The Way Diets Should Work
(Why yes, this IS one of those "yet another female blogger writing about dieting" posts.)
So I've been trying to diet the last few weeks. I'm not doing Weight Watchers or South Beach or anything like that. Those things wouldn't work for me. I'm simply trying to eat less, and make better choices. That's it. And it's slow, but working. Although only one person has noticed I've lost weight. Maybe I need to lose more, since even to me, it seems that my clothes fit exactly the same as they did pre-diet.
Maybe October is a dumb time to start dieting, right before the Season of Gluttony begins. But actually, I think it's perfect for me. Now portions in restaurants seem to big for me to finish, no matter how good they taste. I'm forcing myself to let go of finishing things because otherwise it's wasting money.
Apple, the receptionist, keeps a dish of candy on her desk, and constantly offers some to everyone who walks by. One of the things I don't like about this job is the amount of after school special style peer pressure that goes on here. Multiple times each day I am offered candy. Multiple times each day I say no thank you. My mother told me that if you always reject offers, they'll stop. It seems she was wrong in this case.
However, yesterday I was jonesing for something sweet, and took a mini-box of mini-Tootsie Rolls. There were probably about a dozen inside the box. Each one, the size of a Good & Plenty. I had two, then put the box on the other secretary's desk. Two was enough. Two tasted good and was plenty for me.
There are is no junk-food in my house. I looked at the times I tend to eat too much, thought about what it was about those times that made me want to eat too much, and made some changes.So now I have a snack around 4p.m. at work. Grapes, apple slices, almonds and walnuts, something like that. This way when I get home I'm not starving for dinner, and don't eat a snack while cooking dinner. And after dinner? I chew gum, or have fruit.
But you know what? I never noticed how often people are offering food! It's really annoying to constantly be rejecting things you want to say yes to. Which made me think: if you say no to something really tempting, I think the universe should let you lose more weight. If today I eat the same number of calories as yesterday, but today I turn down cheesecake and pretzels, I should lose more weight today than I did yesterday, because today was harder.
Don't you think that would help people stick to their diets? I do. Who's with me?
So I've been trying to diet the last few weeks. I'm not doing Weight Watchers or South Beach or anything like that. Those things wouldn't work for me. I'm simply trying to eat less, and make better choices. That's it. And it's slow, but working. Although only one person has noticed I've lost weight. Maybe I need to lose more, since even to me, it seems that my clothes fit exactly the same as they did pre-diet.
Maybe October is a dumb time to start dieting, right before the Season of Gluttony begins. But actually, I think it's perfect for me. Now portions in restaurants seem to big for me to finish, no matter how good they taste. I'm forcing myself to let go of finishing things because otherwise it's wasting money.
Apple, the receptionist, keeps a dish of candy on her desk, and constantly offers some to everyone who walks by. One of the things I don't like about this job is the amount of after school special style peer pressure that goes on here. Multiple times each day I am offered candy. Multiple times each day I say no thank you. My mother told me that if you always reject offers, they'll stop. It seems she was wrong in this case.
However, yesterday I was jonesing for something sweet, and took a mini-box of mini-Tootsie Rolls. There were probably about a dozen inside the box. Each one, the size of a Good & Plenty. I had two, then put the box on the other secretary's desk. Two was enough. Two tasted good and was plenty for me.
There are is no junk-food in my house. I looked at the times I tend to eat too much, thought about what it was about those times that made me want to eat too much, and made some changes.So now I have a snack around 4p.m. at work. Grapes, apple slices, almonds and walnuts, something like that. This way when I get home I'm not starving for dinner, and don't eat a snack while cooking dinner. And after dinner? I chew gum, or have fruit.
But you know what? I never noticed how often people are offering food! It's really annoying to constantly be rejecting things you want to say yes to. Which made me think: if you say no to something really tempting, I think the universe should let you lose more weight. If today I eat the same number of calories as yesterday, but today I turn down cheesecake and pretzels, I should lose more weight today than I did yesterday, because today was harder.
Don't you think that would help people stick to their diets? I do. Who's with me?
Labels: Anti-Foodie, Apple
posted by Green at 10/25/2007 12:43:00 PM
5 Comments:
that was hilarious. I'm with ya!
hear, hear. i hope the universe picks up on this very wise idea.
also, have you seen myfooddiary.com? i just joined and it's super helpful.
I agree. A person should get credit for being good. Like getting a bonus on your paycheck when you still get your job done even though the company is going through major upheaval, you should lose extra weight for sticking to a diet when temptation is extra strong.
Stella's idea is a great one. Food diaries are a big help. I just didn't realize how many calories I took in from "healthy" foods until I started keeping track of every little thing I put into my body. Getting trail mix instead of potato chips from the vending machine didn't help as much as I thought. Almost 300 calories!? I didn't even think to look until I started the diary. I just assumed it was a good choice.
I'm so with you.
I think that my body should reward the fact that it's Saturday and all I want is pizza with ranch but I'm not having it. Tomorrow, I should be five pounds lighter. Who do we see about this?
I'm with you, but I am so horrible at the whole self control thing...I give in so easily to myself!
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