And I am getting closer to getting off of some of my medications. That's my biggest goal, after all.
So I will do my best to get back on track as soon as possible. Tomorrow, I'm going for a bunch of fruit, at least a couple servings of veggies and no meat! no dairy! no eggs! no oil! no junk food! And maybe in a couple weeks, I can report another five pounds lost. I can tell you all that I feel better, I have more energy. That would be awesome.
And I need to re-commit to getting back on the treadmill. I am spending far too much time on Facebook, as fun as it is, and I need to get more active.
So I have a plan, right? Yeah, but I had a plan this week too and wow did it go haywire! All I can do is try. Set myself up to succeed. Get organized, make a menu, chop some veggies, have fruit available, and, most important of all, keep the food log up-to-date. I am convinced this is the secret to my success with this plan. It keeps me aware of what I'm eating. When I let it slide, I find my good habits sliding too.
So back to the food log, back to the original plan and hopefully, back to healthy eating. Wish me luck.
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