My diet buddy literally gave me an "atta girl!" for sticking to my diet last night, bless her. In lieu of a medal or canonization, that will do just fine. She asked how I got past the trouble spot, and I said that first I vented on my blog, and then I had a cold bath, after which I read till I slept. I suppose the moral of the story is to distract myself till the danger is past! I didn't wake up any hungrier than usual, and I concede that some of the hunger pangs may have been psychological. Yes, and we all know that emotion has nothing to do with hunger, right? Right?
My diet buddy has been dieting for two weeks and believes she is past the worst of it, which I find very encouraging. She also loaned me a book from the Keep It Simple Series called K-I-S-S Guide to Weight Loss, which I look forward to reading this weekend. One of my own favourites is Paul McKenna's I Can Make You Thin. The book is good and certainly takes the agony of dieting away, but the real prize is the CD that comes with the book, which uses NLP and hypnotherapy to induce healthy change in your eating patterns. I think I will start listening to it again...though I will stay on the Canada Food Guide plan. For now!
My buddy and I agreed that the weekend is a dangerous time for dieting, because it feels so freeing to reach Friday. But it's rather like a 12-step program - "one day at a time." I can't think about the dismal prospect of never gorging on KFC or an enormous steak again. I just won't have them today...drat it.
I forgot my afternoon snack but will add the avocado to my sandwich, which I really must go make and eat. Paul McKenna talks about never eating until you are truly hungry, and I should try that instead of my standardized meal times. I eat at my desk anyhow, so it's not like I will miss the chance to eat lunch if I hold off.
All right - let the weekend commence! Without fried chicken.
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I need an emergency supply of apples... Of course I don't think 20 apples a day results in weight loss
Heh. Nope, but there are worse things you could eat! But if you're having 20 emergencies a day, you might want to rethink your snacks...add a bit of cheddar to your apple. The fat will keep you going longer and our good L'Etat tells me that it will also help you get the fat-soluble vitamins from the fruit too.
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