Harewatch Week 6
Nov. 23rd, 2009 04:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jakebe
Weight: 191.4 pounds
Change from last week: +.6 pounds
I gave up on the diet halfway through last week. There were a succession of rough days from different quarters (work ended up pounding me, and then I had a small mood crash) that I went right back to the emotional eating habit. Of course, there's the eater's remorse afterwards, and I feel properly ashamed and chastened. However, not to pat myself on the back too much after a bad week, but even my bad weeks aren't as bad as they used to be!
One of the reasons for my collapse was the feeling that I wasn't getting anywhere. I've been weighing myself every day to collect date according to the Hacker's Diet, and my weight has been hanging in deep at 191 for a while now. Since I've started I've lost maybe two pounds in the past six weeks, and breaking past the 190 plateau has proven to be all but impossible. As much as I would try to talk someone out of this feeling if it were happening to anyone else, starving yourself without seeing results really wears on you after a while.
So, the worst things I could handle during my few days of horribleness were cookies and a fruit-and-cheese croissant from Specialty's. I never got far enough to try and tackle a cinnamon bun, and I just couldn't handle eating all that much candy. In a way, it's kind of neat to watch my little flame-outs become more manageable to come back from.
This week, I'm really going to try to get back on track. The goal is to bring my lunch to work every day, eat a nice, sensible dinner, and maybe indulge in Specialty's on Wednesday before the Thanksgiving holiday. Which brings me to....
Thanksgiving! Oh my God, we've entered that season that is the gut buster for any follower of a diet! I'll be celebrating with a group of close friends in what's become something of a tradition every year, and thankfully there are quite a few of us who are wanting to eat mindfully as well. We're doing a potluck thing, which means there'll be a ton of really awesome things to eat, and not enough stomach for everything.
My plan is this: portion control, and patience. Only fill up a small plate with snacks, and dip into that every 30 minutes at most. Try to last longer. For the feast itself, only fill up one plate with food. (Salad not included.) If I want seconds, wait an hour before going back to the food line, and *then* if I have any room left for dessert, wait another hour before partaking. It'll be really difficult to stick to this plan, which is one of the reasons I'm putting up here. I want to be held publically accountable for my dietary practices.
Do any of you guys have rules of thumb that help with the urge to overindulge? How about good, low-fat or -calorie dishes for Thanksgiving? Do people even *eat* big dinners any more?
Change from last week: +.6 pounds
I gave up on the diet halfway through last week. There were a succession of rough days from different quarters (work ended up pounding me, and then I had a small mood crash) that I went right back to the emotional eating habit. Of course, there's the eater's remorse afterwards, and I feel properly ashamed and chastened. However, not to pat myself on the back too much after a bad week, but even my bad weeks aren't as bad as they used to be!
One of the reasons for my collapse was the feeling that I wasn't getting anywhere. I've been weighing myself every day to collect date according to the Hacker's Diet, and my weight has been hanging in deep at 191 for a while now. Since I've started I've lost maybe two pounds in the past six weeks, and breaking past the 190 plateau has proven to be all but impossible. As much as I would try to talk someone out of this feeling if it were happening to anyone else, starving yourself without seeing results really wears on you after a while.
So, the worst things I could handle during my few days of horribleness were cookies and a fruit-and-cheese croissant from Specialty's. I never got far enough to try and tackle a cinnamon bun, and I just couldn't handle eating all that much candy. In a way, it's kind of neat to watch my little flame-outs become more manageable to come back from.
This week, I'm really going to try to get back on track. The goal is to bring my lunch to work every day, eat a nice, sensible dinner, and maybe indulge in Specialty's on Wednesday before the Thanksgiving holiday. Which brings me to....
Thanksgiving! Oh my God, we've entered that season that is the gut buster for any follower of a diet! I'll be celebrating with a group of close friends in what's become something of a tradition every year, and thankfully there are quite a few of us who are wanting to eat mindfully as well. We're doing a potluck thing, which means there'll be a ton of really awesome things to eat, and not enough stomach for everything.
My plan is this: portion control, and patience. Only fill up a small plate with snacks, and dip into that every 30 minutes at most. Try to last longer. For the feast itself, only fill up one plate with food. (Salad not included.) If I want seconds, wait an hour before going back to the food line, and *then* if I have any room left for dessert, wait another hour before partaking. It'll be really difficult to stick to this plan, which is one of the reasons I'm putting up here. I want to be held publically accountable for my dietary practices.
Do any of you guys have rules of thumb that help with the urge to overindulge? How about good, low-fat or -calorie dishes for Thanksgiving? Do people even *eat* big dinners any more?
