Sometimes I wonder if a ‘Cheat Day’ is really worth it? My 5-factor diet allows for a cheat day, in their book it is a Sunday but I’m sure it could be any day. They say it is for one day off and not worrying too much and blah blah blah. Except what happens when your Cheat Day turns into an uncontrollable Binge Day?
I started off eating well, a little extra cheese on my sandwich, some cream of mushroom soup, and then I went to the movies. Ugh, I don’t know what happened. First I got a large popcorn (which I ate just less than half of), then I got a hot dog, which I ate lovingly since I hadn’t had a hot dog in so long, and I also got Glosettes almonds. Mmmm, why did I do it? I wasn’t hungry – I just couldn’t stop eating.
Then this morning the scale rose 2 pounds. I’m not even kidding you. I’m so frustrated and anxious that the weight isn’t going to come off as easily as I was hoping it to. I also have decided to make only ONE day a week a weigh-in day. I’ve realized weighing myself is great when I am losing about .8 lbs a day, but when you gain a bit or the scale doesn’t budge, I start getting nervous. So maybe once a week would be best?
Thursdays. Thursday will be weigh-in day. And I’ll do my measurements every two weeks.
Today I’m going to eat a bit less than usual, because
a) I ate like a pig last night and I woke up not hungry so I may as well just eat a lot of fruit all day
b) I woke up at 10 am in the morning. So my whole day is a little off anyway.
Let’s hope this was just a stumble in the long road of losing weight.
