I'm writing to reassure myself again. Today I feel like I have blown it. I feel like its not worth carrying on with dieting today and should just give in to temptation and scoff whatever I fancy.
Why?
Because I have eaten about 35 Hot Tamales - about 11 syns, and therefore have blown today's syn value.
BUT I also have not had ANYTHING else. I know this is crazy but I have just been sitting all day working at the computer nibbling Hot Tamales and thinking how crap I feel and I haven't actually been hungry until right now.
I have probably ingested no more than 300 cals for the whole day so far so I should really get upset right?
The calorie thing and the slimmingworld thing are what mess me up. Because I have a band, slimmingworld has to be a little bit adjusted anyways, and when I do have random days like this I HAVE to remember that if I am only eating Sweets, but the calories are low, then I haven't busted the diet at all. If I was just a regular un-banded person then would have a problem because I would be eating sweets on top of the other stuff and then that would definitely mean I had messed up.
At the end of the day, If i eat less calories than I expend, it doesn't matter where those calories come from, just how many there are.
If I eat 1000 cals today and its made up of Hot Tamales and full fat rootbeer, and tomorrow I eat 1000 calories made up of meat, salad, egg, pasta etc... its STILL ONLY 1000 cals right?
I think it is what you do most of the time that matters-going off the deep because you ate a few pieces of candy is what i and probably we used to do. The band is helping us rearrange our stomachs and our mind-set. From what you have written you know that ...Keep up the good work!!
ReplyDeleteTomorrow is another day and you can make healthy choices then.
Hi, not sure where I found your blog, I'm also banded, wanted to say chin up, keep with it, hope you feel better soon.
ReplyDeleteI know about the pull of the dark side, it isn't always easy being banded and struggling with weight issues.
Update soon :-)
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