So I did Friday night at some friend's house and the guys barbecued some ribs out on the deck. Oh man. They were good. Super good. I had planned earlier not to eat any of them and eat some lean grilled chicken instead, but oh man, once I smelled them all lathered and dripping in sweet, tangy barbecue sauce and watched how crispy-carmely they got on the grill I gave in and ate some. That was the beginning of the end. Like I said before, it's the little things that lead to the big binges. Don't get me wrong, I don't think I ate so much that I gained any serious weight back - I still think I will have lost one pound for week 2 come my Monday weigh-in, but I still gave in to cravings - and mentally that's not good. Ugh. I still think I need to do this though - eat desserts on Friday. I just need to learn to have more discipline. (heh, thanks for your super nice support though, Tina!!! :) )
As for today, I went out to lunch with some friends of mine who are from Canada. They are teachers over here, working at a high-end international school here in the Philippines. They're super nice, but I think they were sort of stressed out today. Anyway, we went to a Persian restaurant and the food there was pretty good. I tried to order low-cal food but I just never know. I ended up getting curry-seasoned chicken kebab's served with grilled onions, tomato's and two home-made pita bread wrap things. I only ate one of the wraps, and I don't think there was more than 3 or 4 oz of chicken total for both kebabs, so I think I did pretty good and it was still super satisfying because of all the spice. I just hope the curry sauce on the kebab's wasn't super fatty because i know they use coconut cream in it usually. Oh well, normally I wouldn't mind and just eat less tonight for dinner, but it's just that tonight I'm going out again with another friend who's visiting the Philippines for three weeks. sheesh. I'm meeting more friends from home than I did at home! So we're going out. Perhaps I can find something low-cal to eat at some random restaurant...hopefully.
Day 13
(6:30 a.m.) Breakfast: 1 apple, 6 almonds, 1 cup 2% milk
(1:30 p.m.) Lunch: 4 oz curry-chicken, 2 servings bread (in the form of: 1 tortilla/pitta bread), 2 grilled super small tomato's, grilled onions, 12 oz water
(5:30 p.m.) Snack: 1 apple, 6 almonds, 8 oz water
(7:30 p.m.) Dinner: (not sure yet...but hopefully) 3 oz of protein, salad greens of some kind, and 1 cup of vegetables...hopefully...hah, who am I kidding..i won't find that anywhere...sigh. I'm so making a restaurant that gives people basic, healthy food with nutritional information on the side!!
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Sound like you did ok! There is no way I would deprive myself of something I liked, like the ribs, I would just try to have only one... Maybe if you do allow yourself JUST ONE or JUST A BITE of something (like those no bake cookies I read about) then you wouldn't crave so much? Maybe that would keep u from any binging... just a thought :)
ReplyDeleteOf course you know I'm NO expert on eating, but that is what is working for me. BUT we are all different and what's important is that you do what works for YOU!!!
Have a great day!
You know what, that makes a LOT of sense. Perhaps I am depriving myself too much....ugh...I dunno. Something needs to change, though, because I totally lost my motivation to stay on track today...ugh! heh. sorry I'm ranting on you. thanks for the advice, though. I'm definitely thinking about what you said. perhaps i'll try it out for a week or two and see if it works for me too! :)
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