I have been having a pretty good start at trying to eat better and drink better.
Yesterday was a little hard, working in a pizza place. So little time to eat and pizza is perfect to grab a slice and have a bite or two between tasks. But I really have gotten to the point of eating pizza because it is there and not because I am hungry. But when I caught myself going through the pizzas to see what was there, I grabbed my lunch bag and had some apple slices, cottage cheese, tomatoes and cucumbers, or oranges. It got me through the day without having pizza. But I almost caved and wanted McDonald’s after work because I had no idea what we were going to eat when we got home. But we had leftover tamales and some salad at home that I had decided on, so I was able to save us from that bad choice.
Also, we have had almost no soda in the last week. It was our beverage of choice. In the past month I had stopped drinking so much cola and had started drinking lemon lime sodas. It wasn’t intended, I just had lost my taste for the cola. But now, we are drinking iced tea (sweetened with splenda) and water. Normally, I break and go right back to soda because of the caffeine withdrawal, but because I had inadvertently switched to caffeine free prior to going to tea, it hasn’t been so bad. I was suffering from edema a lot more and was looking for a more natural way to help it.
I weighed myself, out of curiosity, because I hadn’t weighed myself in months. I felt like I must have gained a lot of weight because my clothes were feeling tight. When you are already obese, you don’t want to see those numbers go up. But to my surprise, I was still the same weight. A relief really, considering this year has sucked and I am an emotional eater.
But I have had a really good week considering it was the holidays, and part of me wants to step on the scale and see if I have lost any weight. But I also know I will be disappointed and don’t want to set myself up for that.
So the question remains… To weigh or not to weigh?
Chaos Couple 