Cory's Quest for a Healthier Life

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Made a mistake today. I ate lunch, but there were leftover sandwiches from some client meeting today. I wasn't going to eat one, but the lady who runs it came around with the tray and offered me one. I was good the first time she offered, and even the second. It was the fourth time she came around and asked if i wanted one that I caved. I only ate half of one...but it was not a healthy sandwich.

I won't let it get to me though. Tomorrow was originally supposed to be my cheat day this week, but I'll just make it today instead of tomorrow. No harm done. It's still frustrating though. If I said 'no' once, I really didn't need her coming around another three times with the tray. She was trying to be nice by making sure I got one....but I REALLY didn't need the temptation.
 
Eh, don't sweat it. As you said use today as your cheat day and it'll be fine. I do agree that it was irritating of that lady to come back 3 more times after you'd already said no, but what's done is done. At least you only had half right? So it could've been worst!

I'm sorry to hear about your uncle. I'm glad your handling it so well. I didn't fare to well going through my family situation earlier this year.

Keep up the positive work and positive way of thinking You'll be just fine. :)
 
I agree... Asking one or two times is OK... but four? :confused:

I wouldn't have changed the cheat day, though. Because part of the day is already gone and I could have used that time eating! :monster:

But that's just me, you did good, you resisted 3 times and maybe, you didn't eat as much as if you had taken the whole day.

MandyH said:
Keep up the positive work and positive way of thinking You'll be just fine. :)
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Thanks for the support Mandy and Athala.

I'm happy to say that my uncle is doing phenomenally well. It's pretty darn close to a miracle. He came out of his coma last night and he's going to come off the ventilator today. The doctors had not expected him to even be awake for another week.

I made good use of my cheat day today. Ate a big starchy sweet potato for dinner with some cod fish and sautéed cabbage. I also went back to that store and bought nine more peaches (only half are for me!). I'll definitely eat one of them with ice cream tonight though! Damn, but I do love peach season. Lunch tomorrow will be good too. I cooked an extra piece of fish that I flaked up with just a little bit of mayo, some ginger, lemon juice, and dill to make a fish salad. I figure I'll roll it up into a couple Napa cabbage leaves.

I had forgotten how good it felt to eat in the appropriate proportions. It's weird considering that my lapse really only lasted for a month or two. I've just felt so positive the last few days and I know it's because I've been making better choices.

Also, have I mentioned I'm ready to see the foot doctor? :p
 
It's good to hear that your uncle is doing well and and recovering quickly.

I would like being able to afford a cheat day, but i simply can't. Not yet. Just a few days ago i was eating like a maniac. In just two days i ate:
2 packages of pasta (thats 10 servings) all by myself, bread, ice-cream, Chocolate and sweets and LOTS of: soda, oil, salt and mayonnaise.

If I'm gonna eat my way to an early grave I better make it worth my while! :sifone:

On a more serious note, I'm glad that I'm back on track. I'm also glad that you are back on track. :)

You should make the appointment to the doctor, the faster the better!
 
Yes good job on only eating half! I always fall prey to that cycle of thinking I already failed so I may as well binge on 10,000 calories more! Deadly for weight loss!

Case in point: this weekend. I drank alot and totally bailed on my meal plan on Saturday and Sunday.. Result? Weight sky rocketing back up to 211 on monday :( Feels like I destroyed a couple weeks of hard work and dedication in a couple days.... Atleast I know my weight fluctuates alot so I'm sure I'll be seeing that number decrease as I stick on track this week... Today was 208.

I can't do a cheat day either because I will just go completely out of control. If I do cheat, it has to be a MEAL not an entire day, and should be carefully planned. I wouldn't go to an all you can eat buffet lol too much potential for damage. I would do all you can eat Sushi though potentially... there are some great places around here. I find if I think about what I want to eat before hand, make a plan and write it out, I stick to it and end up leaving satisfied and without the unpleasant 'food baby' sensation.

Glad to hear your Uncle is doing better! Seems like foot problems galore are going around in WLF land lol... I shall be careful :hat:
 
I'm glad to hear your uncle is doing so well! I hope he continues to get better. :)

I'm on the same page as Slickzchik when it comes to cheat day. I don't cheat the whole day, it's more or less a meal or two at the most. Instead of having a berry salad I'll have a big breakfast of eggs, toast, and homefries and maybe order out for dinner, but that's it. If I really cheated I'd have that some chips, a Ben & Jerry's ice cream, chocolate, etc. I'd get way out of control! Not good for me! LOL

I hope your foot appt goes well and you get some exercise in soon. It'll go a long way to really making you feel better and helping you to REALLY get back on track! :)
 
I find it interesting that you guys seem to struggle with cheat days. I really don’t have an issue with it. I’ll have like….a calorie high dinner and a dessert or I won’t question reaching for a candy bar. So I might go 500 or 600 calories passed what I usually eat, but nothing catastrophic.

Went out with friends last night, which was why I didn’t post. I behaved myself very well. I drank water at the restaurant and got a grilled chicken breast with two veggie sides rather than one veggie and a starch, so I was still well within my calorie limit for the day. It’s interesting with my friends as well. Two of them are VERY conscious of what they eat and the other two (my brother being one of them) make bad choices pretty consistently. One of them is actively trying to gain some weight, so if he wants to eat 2lbs of fried chicken more power to him. But my brother is chunky and wants to go the other way, but he can’t seem to say no to a glass of sweet tea or a soda and NEVER makes good food choices if we eat out. He also got the fried chicken yesterday. It can be really frustrating to watch him make such bad choices, but also be filled with self-loathing over his weight.
 
Hey Cory,
Sounds like things are going well for you! Probably the reason you don't struggle with cheat days is that you are having some success actually changing your lifestyle and not being on "a diet". I've found that's the key to losing and eventually maintaining. Keep up the good choices...and don't beat yourself up too bad over eating a 1/2 sandwich...I might have had some serious words with the lady after offering the sandwich tray the 4th time!
Sarah
 
I think you're right, Sarah. I try really hard to make choices that are sustainable and not as a short term 'diet'. Maybe when my good habits are better established I'll try to do some kind of week long juice cleanse or something, but I'm afraid that right now all that would do is make me go off the rails. Even though I ate the sandwich, I'm happy with how I did this week. :]

There's a coke sitting in the fridge right now. My brother left it here yesterday. I'm proud of myself though because I go to bed in a couple hours and I haven't drank it yet. If I can just get through tonight without drinking it, I'll take it to him tomorrow and then it won't be around me anymore.

I'm going to the doctor tomorrow about my foot. I really hope he has positive things to say, particularly because school starts up in about two and a half weeks and that means that my fitness classes will start up as well.
 
Sorry to hear your foot is giving you problems. I hope the doctor had good things to say today. I also hope you were able to resist that Coke all night. I know that would be super hard with it being right in your fridge. :)
 
I hope your foot gets better, Cory! I also sympathize with on trying not to give in and drink the coke. There's a sprite in the fridge and I'm just trying to down water.
 
Good news with the foot! There isn't a stress fracture and the doctor cleared me for exercise. :D I'm SUPER happy. He told me it would be alright if I took an anti-inflammatory for a few weeks and wrapped it during my exercise. He said just to be careful for a bit and know when to back off if it starts to hurt worse. I'm just so relieved. I can start fitness classes in a couple weeks!

Also, I lost 3.5 lbs this week. It's mostly water, considering I just came off my period. I'll take it though. I'd update my ticker, but the site won't let me right now for some reason.
 
Excellent news on your foot! Very happy for you and that you are cleared for exercise! I'd suggest to put some sparkling water in the fridge...it gives you the feeling of drinking a soda , but the health benefits of water, and no calories!
Keep making the good choices!
Sarah
 
Excellent news on the foot Cory! The weight loss is a weight loss, whatever it was & they are to be celebrated. Sparkling water is also delicious with a squeeze of lemon. Cheers, Cate
 
I'm so happy to hear that your foot is fine! Now you can really get back into action. That'll go such a long way in getting back into the swing of things. :)

Oh, and I see you've been soda free for 7 days now. That's awesome! Congrats on the weight loss too! ;)
 
Thanks for the support, everyone!

So, yesterday was BAD. I ate pizza for lunch and Chinese food for dinner. Even when I'm eating poorly, I don't typically eat that badly. Oh well. I'll fully admit that I was celebrating a bit because of what the doctor said. Kind of a, "I can splurge today because now it's ok for me to exercise." Back on track today though and am excited to do zumba later this week. I'd really like to go for a walk outside today, but it's about 85 degrees with 80% humidity. That is absolutely miserable. x_X

I think I'll just do some exercises inside today. :p
 
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