Learnings….
It has been about 2 weeks since I have actually posted. Yeah, not sure what’s up with that. :) I have been working to avoid sweets. It has been a bit of a struggle, resisting temptation and all. On Thursday January 31st someone here had a birthday. Yes, there was birthday cake. I politely declined and was informed that I *had* to have some. She put it on my desk and walked away. There was some fruit on the cake so I ate that, intending to toss the rest. The I made a decision to actually eat the cake. As an experiment I told myself. :p It wasn’t a really heavy cake; just white cake with a whipped frosting. It tasted pretty good… I think it was home-made by someone else in the office. Needless to say, I enjoyed every bite.
That is until about 30 minutes later. All of a sudden, I had this awful taste in my mouth and I began to feel nauseous. By the time I headed home, I was feeling bloated, sick and just awful. All from one small piece of cake. I would say I am done with sweets! This experimen teither went horribly wrong or horribly right.
In the ensuing days, I have been offered cake, candy, chocolate and ice cream and have happily declined all. When I think about eating any of that stuff my body shudders and a huge NO!!! appears in my minds eye. Interesting, I still have sugar in my coffee with no problem but all other incidences of sugar or sugar products are a huge no.
I have also learned that if I forget or don’t take something with me to eat, i get snack cravings. I have not mastered the temptation of salty, cheesy, crunchy goodness. I have upon occasion raided the vending machines when I haven’t brought some sort of food. These days I am mostly bringing carrotts or apples or yougurt with fruit (that would be the plain yogurt) The other thing I am doing is still making salad in a bottle. It tastes fairly green but adding lemon juice or some fruit help make it more palatable.
I have also found that my cravings are ruled by my emotions (yeah I know most people’s are) and how my day is going. Now that i know this, what to do about it… Apparently I am a victim of comfort food :p
I am trying to make better dinner decisions and when I give in to something that is really not good for me, my body tells me. I am coming to understand that my body seems to be controlling my diet much more than my mouth and tasts buds. I had Taco Bell the other night and felt bloated and ill most of the night. Guess what food I am no longer eating.
My husband bought me a Valentines treat; a bear that says I love you (very cute- what illusion is he suffering under) and a small box of chocolates. I said thank you for the bear but offered him the candy. He said 1 or 2 pieces aren’t going to hurt anything. I responded “yeah, if I want to be ill” (Has he NOT been listening to me?!) I put the bear on my desk at home and gave the candy away at work.
We went out for a Valentines day dinner and I had broiled icelandic cod (yummmmmy) and baked potatoe ok I had butter and sour cream :p However I didn’t finish the potatoe. i have been eating ONLY until I am full. I have found if I push the envelope there, that i feel yucky for hours. As i said my body seems to be much more in control of what I eat. 
Onward Ho!!!!
Oh and I am back to walking. Ted and I went walking on Wednesday night. My end of the walk numbers are as follows:
Here are my end of the walk numbers:
Immediate:28X4= 112
2min: 24X4= 96
5 min: 24X4 = 96
Thursday nights end of the walk numbers were a little weird. They are as follows:
Here are my end of the walk numbers:
Immediate:24X4= 96
2min: 25X4= 100
5 min: 21X4 = 84
All for now