wiccandove
Chinese Food Debockle
Aug 15, 2016
This weekend we drove my kids back to their father in New Hampshire. We decided to stay overnight in a hotel before heading back the next day. Dinner time rolled around and my BF wanted to get my biggest food weakness- chinese food.
Now to be clear, the type of chinese food you get in New England is very different then the chinese food you can get in Toronto - especially egg rolls!
Well, I thought I did pretty good at first. I had one terriaki beef stick which was moist and easy to eat. Then I made the probably bad choice to eat the egg roll.
Now these egg rolls are large. More like a burrito almost. They are filled with chopped cabbage, shrimp, and pork and very dense. I figured I would be ok if I just ate the filling and not the wrapper.
It was so good. Too good. I ate ALL the filling. And of course about 1/2 later all the filling came back up. This was my first overeating incident because I liked the food too much. I've thought about this incident a lot since yesterday and realized that it would of been ok if I had eaten 1/4 of the egg roll instead of all of it. I need to learn I'm not missing out on a food just because I don't eat it all. I need to make that small amount count, not eat fast, enjoy it for what it is and not be trying to shove the next forkful in my mouth of food that tastes exactly the same as the food i'm still chewing. I know this, anyone reading this knows this. But this was my first incident with trigger food since surgery. Luckily for me you can't get this food in Toronto so I won't have to struggle with over eating this particular food here, but I'm sure there will be others.
My BF and I have gone out to eat a few times recently (to hot to cook!) and I think I am doing ok with making smart(er) choices. For instance, at one place he had a burger and I ate lentil soup. At Montanas he ordered steak and I had a small portion of his steak and 2 greenbeans (I don't think the waitress was too keen on us sharing but oh well). If he goes to wendys I get either a chili, or a jr. cheese burger plain with no bun. Tonight he went out to get Mcdonalds and I had him get me chicken chop suey.
I have to be realistic - we are still going to eat out. Its part of being social. I just have to find a way to deal with it and choose what i think are better options and watch my portions. Please tell me I'm not too off base here!
