In November I started experimenting with adding fruit back into my diet. I limited myself to apples and grapes, with the occasional berry thrown in (blue- and straw-). At first all seemed well, and I had no weight gain or other adverse effects. I also added some nuts at the same time (mistake), AND stopped weighing every day (mistake). That was three months ago; now it's time to look at the cold, hard truths.
My weight was at 150 lbs in November when I was eating "clean". I stepped on the scale this morning and I am now at 159.6 lbs. Oh hell no, we are not having any of this. As of now, I have stopped all fruit and nuts, and I will resume daily weigh-ins. Oh, I forgot to mention that I've also been consuming cheese far too often.
What the hell was I thinking??
Now, the fruit and nuts were a legitimate experiment, I feel, to see how my body would respond. In hind sight, I should have continued my daily weighing AND tried only one of those items at a time. (I may try one or both of those items again some day, but it will not be anytime soon.) The cheese, however....??? I know my system does not tolerate cheese well. I'm wondering if the sweetness of the fruit blinded my sense or sensibility, or something, causing some cravings that I wasn't even truly aware of. (I think I just lost my damn mind for a while!)
So this is me, being accountable and truthful. I have not been leading with the diet; I have not been weighing daily; I have not been taking good care of myself. I have been allowing some emotional eating to creep in, and that is unacceptable. (Still low carb. foods, but unacceptable for my system nonetheless.) As of today, I am back to clean eating; no fruit, no nuts, no cheese, and I will weigh myself every morning. I need that accountability, that number slapping me back to reality. :-)
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