Day 9 - Put Your Food On A Plate!

Alright, it's Tuesday already...the second day of Week 2. Last night was a bit hard. I was doing great until I got home and was too lazy to actually cook myself some nice lean chicken breast on the George Foreman grill. So, I resorted to picking at some leftovers I had in the fridge that no one else seemed to want. Whenever I resort to "picking" or "nibbling" bad things happen! I get this psychological craving that I better eat a lot while I'm not keeping track so that I can .... I don't even know what... gain the weight back that I lost the previous days? Perhaps it's that animal side of my brain that I talked about earlier (click me) trying to get out. Heh, anyway, I didn't overeat or anything, I had alloted myself 4 oz of protein and I think I ate that much, if not less. But the result was that I kept questioning whether or not I really did eat enough and whenever that pyschological barrier is crossed I get panicky and prone to binging. Thankfully, like I said, I didn't overeat last night, but I still had to fight the craving to do just that. Annoying. Doubly annoying because I know how to prevent it as well.

Moral of the story:
Make sure you see for yourself just how much you are eating via putting what you eat on a plate so that you do not double guess yourself and con yourself into eating more.

Day 9
(6:40 a.m.) Breakfast: 1 medium green apple, 6 almonds, 1 cup 2% milk
(12:35 p.m.) Lunch: 3 oz turkey patty (grilled), 2 pieces whole wheat toast, 12 oz water
(4:20 p.m.) Snack: 1 medium orange, 4 walnut halves, 12 oz water
(5:30 p.m.) Snack: 1 cup sliced carrots (raw)
(7:30 p.m.) Dinner: TBD - but on a plate this time! :)