A good look in my book.
General September 27th, 2008I sat down this morning and began pawing through my little black diet book. For the past two weeks I have writing down every stinking thing I’ve shoveled into my gob, what I was doing at the time and how I was feeling physically and emotionally. I’m a relatively happy go lucky thing, so there’s not a lot of “woe is me” crap to mull over….errrr…unless ya count “boo-hoo, why did I eat that? WHY WHY WHY” Which I didn’t write in those exact words, but was insinuated by high lighting the devil foods of choice in pink!!!
Examples taken straight from book: “Turkey sub on w/w with ultra high fat store mayo which I should have scrapped off and didn’t!!!”
How about: “x4 two bite mini brownies. Must eat meals on time”
Or this one where I did write down my feelings: “Got very hungry because wasn’t eating enuf, so wanted shit, ate shit + feel like shit!!! X 100000 CHOCOLATE ALMONDS!!!!“
No excuses for the language…I’m not sorry. It’s honestly how I was feeling at the time and that’s not “happy go lucky” me. That’s something that needs fixing!!!
So here’s what I’ve come up with and I’m pretty darned pleased with it all. Scattered out over the duration of two weeks they seem innocent enough, had I not been writing them down, that is. I have though, thank goodness, and look at all the things that are weighing me down. Weighing me up? 
1. Water. x8 minimum. Drink it. Lots!
2. Eat on time. Do not miss meals…any more…ever again!
3. Balance out protein, veggies and carbs.
4. Booze= Munchies= Sweets cravings.
5. Hunger=Munchies= Sweets cravings.
6. High fat/ High sugar night time munching = night sweats. (very true!)
7. Feeling tired = Craving munchies. Take a nap or go the devil to bed if it’s night time. Stay away from the TV!!!
8. Eat before grocery shopping. “Duh!!! All dah foodz makin me crazy”
9. Eat required snacks between meals. Think “blood sugar”
Back on track and off to breakfast!
Catch ya later!
7 Responses to “A good look in my book.”
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September 27th, 2008 at 9:18 am
I should tattoo your rules on the back of my right hand ~ the one I see reaching out for the refrigerator handle, the pantry door and the wine glass.
So simple and full of common sense they are, yet so darn hard for me to follow on a day-to-day basis!
Thanks for laying them out.
September 27th, 2008 at 9:41 am
Periwinkle, you’re awesome. What a great plan! Some of those things are hard to do, but you can do it. Just apply that same grit you have about your exercise to your eating plan and you are going to be unstoppable!!
September 27th, 2008 at 10:30 am
Good plan. And good job giving that doggy a workout. I miss having a dog too, but am too lazy to invest the time necessary in doing the dog thing again. Too much like doing the baby thing again, and we ain’t even going there.
September 27th, 2008 at 10:57 am
We’re supposed to keep a food journal for bootcamp, but I suspect she’ll be scrutinizing them, so I haven’t been including how I feel when I eat or about what I eat.
Still, I think a lot of my journal would read like this if I did keep an emotional list…I always wait too long to get working on dinner, so then I snack a bite of this or a bite of that crappy junk hubby keeps around & boom, I’m not hungry for dinner…but I eat it anyway cause you shouldn’t skip meals…and by then, why not have after dinner snacks since the day is blown anyway?!
Your analysis of your food journal laid it all out there & I really need to follow these rules too! I just hope I can do as good a job at that as you inevitably will. I picture next week a post from you about how successful those rules were for you & how well they’re working out. There doesn’t seem to be much that you can’t accomplished once you set a goal!
September 27th, 2008 at 9:21 pm
You are so wise. I’ve started keeping a food journal as well. Not only just on Sparkpeople, but on paper. That way I can write how I feel. Know what I have found in just a week? I snack too much. Even though they are healthy and low-cal, I still snack way too much. Somehow I have to figure out how to get the right balance of protein and carbs. I don’t LIKE protein!! Anyway, good for you.
September 27th, 2008 at 10:02 pm
I keep my food logged on sparkpeople and 3fc. I’ve never recorded my feelings though. Maybe I should start doing that at some point.
September 30th, 2008 at 4:31 am
Love it that you’re putting how you feel into your diet book, and actually looking back at what you’ve written and how you feel when you eat something that’s not part of the plan. What a great idea (I’ve never got past the part of “buying the new book to write stuff in, and a new pen to go with, of course.” Stationery, I love. Admitting how much I eat, not so good).
Oh, and ps I’ve only ever seen it written as “Aussie” but I don’t think there are any rules about it