So yesterday I posted about being pretty sure that I know what is keeping the scale from saying any lower numbers at this point... Snacking in the afternoon...
So yesterday, I left work and had my afternoon snack and wrote on my hand 7pm (for me it is a big deal to write on my hand - I generally don't even let the kids write on themselves)... As in that was the time that I could eat again... This was a real challenge, as I went to the grocery store and had to resist munching on something on the way home from there... I would normally get a small amount of trail mix to much on on the way home. Or yesterday they had the left over bulk Easter candy for 50 cents a pound... Yikes on that price... Hubby was on the phone with me when I discovered this and told me to get a bunch of the Robin's eggs (basically colorful malted milk balls) and I did just that... But instead of getting a bunch of jelly beans too - also known as sugar pellets, I only got the Robin's eggs... Theory on this being that EVERYONE in the house likes the robin's eggs - so they could be in the house & I would not be the ONLY one eating them... (well Jenna would help on the Jelly beans, but still we didn't need to be chomping on them while watching TV anyhow...)
So we may have a boatload of those candies - but EVERYONE knows we have them (as opposed to them being something I had an no one else knows about) and EVERYONE will work on having them as little treats here and there in MODERATION...
I did really well with the 7PM reminder on my hand - I knew it was there, and referenced it when I got home and was near the mini cupcakes in the fridge, or the cookies in the cookie jar... I even stayed away while Mike cooked dinner, as there were evil waffle fries that I have been known to eat more than a serving of while we are waiting for the rest of them to cook... (Think this should be the deal anytime we prepare these - that I am not involved in the cooking of them - as they are too much of a temptation to eat too many of)...
But at dinner time - 6:45 - close enough to my 7pm time on my hand - I had my normal salad with chicken breast on top and about 5 waffle fries... Much better...
About this time I was feeling exhausted... I don't know if I was just worn down, or if I may have been feeling something like sugar withdrawal... As I had been having little sugary things throughout the day for at least the last 2-3 weeks... Not sure what it was - I just listened to my body, resting while watching a bit of TV and nursing my water bottle instead of snacking on anything...
Then just before bed I had my "chunky milk" as we call it - protein powder mixed in with 1% milk and I had 1/2 a serving of the Robin's eggs... Felt good to have power over those eggs and to only have that many...
I laughed this morning when I stepped on the scale and didn't see INSTANT results from making changes yesterday - because I know how many of us think that we deserve instant results... But to me the fact that the scale is staying the same and not going UP is an accomplishment in itself!
I call it a good day - hoping to be able to tell you about another good day tomorrow... :)
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