So, I’ve been fighting my way through a pretty yucky cold. Today I couldn’t handle the stuffiness and the sinus pressure a moment longer, so I took some Aleve Sinus, which has to be the best, most effective decongestent out there. Only trouble is, it makes me feel too blah to exercise.
All that to say, I didn’t work out today. But I’ve had a couple of decent days in terms of food and portion control. Part of that is because nothing tastes or even sounds good to me. But part of it just might be the thinking I’ve been doing about “cravings” and temptation, and whether it’s a sin to deviate from my weight loss plan and goals.
I’m not sure. Still pondering that.
But today it was kind of weird. Often when I don’t work out, I get that, “Oh well – let’s just throw in the towel completely” feeling. Like, “Why even try?” And a few of those thoughts did cross my mind before lunch. I’d gone all morning without eating anything, and around 1:00 I realized that I needed to have something for lunch before I left to pick up the kids from school. I typically have a Slim-Fast and some vegetables for lunch, but I totally wasn’t feeling the veggies. I have this blah taste in my mouth from being sick and congested, and all I wanted was comfort food.
That’s when I got to thinking about the leftover casserole that was in the refrigerator. I’d made it for dinner last night, and it’s one of my favorites – chicken, wild rice, and a sauce made from sour cream, a dash of curry, mushrooms, celery, onion, and white wine. It’s amazing.
The more I thought about the casserole, the better it sounded. I could imagine how refreshing it’d be to sit here and eat the rest of it – a very good sized portion was left last night – and drink unlimited amounts of Diet Coke to offset the saltiness of the casserole.
I decided to take a shower and get ready before eating, and while I was in the shower, it crossed my mind that perhaps I should pray about this…just to see if there was anything to that theory from the Craving book. I didn’t even really pray very specifically – it was more of a fleeting thought as I showered.
But after I finished getting ready and went downstairs to have lunch, I realized that I no longer felt like having the casserole. Instead, I fixed myself a protein shake. I didn’t have time to have any vegetables.
The new protein shakes I’ve been making aren’t as nutritionally balanced as Slim-Fast shakes, but they sure have an interesting appetite-suppression effect on me! That, combined with the “ugh” feeling from my cold, made me absolutely not hungry the rest of the afternoon. I came home from picking up the kids and made myself some broccoli. Then I had a Lean Cuisine and some milk.
And I’m totally fine right now. Nothing sounds good, nothing is tempting me. Not even the ice cream in the freezer.
I don’t know if it’s having this congestion, or if it’s the prayer and thinking I’ve been doing, but whatever it is, it’s good. Here’s what I ate today:
Special K Protein Meal Bar (180); protein shake (240); broccoli (100); Lean Cuisine (210); milk (120). Total: 850.
Wow. Not nearly enough…but I’m just not feeling like eating anything else today. I suppose that’s OK once in awhile, after all my major over-indulgences.
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