I was wrong.
Apparently, I can cast it all aside and just eat. At least that's what it seems I've been doing the past week. In the name of "not wasting food" I have been eating leftovers from Christmas all week - in moderation, of course. But then add in the left over pecan pie I've eaten every day. And the 6 chocolate chip cookies I had for New Year's ... and it seems I'm not necessarily the fatty-snob we thought I was!
But it's all over today. I just used up the last of the mashed potatoes in pancakes and will throw away and remaining pecan pie after dinner. I won't lie - this week of excess has been tasty (though the cookies were a bit too hard for my taste and - technically - wasted calories since they weren't the texture I prefer) but I don't like how these foods have made me feel. I haven't been able to eat nearly as many vegetables as usual and I can definitely tell a difference in my energy and sleeping habits. Also, I haven't gotten my usual amounts of calcium and fiber lately and I notice a difference in other areas because of this.
Finances are still a bit tight until my student loan disbursement so I'm stuck with a lot of frozen vegetables until mid-January. Also, my protein has to come from beans until pay day. But there is a lot that I can make from my fridge. I have lots of black-eyed peas and lentils left over from New Year's Day. Plus, we have some venison sausage that was given to us in Texas.
Anyway, I digress. I stepped on the scale this morning and got a VERY unwelcome shock: 147.8. Um, that puts me back into the overweight category - and is totally unacceptable! It also perfectly illustrates the points I've made in previous posts. 1) I want a buffer that allows me to gain a bit of weight without going back to being overweight. 2) I can't let down my guard - even if "it's the holidays" - if I want to stay a healthy weight. At least not yet.
So, I guess, really, I was right. Phew. I hate being wrong.
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