Are you ever offered food by someone and find yourself repeatedly saying " No Thank you"? Usually it's not once or twice but often at least three for me.
"Are you sure?".
"No really, just have one piece".
And the one that always gets me, " Just taste it".
While I firmly believe it's not one bite that will make me 240 plus pounds again, I also believe there have been too many " just one bites" in the last year. I am a food lover, and life for me is made up of small bites. An extra nugget left on my kids plate. The crust on pizza they don't want. The half glass of juice, and even the bite of donut my son saves for me. ( This is love because he does not share donuts with anyone). Small bites become a series of really poor choices and end up being more than if I sat down and just ate the whole donut anyway. I have always believed this time around what will be sustainable for me is times where I get to enjoy food, no regrets, no skipping meals and no punishment. I also am aware that small poor choices led me to that 240 plus pound self.
Work is so busy, especially this week. It means I eat standing, take really big bites and end up feeling like my food is stuck in my lungs from having to eat so fast. It also means I get lazy and don't really want to pack. I stuck to my guns and packed sweet potato and bell peppers with a chicken burger ( no bun). I sat and watched co workers eat hamburgers and fries and was disciplined. For this I am proud. It definitely becomes easier to just keep saying " no thank you".
My water intake can definitely improve. I finished Kelly's day 1 workout, it was a lot of fun! Looking forward to finishing the first week strong. :) I did make my goal of 12 k steps and am hoping to get as close to 15k as possible.