I got so busy yesterday I didn’t have time to post!
Well, it was weigh in Friday!! After riding my bike to work every day, running 3.2 miles 3 days and doing the boot camp, I was hoping for a big loss, but I will take what I can get!
I lost 1 more pound! I was hoping of course it would have been more BUT, it is still a number I haven’t seen in a long time and it is still in the right direction and I feel great about adding exercise regularly to my healthy eating plan.
If I can keep it up, the results will come!!
One of the things I have been doing great at is not eating food at work (that I didn’t bring). We have reps come in all the time with cookies, muffins, donuts, etc… Every Thus. there are luncheons, which the reps leave the leftovers and I usually am the one to help them clean it up and we always put the leftovers on the “food counter” and my co-workers will eat the rest.
For the longest time, if there was food out, I would usually have something. Whether it was a cookie, or left over pizza etc…
This is a giant cookie that was leftover. I put all the other leftovers out, but saved this for myself. I even brought it to my desk. I stared at it…I really wanted it….I even looked up the calories for it! 450 calories for this cookie!! I still wanted it…..
But I thought about all the hard work I was doing. Usually I would rationalize it by saying “It’s just one cookie.” But one cookie turns into more things I shouldn’t be eating which in turn sabotages my weight loss goals.
So do you know what I did??
I put it back on the table, waited several minutes and some one else took it.
I felt so great about not giving in!
I would like to know how other people handle situations like that at work or wherever when some one is always bringing in stuff, or there are luncheons, or donuts, etc… Do you just say no, do you treat yourself once a week, how do you stay on track??
Great job x 2!!! Losing 1 pound is awesome!!!! And putting back that cookie is major…
I can so relate to the difficulties of staying on track when there is always food around. I have found making a plan for each part of my day works best for me (and is very necessary). I consciously plan to eat only what I bring to work for example. I also plan what I’ll eat when we go out to eat (which is very rare): I don’t eat the bread (I used to eat tons of bread…), I usually have an idea about what I’m going to order, and I plan what to drink.
For me, if I have a “mental plan,” making good choices is easy and pain free. But if I don’t have a plan, I get in lots of trouble… It’s like my brain doesn’t know what to do if there aren’t some guidelines…
I should also mention that I also plan treats. If I know there is going to be cake for a special occasion, I plan to have a slice. If we go out, I may plan to have a glass of wine.
You are doing great! 🙂
nice job on losing 1 lb and on resisting that cookie! i have days when i give in and days when i pass the goodies right by…its hard to pass over them though when you are thinking about the treat and really want it, so way to go!!!!
Wow, 450 calories for 1 cookie? Sheesh!
My first office job had a full kitchen, fully stocked cabinets, and a boss that would buy groceries and snacks for the entire office. At first I would make myself a big breakfast and occasionally snack or have a soda or two. I noticed IMMEDIATELY that I was packing on the pounds, so I stopped. Since they I’ve always come home to eat or brought my lunch (and snacks) for work. I usually pack leftovers or buy special lunch items for myself so then it’s easy to avoid the other items. I’ve never been a big junk food eater, or sweet tooth person so I’m usually more impressed with what I brought vs. the unhealthy options that are there.
Great job on the cookie – like you, my workplace is always full of cookies, brownies, chips, etc – shoot, that’s one of the reasons I gained so much weight the first year I worked there! But I finally just told myself that I wasn’t going to eat any of that stuff while at work. This way I don’t have one cookie and then struggle to not eat another – I just don’t eat it at all. That’s not to say that I don’t eat a good homemade cookie ever – just not at work.
Congrats on the one pound loss – yes, it seems like it should be more considering all the exercise you’ve been doing, but scales suck sometimes! Any case, keep up the good work!