Backfired
Written on Thursday, April 26, 2007 by Jessica
I'm in a terrible mood today. In a weak moment, I ate some cookies. Four Thin Mints, to be exact. I suppose it was a bit of a victory because I ate only four -- one serving -- and not the entire sleeve.
It totally backfired, though. Now I want cookies more than ever. This always happens. I knew it would happen, but I ate the cookies anyway. How dumb is that?
Whine, whine, whine. I'll be in a better mood tomorrow. I promise.
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Do you have any water that you can drink? or Green tea?
water and green tea can totally curb your sweet cravings!!
Z.
I need to be dieting too but am not at the moment. However, I have dieted after the birth of each of my children and my huge downfall is chocolate.
So I allowed myself some chocolate once a week, at the same time each week. Usually it was one ding-dong. Yes, just one, not a whole package or 3-4 tasty little cupcakes. Only one, once a week and I sat down when I could be totally uninterrupted and take tiny little bites, savoring it. This helped me get through each week of my diet. Maybe help you?
Also I tricked myself by telling myself that I was only dieting for that day, that tomorrow I could have whatever it was I wanted but today I couldn't. Then the next morning I would say, wow you did so good yesterday, let's just do one more day.
Hope I don't sound bossy, only trying to help encourage. Keep up the good work and maybe I'll be encouraged by you. :)
I think I'll just swear off sweets again. I'm not a very positive person, so the whole time I'm "enjoying" my one Ding Dong a week, I'm miserably thinking about how this is all I'm going to get. And then I'll spend the rest of the day wanting more. What I really need is an attitude adjustment.
I have used a variation of that other trick before: "If I'm good with my calories today, I'll have a couple of cookies tonight." It usually works. Amazing how the mind works, huh?
Maybe I'll give the green tea a try if I can find some that's decaffeinated. I'm not big on tea, though. Even when I load it up with all the stuff that makes it bad for you, I still don't like it.
What about low carb or no sugar added treats? When I was pregnant I got diagnosed with gestational diabetes which meant a total diet and monitoring of my blood sugar. So that meant no chocolate.
I know you have difficulties with saying no once you have just one, I am the same way-you have one then 1/2 hour later you have just one, and then an hour later just one and soon the whole box is gone.
But what I was thinking was that Breyers makes low carb ice cream bars. They only come with six in a pack-I used to have one and it would taste good enough to satisfy my chocolate craving, but not sooo good that I had to have more, so the bars actually lasted more than a few days. (And the sweets did not affect my blood sugar)
Low carb treats won't mess with your diet. When I did the South Beach diet for a year, I lost 40 pounds and that included indulging in low carb ice cream or low carb candy occasionally. And another thing-if you eat too much of the sweets-one of the ingredients (sugar alcohols?) will give you diarrhea. There's a natural deterent! (My FIL learned this the hard way-er-soft way? *gag*)
Anyway-just thought I'd chime in my 2 cents. If swearing off chocolate is the best method for you-that's what you should do.
Don't beat yourself up, the thin mints are food from the gods and you will just pick yourself up and go forward with your diet.
It will be okay!