#Chewsday Check-in

Chewsday Check-in time again….and up until this weekend it was quite good.  I made some good choices and managed to eat only when I was hungry.  I felt like I was really on the right track.  My weight bumped back down and I was down to 165.2 and I was feeling pretty good.

Then the weekend happened. Volunteering for race kit pick up in an unheated gym (brrr!) with nothing to eat but junk (think donuts, crackers, mini chocolate bars–thank goodness I brought an apple) for 8 hours.  Then on Sunday, being beyond exhausted and emotionally burnt out from racing with my grams…meant eating a massive bag of chips, two banana pancakes and a piece of toast for the entire day. #chewsday fail of epic proportions.

I stepped on the scale today and I’m up half a pound to 165.7.  Not as bad as I had anticipated, but I’m rather confident it is because I went back to eating when I was hungry on Monday instead of continuing on the eat everything I see plan.

I continue to be amazed at how much less I am eating throughout the day when I focus only on eating when I feel strong hunger (vs eating out of habit and light hunger).  I will also be intrigued to see what happens when I’m able to start running again.  I’m confident that this focus on eating only when I’m hungry (minus the odd bad day) is the reason that my few slip ups are only temporary blips on the scale rather than longer term gains.

I don’t know if I give this style of eating a full on endorsement yet, but we’ll see.  I would definitely recommend it for anyone who is, like me, on the injury recovery bus.  I look forward to the day I get to try it out while half marathon training (esp. since it will mean I am running again!).  YAY!

Hope you are having a fabulous #chewday!

~Princess Lisa

Listen all of y’all it’s a (self) sabotage!

Might be one of the best videos of all time…and def. my second favourite Beastie Boys song (Intergalactic edges it out slightly because it has a LOT of memories attached to it, but I digress).

I always find myself at this weird point when it comes to weight loss. I lose about 5lbs and my resolve to just stick with good choices goes away. It’s a weird bit of self sabotage–because it ends with me gaining a bit of weight again, getting frustrated and then sometimes just giving up.

As an aside, this is where I feel like going on the scale is a bad thing for me, but, at the same time, when I don’t weight myself regularly, I find that my weight goes out of control.  So I try to weight myself once every few days.  Normally before the weekend, and after the weekend to keep myself somewhat accountable as weekends are always hard for healthy eating.

The best snack ever! Thank goodness they are a 7 hour drive and a border crossing away from me.

With a weekend of eating out a lot, I found myself being a bit lax on proper eating on Tuesday…eating a number of my Trader Joe’s S’mashing S’mores (oh why did I open that box last week), the last éclair of the batch I made, a square of salted dark chocolate my colleague offered me, and a quarter of a muffin.  I’m not sure if it was a comfort thing, or an weird hungrier than normal thing, cravings, or a self sabotage thing..though toward the end of the night, when I popped two S’mashing S’mores, I felt this weird “defeat” vibe.  Like it’s already been a crappy eating day, what’s another 120 calories.

And that’s stupid.  For reals. Why I ate all that crap I have no idea.  But unlike other times, when I just run my way out of it, or worse, just give up, I’m not going to.  One can come back from a bad few days.  I just need to be diligent, get back to eating when i’m hungry and not when I simply see and want food (so hard to do but so good for you), make smarter choices when I do eat and move more….oh and maybe not plunk myself down in front of a box of TJ’s S’mashing S’mores…despite how delicious they are. lol.

Man, I wrote S’mashing S’mores a LOT in this post…damn addictive and delicious things.  But jokes aside, this self sabotage thing needs to stop.  I need to build that inner resilience not bugger up my early success as it is the only way I will ever gain proper control of my weight once and for all.

Do you have troubles with self sabotage when it comes to weight loss or weight maintenance? Any tips? Let me know in the comments! 🙂

Much Love,

~Princess Lisa

#Chewsday Check-in

Ah….#Chewsday check-in time again.  Oh and happy belated Canadian Thanksgiving.

I was MIA on the blog this weekend as it was a crazy busy one–a bit of work, a bit of fitness, a bit of family stuff, a bit of friend stuff.  Oh and a baking project from The Kitchn Blog’s Baking School #kitchnbakingschool.

Despite eating dinner out every night this weekend (Friday, Saturday, Sunday and even today), I have not gained any weight.  In fact, compared to last #Chewsday’s Check-in, I am exactly the same.  That never happens when I eat out a lot in a short period of time, especially when I’m not running around 30-40 miles a week.

eclairs and one taste tester cream puff. yes, please!

So far, this only eating when I’m hungry thing is working pretty darn well.  In fact, my only oddly “hungry” day was yesterday…and I truly believe it was because I started the day with a swim.  Something about swimming just makes me ravenous for hours afterward. But, yesterday aside, I have been relatively hunger pang free.  And, when I do feel hungry, I eat something…and preferably a bit on the slower side do I don’t stuff my face and then pay the consequences later (which I have done more than a few times in the past).

It actually kind of blows my mind that this is working…that my weight is going down, with diet alone and not running.  I’m curious to see how long this will continue.  If I can get down another 5 lbs I will be blown away…plus, I feel like being a bit lighter will make my eventual return to running in a few weeks (yes, my injury flared up again) that much easier.

Until next time friends,

~Princess Lisa