Did Not Have a Good Day Today!
I did not have a good day today. I ate two things that I never should have. But in all fairness my daughters made them and I had to do my fatherly duty and taste their efforts. I am still within the plan but nutritionally in the toilet today. Also coming off my stomach issue yesterday means I did not meet my protein goals. As a result I want to snack. I am not going to but I sure as heck want to.
on 1/19/13 12:25 pm
I did make spinach and mushroom quiche with southwest Eggbeaters and it was pretty good. I did log all of my intake on mfp and tomorrow is another day. I will do better!
There are going to be those days and good for you that you are putting a stop to it now instead of just letting it all go today. That shows you taking charge of the situation. You can do this and you will get right back on the plan tomorrow. I know you will. Now go to bed, forgive yourself and tomorrow is a new day!!
Keith,
My psychologist (the one that was pre op requirement) told me that every now and again there will be a day like this. A day that you don't really feel good about. The best thing that you can do is to not dwell on it and get back on track the day after. Just don't beat yourself up over it.
I had a b-day on the 17th. To me it was kind of a special day. A friend of mine took me to dinner and I ate a few things that I really should not have. I knew I was going way off track and I also knew I needed to allow it for that one day. The main reason is that one year ago on my b-day my life was a lot different.
I was overweight (I think to a point where they call it class two obesity). I think for me there was a Class 2 then loosing you go to Class 1 then loosing more you get to Overweight and then a "Normal" weight. Anyway with being overweight for so long I had developed Type 2 Diabetes. It has made my feet mostly numb at this point and I will never get the feeling back in my feet. I even started to feel my fingertips starting to get bad. I knew last year that I would by this b-day have very numb hands and within another year or two after that I would likely be blind.
Anyway with the health issues I had come to a very dark place in my life. I had made the decision that somehow I had to have this surgery or I wouldn't want to be around on my next b-day. I was quite literally in a do or die situation. By die I mean suicidal. I had gotten to the point of researching how to accomplish that goal.
My health issues made it hard to work at my current job (I worked very little) and finding a job that I could do with my issues really didn't seem likely. Without health insurance and no employment possibilities I came to that dark place I spoke of earlier. I spoke with my father about this and he agreed to cover the cost of surgery if I could prove it to be my best shot and find a surgeon that seemed very capable and in the United States. He didn't want me to go to Mexico and although I wanted to do this as cheaply for him as possible this wasn't an option to him.
Anyway my surgery was on May 31st and I am now lower than my goal weight and this b-day came along. I went to Golden Corral and was planning on paying by the pound. They have a rule that you need to leave if you buy it that way. So I ended up with a buffet. Got in my protein but then my celebratory mindset kicked in and I had a slice of SF mocha cake. Didn't feel too bad about that. But then I saw the strawberries by the chocolate fountain. I ended up having 2 of those. I could have and should have stopped there but I continued on my splurge. I was realistic in knowing that I would allow it that day only and the next day I would forgive myself and move on with a healthier day. I will tell you that I did just that.
Sorry I got off on a tangent with my story. Either way I feel justified in celebrating the fact that I am alive today and healthy. Actually even at a point where many say I have lost too much weight and I am now struggling only with the maintaining versus possibly gaining back about 8 pounds. Either way I will still be healthy and feeling better off than I was a year ago.
Good luck with your journey and don't worry any about the "off" day. I know you will get back on track and do well.
You already know what I'm going to say, right?
We all have days... the real measure is what you do for your next meal, for the next day, for the next week. It's over, forgive yourself and move on, but move forward... don't fall down that spiral. It can happen (and has to me a few times throughout this journey) and it SUCKS trying to come out of a long spiral vs. a "well hell" slip up.
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