I need help! I slipped off the wagon the last couple of days. Not massively but enough that I feel ill from too much wheat.
I don't know what is causing the carb cravings. It's either the extreme stress or the legacy from the pringles. Yesterday i had my usual smoothie breakfast and added extra greens and fruit which meant I had half left for lunchtime at work. Everything was OK. Later, when it got home I had this real craving for fish and chips and amazingly I managed to not go to the chip shop but instead bought a box of co-op cheap french bread pizzas. I had one of those with some baked beans and SW chips. For my dinner I then had a big plate of pasta with tomatoey sauce and too much grated cheese followed by a chunk of cheese and large glass of wine.
I slept really badly and my breathing was affected by the cheese. Woke at 6am when everything went off. Power cut. Slept on and off for another few hours. Got up late and made a big smoothie which, again, was enough for two meals. For dinner I had the second pizza with beans and SW chips. During the afternoon I have also polished off the rest of the bottle of wine. Feeling bloated and thirsty and sluggish and I have heartburn. Wasted the day and messed up my body for nothing, it's only two days to weigh in and I may have sabotaged another week.
There is one thing I do know and I think CJ mentioned it (I have only skimmed the posts so far), our bodies complain loudly when we go off plan. So why do we do it??? That is the question. I don't have the answer but whatever it is it's a very strong demon to conquer.
I want to be back on plan now. I hate feeling this way. Not even waiting until tomorrow. I am not going to eat anything else today. It's time for plenty of water to give me the best chance of feeling better by tomorrow morning.
I need to shop tomorrow. I have no fruit left at all except for half a tin of prunes which I will use to make my breakfast kefir smoothie. I have soup in the freezer for lunch so I can shop after work tomorrow night. Must get organised. I hate this.
Hi - I'm sorry u've been feeling rough and been off plan - I'm sure that's happened to most of us here and the reason that we joined. U've also stuck to the plan for a long time now - are u bored with things - do u need to ring the changes? Altho' I know u have experimented with different things along the way.
U have also been posting quite low calories some days and perhaps even tho' u've felt full (as I have myself on small amounts of food) but maybe over a week/month - ur body is missing some essential nutrient or needs more food? These are only my initial thoughts I'm certainly not saying that I know the answers or that ur doing anything wrong - who I am to even suggest that!!
If only someone could answer ur question 'why do we do it' I'm sure we'd be in a better place to deal with the problem - I think it's something we all need to tackle if we're to get to goal and go on to maintain. I think u've done well to stop today and of course u could have done a lot worse than u have - it could be as u say - cos ur stressed or a legacy from the Pringles.
These are some of the reasons when/why it happens to me:
1. When I'm not organised and don't have meals planned or the right food in - I tend grab at anything from sugary and fatty - like takeaways or heavily processed foods - then as u say I crave for more of the same and I find it difficult to call a halt - which is why I said ur doing well to stop today.
2. When I'm ultra busy, away from home (cos I have restricted choices) worried, ill, emotional, feeling low etc
3. Or sometimes when I've not made or planned interesting, appetising meals - I then fancy something else and to have it quickly and I impulse buy something like the things in my no. 1. in this list
4. I may have mentioned b4 that my hubby says I live to eat whilst he eats to live!! So I think about food often and only want to eat things I really like - whilst he is happy with whatever I plan, choose or suggest!
5. This doesn't happen often but sometimes I get bored with SW restrictions (I know there aren't many!!) or feel as if I'm rebelling against myself and SW!!!
I find SW can be a chore sometimes - does anyone else here feel the same? I now spend a fair amount of time finding interesting recipes/ideas to keep me on the straight & narrow - that may be why I've never got to goal/maintained in the past cos I regularly worked 12 hours days & my job involved a lot of travelling/staying in hotels.
But since my vol redundancy/early retirement - I now have more time to do these things. U are working - so I think it's harder for u. On the plus side u like cooking - u also live alone so u don't have to consider others' food preferences and soon u'll be much happier with ur big move - but of course like all big life changes that in some ways can stressful.
I'm sure u'll get a lot of support in response to ur very honest post - keep posting and we'll all support u like u help us - take care and don't beat urself up!!
= 6.5 syns
