Bear with me as I wind down from the week still suffering nasal congestion and a scratchy throat. My mind seems to be somewhere in that fuddled mess and unable to put much effort into my thoughts on food, God, being who he created me to be, and victories. Instead my mind has been struggling with wanting that which I am re-training my mind and body to not crave: chocolate, ice cream, dessert, chips, and something crunchy/salty/sweet/chocolately.
As I sat in my office earlier, the old familar feeling and thoughts started. It's the weekend and what am I going to treat myself to. Especially since the cough drops and cough syrup are just not doing it for me. I had read once that the weekends are the biggest struggle for many of those trying to eat better, diet, or lose weight. It's comforting to know that I am not the only person that falls victim to Satan's lies that I did so well this week that it's okay to splurge and reward myself on the weekend. Now, in the last four years, I have typically gone a little softer with the food on the weekends and had that be my time for pizza and I do believe that it is okay to trade foods for other foods (i.e. if I want to have pancakes for breakfast, then my meal the night before should be lighter and if I eat a big breakfast, it should last me until dinner with an apple or fruit for a snack). However, it becomes very self defeating when I am rewarding good eating habits with food treats! I wonder, would this ever work for alcoholics seeking recovery and maintaining sobriety? "I didn't drink all week so I'll let myself have three drinks this weekend and then go back to no drinking next week". I don't forsee any treatment centers and 12 step groups adopting that theory anytime soon.
This weekend is a loved one's birthday, and my plan is to enjoy a piece of birthday cake or birthday pie. And so far, I do not have a plan for how to go about re-training my thoughts about it. I fear that as soon as I bite into the delicious piece of birthday treat (no matter what it is) I will soon look as though I am Animal's sister in a feeding frenzy (Animal from the muppets). So I plan I shall make!
Saturday morning- Eggs, bacon, whole grain waffle
lunch- ham sandwich, fruit
dinner- undecided, but as healthy as possible
dessert- birthday treat
Sunday morning- fruit
lunch- sandwich, fruit, pretzels
dinner- chicken salad
snack- popcorn
Now- all I have to do is retrain my brain that no matter what, this is the plan!!!
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