Hungry, hungry.....homegirl
I'm so proud of myself. I lost four pounds over the past week and a half even though I'm not exercising like a fiend anymore. There might be something to this whole "eating right" thing. I do sometimes worry if I'm cheating by cooking with extra-virgin olive oil and Smart Balance.
That's the rub though. I cannot survive on meals made with NO oil and NO butter (substitute). I've tried really restrictive diets before and they usually resulted in me crying into the order box at Chick-fil-A begging them to give me anything fried in that tasty peanut oil they use.
Honestly, I think this is the longest I've actually stuck to a diet--and I'm still making progress, so fake butter can't be so bad. Besides it tastes as yummy as trans-fat without having any actually in it.
I still have a hard time controlling how much I eat. Some days I have to remind myself to eat. Other days it's like I'm Hoovering the entire contents of my pantry right into my stomach.
Today for instance, on Monday, I didn't have the desire to eat until around 2 in the afternoon even though I woke at 8. But todayI had this huuuge craving for a teriyaki shrimp wrap from this little place that's about 17 miles away from where I live. So I figured, hey I can also do some shopping at SuperTarget and Old Navy while I'm there to justify the gas usage--despite the fact that there's both an Old Navy and a brand-new SuperTarget less than 5 minutes from my house. And even though trying to cross I-35E, aka the only bridge out of Denton over Lewisville Lake, threatens at least 15 minutes worth of construction traffic, I went anyway. The wrap was good as hell, though.
Btw these. Are so amazing. You expect to get little wafer thin cookie-crackers, but they are actually tiny little Fruit-Loop sized cookies. They are so good and even taste a little malty. It's hard not to eat five little packets in once sitting, but they're great for quelling chocolate cravings.
That's the rub though. I cannot survive on meals made with NO oil and NO butter (substitute). I've tried really restrictive diets before and they usually resulted in me crying into the order box at Chick-fil-A begging them to give me anything fried in that tasty peanut oil they use.
Honestly, I think this is the longest I've actually stuck to a diet--and I'm still making progress, so fake butter can't be so bad. Besides it tastes as yummy as trans-fat without having any actually in it.
I still have a hard time controlling how much I eat. Some days I have to remind myself to eat. Other days it's like I'm Hoovering the entire contents of my pantry right into my stomach.
Today for instance, on Monday, I didn't have the desire to eat until around 2 in the afternoon even though I woke at 8. But todayI had this huuuge craving for a teriyaki shrimp wrap from this little place that's about 17 miles away from where I live. So I figured, hey I can also do some shopping at SuperTarget and Old Navy while I'm there to justify the gas usage--despite the fact that there's both an Old Navy and a brand-new SuperTarget less than 5 minutes from my house. And even though trying to cross I-35E, aka the only bridge out of Denton over Lewisville Lake, threatens at least 15 minutes worth of construction traffic, I went anyway. The wrap was good as hell, though.
Btw these. Are so amazing. You expect to get little wafer thin cookie-crackers, but they are actually tiny little Fruit-Loop sized cookies. They are so good and even taste a little malty. It's hard not to eat five little packets in once sitting, but they're great for quelling chocolate cravings.