Something
I discovered when I went off diet over the weekend and the first part
of this week was that when I’m ON diet, I have no problem with urges or
cravings for junk
foods or with thinking obsessively about food…but, when I’m OFF diet, I
start having urges and cravings and thinking obsessively about food.
This is very interesting to me. This makes my idea to just stick to
this diet as my standard way of eating after
I’ve hit my goal weight even more of a really good idea. I mean,
without the obsessive thoughts about food, the uncontrollable cravings
and the insane urges to binge, why do I need to spend all that extra
money on copays for therapy? I’m not saying that
therapy wouldn’t help me greatly, but, if sticking to this diet curbs
the issues I have, then why do I need to go through it right now? I’ll
just put going to therapy on the back burner for the time being and
revisit the idea in the future.
I
know that with my going off diet for those 5 days that I gained a
little bit back. I slipped up and gave in to cravings and urges. The
good news is that I stopped it
quickly and got myself back on track without too much “damage” done. I
mean, there was weight gain…about 2 lbs. Ugh. Not a lot, but for
being “off the wagon” for only 5 days…it IS a lot. But, I’m back on
track now and I won’t let a possible TTOTM derail
me in the next month like it did this month. I just allowed myself to
get overwhelmed because I was wholly unprepared for that to occur. This
next month, I will just assume that TTOTM will happen. If it doesn’t,
that’s fine, but if it does, I’ll be mentally
prepared. And, other than this coming Saturday, I will stick to the
diet 100% and have faith in it.
The
good news is, even though I gain a couple pounds back over the last
week, I still have at least a 10 lb loss for the first month on the diet
and that is still a success
in my book. I’m hoping I can match that 10 lbs in the second month
and, if I’m lucky, maybe a couple pounds extra. All I can do is follow
the diet and START EXERCISING again. Geez. I really need to get on the
exercise. Now that I know there is an open
wifi network in the fitness area of my apartments, I can watch programs
I have DVRed on my TV on my tablet and keep myself unbored while
running on the treadmill. Not that I want to start running solely on
the treadmill, but I’ll be doing the majority of
my runs on the treadmill for the foreseeable future because I simply do
not want to run outside. I mean, I DO want to run outside, but not
with the humidity and heat that’s going on right now. But, right now, I
just want to focus on actually exercising.
That is the most important thing right now. I want to get in 3 runs a
week and if they have to be on the treadmill, then so be it. I also
want to get in at least one day of strength training and then, if I can
motivate myself I also want to do a bike ride
and/or some yoga next weekend some time.
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