Whatcha eating today? Tuesday, 9/27/2016

For me, things like this were what made me finally get my binge eating disorder diagnosed so I could get treatment.  I'd learned the diagnostic criteria almost a year earlier, but ignored all the symptoms that should have been a big, blinking neon sign.  

Ahhh good intentions - we all have them, but some days are easier than others

B:  sesame bagel, cored out and toasted with peanut butter

L:  1/2 chicken parm sandwich (no bread), onion soup - at restaurant

D:  pork chop

S:  had a handful of peanut m&ms (there goes the good intentions)

E: walk

L/V  pretty good

I've identified a weak spot in my diet resolution and should have done something about it today, but did not. Result? Junk carb calories. I had to drive 2 hours for a doctor's appointment this morning. It was about noon when I was ready to return. No lunch planned and I didn't want to stop and have a healthy lunch somewhere 'cause I didn't want to get caught in Baltimore beltway gridlock. So when I stopped for gas, I grabbed a muffin inside. Didn't even taste very good. 450 blasted calories!!! My calorie total today will be over by 200, 'cause it's hard to compensate for that kind of calorie-bomb. Next time, and there will be a next time, I WILL PACK A LUNCH. I'm going to mentally write it on the blackboard 100 times.

1. Coffee w/cashew milk
2. Cinnamon muffin. Nuff said.
3. Chicken/sausage/vegetable soup ala psychoticparrot
4. Snacks: 1/2 cup seedless grapes

W&V: On track and on the patch.

E: Drove 4 hours on I-83 and I-695. Too bad driving doesn't burn calories, 'cause it's a sucky, sucky drive.

(the grumpy but it's my own fault) psychoticparrot

I always make sure I have a Quest bar for exactly this reason.  If I'm super hungry or stressed or whatever, it's entirely too easy to justify stopping somewhere to get crap.  But if I've got a Quest bar handy, I either eat it, or deal with not eating because I want something better once I get back home.  

That's exactly the kind of thing I need -- not something too tasty that would tempt to eat it right away, but just tasty enough to keep me from eating cinnamon calorie-bombs.

Thanks for your usual good advice, Gwen. 

psychoticparrot

You're welcome!  That's pretty much how it works for me.  I can't justify buying peanut M&Ms when I -could- eat the cookies and cream Quest bar in the car.  But then I don't really want the Quest bar, so I just "suffer" until I get home.  (Unless I actually need food, then I eat the darned Quest bar.) ;)

Unfortunately for me, I really like the Quest bars...could be dangerous!

Heh.  Quest bars were just an example.  :)

When my BED was at its worst, right before diagnosis, I was eating them like candy bars.  2-3 a day :/