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Bad Choices, AGAIN!!!

KathyD49

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Just when I finally think I have a handle on things (Like I thought the other day with the revelation about being active and living longer) I seem to screw it up by making some kind of a bad choice.

 

This morning on my way home from work, I stopped at the grocery store to pick up some bread (we were out), some almond butter and some bottled water. Well when I got home, I thought "you know, toast with almond butter sounds good for breakfast!" So I popped a slice in the toaster, and pretty soon I was buttering it up with almond butter. And then off to bed I trotted. The last two or three bites of the toast slice were hard to get down. BUT, I presevered, and ate the whole slice! (The old thing about children starving in Africa you know!) And I am sitting here asking myself "why, oh WHY did I force those last couple of bites down?" And to add insult to injury, I swallowed a gulp of orange juice after I ate the toast!

 

For the last hour and a half, I have been in misery! I keep belching up little bits of orange juice. (Sorry! I know, T.M.I.!)It is so bad, I can't lay down at all. Every time I do, I feel like I am going to vomit! "WHY, oh WHY did I eat those last three bites?" You would think I would learn! Thankfully, I don't have to work tonight, so I might be tired from working all night and not sleeping today, but at least I won't have to drag my sleep deprived body back to work tonight!

 

I am going to make a BIG sign and hang on the refrigerator. It is going to say "STOP! Think before you eat!" I have got to learn that I can't eat like I used to eat!

 

For many years, eating at work was an activity similar to the Olympics! Since you never knew when you were going to have your lunch interrupted by some mom delivering her baby, you sat and ate as much as you could, as fast as you could, or risked not being able to eat your lunch at all. That attitude has crept into my home life meals as well. When I would sit down to eat, no conversation, no pleasant enjoyment of the company your were eating with, just sit and shove the food in as fast as possible.

 

I am thinking I need a sign on the dining room table also, "STOP and ENJOY!" Enjoy not just the food, but the company, the smells of dinner, the visual aspect of eating good food, the whole process of eating a small, but healthy meal.

 

So many things to figure out! So many changes that need to become habit! Later...........



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Kathy -

Don't beat yourself up - I'm sure your body did that for you. (Pain is sometimes good) I will share this little thing a friend of mine did that had RGB. She went to Ross and bought 4 plates that were small - and bright colored (I was thinking of individuals colored plates from WalMart) - and whenever she has a meal - she always takes those plates are for her only. DON'T TOUCH MY PLATES! I just laugh when she says that.

Anyway - because they are like salad plates or a bit smaller - they make her think about what she eats just by virtue of their unique appearance. So I got to thinking...you know how people hang those decorative holiday plates on a rack...there are usually three or four and sometimes you can find a stray plate that is unusual...she recommended not getting 4 that are the same or...find funny plates.

So my mission is to go to Ross and Macy's every few weeks to look for a small odd plate to keep just for this purpose. A visual reminder to slow down - take your time. She also ate with chop sticks for a few weeks because she could hardly work them. HAha!

Good luck - you are doing great!

Reb

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