Night 2 was horrible, horrible, horrible
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| Fri, 03-05-2004 - 9:58am |
I had gone to a mini-mart after work to pick up our dry cleaning and a toothbrush and it was awful. Everywhere there was easter candy. Everywhere there were cookies. Tons of ice cream. Carrot cake.
I made it through that ok, came home and DH had made me a lean dinner (fajitas without the tortilla - weird). My friend (who's staying with us for a few days) says the kids might not be so hungry because they just ate a jelly doughnut. A JELLY DOUGHNUT!!!! I WANT A JELLY DOUGHNUT!!!!!! Then my friend and I went shopping...to OfficeMax, where there were cookies right where you walk in!! (snack bags of oreos, which are of course my FAVORITE COOKIE). We went to another couple of stores and ended up at target, where my cravings were getting even worse. It was really awful. I was soooooo craving ANYTHING sweet.
The good thing is that this is teaching me exactly how bad I am. I probably would've gotten something at the minimart earlier, and then again at Target. I'm very proud of myself for making it through that, but jeez. I still can't stop thinking about it. When I woke up this morning, I was starving. I ate a hard boiled egg and I'm snacking on raw green peppers. Disgusting. LOL. ALL I WANT IS A DOUGHNUT!!!

-Polly
p.s. You can make it easier for yourself by eating a little more, I don't think 1 hard boiled egg and raw veggies is enough for breakfast. How about making those quiche cups and having them with some Canadian bacon, with tomatoes on the side (I find it's important to fill up my plate with something). Certain foods really helped me stay with phase 1 - the nuts were essential, the fudgesicle, low fat cheese and I happen to really like ricotta cheese which is lucky, I think it's a real treat with or without Splenda, but it's not for everyone. One final thought - it's not that you're bad for having these cravings - it's bad that we live in a society that promotes eating unhealthy foods that are overprocessed, filled with sugar (because it's cheap and makes us want to eat more and moe)
and with trans fats (?) that stick to your arteries. And to add insult to injury, fills our magazines and TVs with ultra thin women who are supposed to be the ideal. Yuch!
I'm not a breakfast person. The egg and peppers was enough to make me not very hungry. The thought of quiche and canadian bacon for breakfast makes me sick. If I can get myself liking cottage cheese, I'll have cottage cheese and veggies for breakfast along with the egg. I really can only eat the one hard boiled egg - two will make me sick, and I can't have a mushy fried or poached or scrambled egg for breakfast.
Susan :)
Yippie!
Sally