Ahhhhhhh … Finals week is done. I am home. Life is pretty deece. (Deece = Decent.)
I had my first day of my “one indulgence per day but count everything else” plan, yesterday. It’s funny, though, that although I said I was going to do it, in the back of my mind I thought, “Well … maybe I can actually count calories until Christmas and lose a few more pounds.” But, when I came home, I was confronted with the prospect of … Magic Cookie Bars.
Magic Cookie Bars are delightful. And also a hell of binge-trigger food, as I have absolutely no idea how many calories they contain and such, being a home made baked good. Granted, I could have calculated the calories and counted the bars, but I thought, I get one indulgence per day … Let’s do this thing.
I almost succumbed to ye olde binge while getting supplies at the grocery store: I bought a candy bar, but counted it (my plan involves following my 1,500 calories per day plan with one indulgence per day). I almost caved and let myself have the bar for “free,” but I knew if I didn’t count the candy bar, everything else would get a pass as an additional indulgence. At the end of the night, here’s what I had eaten for the day:
+ Almonds (Pre-workout snack)
+ Cereal (Breakfast)
+ McDonald’s Grilled BBQ Snack Wrap (Lunch while driving home from Brandeis)
+ Jr. Frosty (Treat)
+ Lindt Candy Bar (Treat)
+ Wendy’s Ultimate Chicken Grill (Quick Dinner)
+ Two slices of bread (Brush with Cupboard Diving)
+ Seven Jelly Beans (Wanted to try them)
+ Cookie Bars with Low Fat Vanilla Ice cream (Free Indulgence)
Ha, ha! Victory! Granted, I probably eat more cookie bars than I should have, but I also made them at 4 p.m., and the last one didn’t disappear until 11:30 p.m., and they were split among three people. I probably also ate more ice cream than I should have, but I’d say that for the first day of having a non-counted treat outside my diet plan, this is pretty good. Basically, I’m just trying to break the binge habit and learn to have one treat instead of a million. And, I might not even have an indulgence today; I’m not really craving anything, though that ice cream IS calling my name (Yes, there’s still some left.)
Ugh, I have an eight mile run scheduled for the day, and it is hell of raining outside. I’m going to just run on the treadmill, but eight miles on the treadmill is going to be so boring.
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Allison (Balance in Bites) said,
December 9, 2009 at 11:43 PM
Hey, great job today! And great job finishing up finals, too. Phew. You must feel like a huge load is off your shoulders.
Ps – have you ever tried to add on an additional “e” to “binge” to make it old-timey in the phrase “ye olde binge”? Because I constantly think of that when I read your blog, and I always think, ah, but allison, binge already HAS an e. I’m not really sure where this thought came from. We should keep in mind that I am exhausted beyond belief. Anyway. Glad to hear you survived finals =)
Elizabeth De Groot said,
December 10, 2009 at 2:50 PM
Dang, yeah, I do feel much better, except now I am spending all my newfound free time compulsively checking my grades.
“AHHHWHEREARETHEYIMUSTKNOWRIGHTNOW”
And I kind of want to add the “e” to binge, now, but what exactly is a “bingee?” Regardless, I feel like it should be pronounced in a British accent. I do not know why.
P.S. – GET SLEEP