Monday, January 31, 2011

Tying up loose ends

Happy to report I have 2 days under my belt of tracking, and as it's almost 6 p.m. now, I'm getting close to having a 3rd.  Saturday I stayed at exactly my daily point count.  Sunday I bobbled a bit when a friend brought the big amazing cookies from Panera to a meeting.  WHY???  I ended up having 2 - a chocolate chipper and and oatmeal raisin, which was the best OR I've ever had.  They each had to be 7 or 8 points, I'm guessing.  I counted them as 8, so that's 16 out of my 49 weekly allowance.  Not happy to admit that, but AT LEAST I TRACKED THEM.  That's huge for me.

I came to work this morning loaded with fruit and other stuff to eat that will keep me nicely entrenched in healthy food that will nourish and satisfy without triggering a binge.  I decided to be anal and take a couple of pictures to show you my food stash at work:

Outside the fridge, EVOO, spring water, tons of fruit including a big Fuji apple, banana, grapefruit, clementines, and red pepper.  That's a box of Cheerios on top of the organizer.

Inside the fridge that you really can't see is a big ass salad, a container of homemade ratatouille (total of less than a point for the smidge of olive oil used in prep), 1% cottage cheese, Laughing Cow lite cheese, mustard, organic fat free salad dsg, lime juice (for salads with a little EVOO, and cranberry apple butter from Trader Joes, and some plain Greek yogurt.  Tomorrow I'll also bring in some white meat grilled chicken. 
Having this well stocked "pantry" at work really helps me stay away from the junk food emporium known as Ben's Store that one of our clients runs daily.  I've been known to make several runs to it when in a binge mode...hopefully those days are over.  I'm really lucky to have a fridge in my office that's just for moi!

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I'm also happy (and relieved) to tell you that I suffered no achiness or damage from that nasty fall on the ice I had on Saturday afternoon.  The next morning I was a little tight behind the right knee that got hard flexed, and the ankle was sore, but 4 Advil did the trick and I haven't felt any of it since.  Whew!!  Also...my right knee had been popping and stiff for the last couple of weeks for no real reason other than it has arthritis.  Several similarly afflicted folks told me that the cold and continual snow with its related moisture can aggravate arthritis.  Anyway - since that fall, the knee hasn't popped or been stiff at all!  Maybe I jolted something back into place?

Another item I need to catch you all up on is that I called our insurance company to see if that crazy woman  who claimed I rolled into her car in the drive thru of a Swiss Farm store in early January had filed a claim.  Recall that she said I rear ended her, WHICH I DIDN'T, and acted like an angry psycho - demanding my insurance info...  Well, so far, they haven't received any claim or call from her!  I realize she could still do something, but feel certain it's unlikely.  I think she was just a rage machine who thought she'd mess up my day - which she totally did.  So far, a happy ending.


That's about it for me today.  It truly feels good to be tracking and NOT BINGEING.  And best is how good it feels to wake up in the morning and not worry that clothes are going to be tighter than the last time I wore them.  When I'm staying on plan, they may not be looser, but the definitely won't be tighter.

13 comments:

  1. Total agreement on how good it feels to be tracking and NOT BINGEING! And even the sentiment on how sweet it feels to know that at least the clothes aren't going to be tighter!

    As far as the cookies, that's what I love about the 49 points. Even though you didn't plan it, you had points there to use. And that, for me, would make me feel like a normal person -- occasionally food comes along and they have it even though they didn't know about in advance. It comes out of their "weekly points", though they don't need to keep track of them like we do. So these days, I don't need to feel like a failure just because something unexpected came up.

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  2. My mom was rear-ended by a psycho lady too. The lady admitted fault to my mom, but quickly changed her story when the police came. The lady again altered her story back to her being at fault (a few weeks later) and her insurance took care of everything. However, that was such a stressful time for everyone wondering what the lady was going to decide to say or do.

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  3. glad miss angry pants seems to have forgotten about filing a false claim, thankgoodness...

    I keep reading hoping to see sometime that you've gone swimming or joined aqua exercise. sigh

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  4. I'm so glad you are suffering no ill effects of the fall. And a big WTG on the three days of peace. Good job, Leslie.

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  5. That's fantastic, Leslie. If you bite it, write it. That's the only way we will ever truly figure out and conquer our overeating. Glad you weren't super sore from the fall.

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  6. there is a lot to be said for a comfortable waist band. good job on stringing your 'pearls'.

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  7. So glad you're ok after the fall, both literally and food wise! (I'm so clever.) Tracking the cookies proves that to me.

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  8. You are doing great my friend!! I tracked mexican food last night so I feel your pride :) My friend once thought the person behind him hit him and freaked out on her - it turned out it was a huge thing of Tide rolling around in the trunk! Hope you survive the snow. Spring will come I promise!

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  9. I love waking up in the morning after a day of eating on track:) Good job, Leslie:)

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  10. quoted you today in my own comments - 'reaping what you sow' is very good way of putting it.

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  11. So proud of you Leslie for sticking to the plan, having your food at the ready to make good choices - love it!

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  12. Lots of good things to report Leslie! Bravo to you!

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  13. Awesome work set up! You rock!

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