When you’ve had a bad diet day (Saturday for me) it takes days before you feel like your body has returned to normal. It’s yet another reason not to have a bad day, or to keep the damage to a minimum. This raises the question of why would you have a bad day in the first place. And I think the answer to that is obvious: everybody does. One bad day, once in a while, doesn’t hurt too much. It’s when you start thinking of the bad day as a normal day, that the trouble begins. When you are keeping track, every day, you can see the cost and the effect of such a bad day. You are paying attention. That’s how I know that even today (Monday) things are not back to normal. Maybe tomorrow, maybe the day after. That will feel…good.
My food intake and calorie count
Breakfast – 2x bratwurst (260); half whole wheat wrap (55);
- 580 calories
Lunch – steak and cheese sub (500)
- 500 calories
Dinner – cheese lasagna (640)
- 640 calories
Snacking – tea with half and half (120);
- 120 calories
Total for the day: 1850 calories (limit 1800)
Early to bed and rise at all would be nice
Daylight savings time is hard if you are keeping a schedule. I have to be in bed in 5 minutes. So I will be brief. I am working hard on envisioning the future I want and the person I want to be. That person has his body’s weight under control. Once you have your mind right, then your body will catch up eventually. It’s a pattern that has worked well for me. Keeping your weight under control is a full time job and requires constant work and attention. That is the price, and the price is higher the thinner you want to stay. Having a bad day when I weigh 185 will be a lot different that when I was 244 pounds. But you have time to study yourself and figure out how to get yourself there and keep yourself there. Just pay attention.
-The Doctor
I find I have a couple of levels – a bad meal where I overeat and impact my calories for the day, and a bad day where I overeat more than one meal and impact calories for the week. In both cases, if I can catch it, the trick for me is putting the past in its place and continuing the day like the bad effort did not occur. If I have a bad meal and feel another coming on I try to accomplish an exercise distraction – go to the gym for a hour or two – get my mind on anything but food.