It was really rainy this week and I really missed my lunch break walks at the beginning of the week. I braved the overcast and threatening skies and walked when I could, so I got in two lunch walks. They were muggy as all get out but it felt good to walk and get some fresh air after being cooped up for days! One one of them it started to sprinkle right at the end of the walk. So I consider myself lucky that I didn’t get wet on my walks! The forecast is actually not too bad for the weekend. However, it’s been so wet that anything outside is going to be a waterlogged muddy mess, so that limits us a bit. Sadly, the forecast for next week is not looking pretty. Oh well. Nothing I can do about it!!
Victories for the week:
A while back I had made a statement that I could go without a sweet treat for two weeks. I put my money where my mouth was and actually completed the two weeks. There were some moments that were difficult. (Honestly, the edible cookie dough I made for Jason was the only rough thing I encountered...making it AND seeing it in the fridge for the next few days just about killed me....and yes, I’m being a bit melodramatic with the ‘killed me’ comment!). But I was victorious...I actually made it 16 days before I broke!
Lessons for the week:
Denying myself something made it a huge deal in my mind. I was; before the ‘no sweet treat experiment’, doing fine with denying myself the sweet treats with just an occasional indulgence. Once I started the challenge, having a sweet treat was ALL I could think about! I thought constantly about what I was going to have when I broke my sweet treat fast. I planned and plotted. My mouth watered thinking about it. It was a huge deal. So it made me realize that for me, very definitively; restriction does not work.
Failure of the week:
I managed to stay within my caloric range all week long. Actually I was even at the low end of that range. My failure...one night I wasn’t really hungry but the food was so good that I kept eating, and eating, and eating. And ended up feeling miserable and sick ALL night long and even midway through the next day. I failed to listen to my body!
Weight
I am showing about a half pound loss. That is with no sweet treats and staying within my calories. But hey...it’s a loss!!!! (The pattern is still there...I didn’t pop up on the scales last weekend but I sat and maintained all week and on Friday showed the loss..go figure!)
So, my sweet treat exile didn’t make much of a difference....(ok I did drop a half pound so it did play into it...but I didn’t have any mad loss). Thus, I’m going back to reclaiming my quest for a healthy relationship with food. That means sweet treats are not out of the realm of possibility...just not every day! I’m going to keep pressing forward to make me the healthiest version possible!
