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Originally Posted by Tawny38
More insight for myself - I HATE that I have to plan and can't have what I want when I want it!!  |
Me too! Me too.
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Originally Posted by Tawny38
Day 7 of 10 -still doing well, and expect to do well to the end.
When I originally decided to shoot for 10 "good" days, my plan was to go all out on the 11th day, eat whatever I wanted, an all-day carb-fest. Thinking about having a big bagel with cream cheese for breakfast, cookies for lunch, and pizza for dinner (plus whatever else I could throw in during the day) was really something to look forward to. While I seriously doubt I could eat enough to undo all the progress I make over the 10 days, this is still a really dumb idea - if I eat whatever I want with complete abandon, isn't that still subscribing to the belief that I'm depriving myself for a period of time, that the 10 days is an abnormal eating pattern (even though I want what I'm doing today to be my normal pattern)? I'm not "dieting" per se, and I really don't want to make myself sick or have a sugar hangover...
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The best would be to reward yourself with non-food items but that's so difficult isn't it? When you're watching what you eat the best reward IS something you haven't been able to have. Anyway, be careful, because a bagel with cream cheese and pizza (2 of my faves too
) in one day very well could undo 10 good days depending on the actual items.
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I think a better plan would be to follow my usual structure of eating, but not measure anything and enjoy any extras if they present themselves, but don't seek them out. In other words, it would be similar to the kind of days I was having prior to deciding to really focus in on my intake. That way it feels like a day off, but is more in keeping with my ideal eating behavior (and much healthier than an all-day binge).
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I actually think this is a really great idea!
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Of special note, my running shorts that I happened to wear last Tuesday were looser today, not riding up between my legs while running  .
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Woo Hoo!
By the way, I totally agree that its actually easier to not leave extra calories because if its not in the plan it won't get eaten whereas if there's lots of extra space in there, it's time for cookies!!!
Me too.