I made a couple yesterday – but I also made a couple of good decisions too.
Mistake: I knew I was going out so ate only a little breakfast, thinking that would afford me a relaxing lunch. But then the lunch place didn’t have any soup I loved the look of so I decided to try miso. Turns out its a cup of watered down soy sauce with two or three pieces of seaweed on the bottom – not the nourishment my body needed after walking around for 3 hours. Rather than get something else and go through the palaver of reading all the labels or making a bad choice, I decided to wait until I got home. MISTAKE
Of course, I ended up overcompensating for all those missed calories.
What I Know: My body needs three good meals and a couple of snacks in the day.
Good decision: I grabbed a bottle of Perrier to take to friends’ for dinner.
Mistake: I helped drink a bottle of red wine when I only wanted “a taste”. Yeah right. I would have been better off asking for once good sized glass and making it last the evening. Instead, I did that, “Just a little” thing so many times and I had two good sized glasses.
Mistake: I drank my Perrier out of my wine glass. I should have got another glass so that I could ignore the wine when I wanted. Instead, I drained the wine glass before I drank water. Not smart.
Good decision: I waited until dinner was served before I had any wine.
What I know: I like wine with a meal. I like wine without a meal. One of those situations requires more self-control than the other.
And some more about freedom.
My ultimate end goal of this blogging exercise is to not have to do it any more -not have to think about food, reflect on food, be so careful about my diet. I really do want the dual freedoms of a slim healthy body and a carefree eating style.
So far it’s not happening – but maybe someday. In the meantime, I’ll keep working it out in words.