Good morning everyone,
Belinda: WOW, you did a CCV and CCC. That's insane.
Way to go girl.
Iris: Just waiting for the continuation of the stories..... I hope your last double went well.
Deb: Hello! I hope you are feeling alright and that you are taking care of your hip. Work going OK too?
Trish: Congratulations on getting your Saturdays back. I won't make any big plans though, it's temporary. I hadn't realized your DH was surrounded by women.
Must keep him on his toes.
Great job on GS. I tried it once. Maybe I need to try again. As for the spoonfulls of mac and cheese, I saw somewhere that you should include 100-200 calories as catch all in your counting to account for what you forgot or didn't count because it was too little.... like mac and cheese. Great job on joining us for the challenge. I forgot to mention, I have a trick that works pretty well, at least for me on the sweets front. Werther's makes sugar free coffee caramel candy that tastes awesome. I find them at walmart and when I crave sweets they seem to do the trick quite well.
Amelia: I agree with Trish. I think the only bad food you had was the beer that wasn't even good
The rest is a temporary indulgence. If it fits in, it's OK. Nice job getting all the workouts in.
Lori: You've been quiet, are people still hanging around at work. I'm just not used to you checking in only once
Nice run and I like the story of DS hanging out in the hot tub and making mommy go fishing at the bottom for toys.
Cookie: One more day
I am happy but last night I had some nougat. More than some. I used it to up my calories. And I weighed myself this morning. Shouldn't have. I think this week's weigh-in, my weight might be up, but I've been on track with workouts and total daily calories, so it's bound to come down. At least that is what I tell myself.
I need to find my motivation to go downstairs and workout. I think since it's Friday I am dragging.
Here is once thing that struck me yesterday on reading the end of over eating that rings totally true for me. "The cornerstone of treatment for conditioned hyper-eating is developing the capacity to refuse the cue's invitation to the brain in the first place. That refusal must come early, and it must be definitive. -It's only at the beginning when the invitation arises, that you have any control over it- At that point it's still possible to turn away from the stimulus. Once we get started, a cascade of events: stimulation, response, and more stimulation is likely to drive behavior."
Yep, shouldn't have had that first piece of nougat last night. Wish I had read that first.
So I think for people with challenges with food-and I think we all know that- the key is to not even start. And that's because the senses get so fired up that after that first spoon it's even harder to stop. It does act on the brain like a drug. Literally.
OK, I must move before work. I look forward to today's happenings for everyone!