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Sassy Cat

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Your popcorn indulgence is alright. You can eat a big amount of it without worry-- as long as you avoid butter. It's the butter that turns you into a blimp. That's why when I go to a theater, I never buy their popcorn at all. Because their amount of butter is enough to knock out an elephant. And the overdose of salt doesn't help either.
I so agree. I need to stop and pick some smart pop tomorrow I normally have it around it helps on days like today.
 

Petal

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epic failure. emotional eating
I'm just getting out of that habit myself. Emotional eating can be replaced with something else. I remember a day I ate 8 full packs of kinder buenos (chocolate bars) in one sitting because I was feeling crappy. Then ate a full cake on top of that. I am re-training my brain, now when I feel like doing that I have a lovely hot bath and just relax until the cravings pass. Sometimes the cravings don't pass and I'll slip up but not to the extent I used to so try your best, see what works for you :) Don't beat yourself up over one bad day.
 

Petal

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Me too I got home from work and started eating everything in sight or not so much in site I don’t know what is wrong I was doing okay other than eating out yesterday but I was going to get back on it today. Ahh I want more to eat no more tomorrow I have to go on a popcorn run. So I eat that instead of the donut I bought at the store ohh well it might just be a bad eating week sigh :(:eek:
It's a new day, a fresh start can be made now :) Popcorn is actually healthy without all the added stuff as winslow mentioned so don't feel too bad. I'd suggest writing down everything you eat, I do that. It definitely helps, it holds accountability. Make a fresh start, a clean slate and don't have lots of high calorie foods in the house, make sure you eat enough though and to get your nutrients. I hope today proves to be a better day for you.
 

Woowoo

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Mine is also to drink lots of fluids, either water or weak herbal tea. Yesterday I was drinking blackcurrant and echinacea tea, which was nice, but I still didn't drink enough.
 

DrownedFishOnFire

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just am starting the day. Yay. leg calf outter side is killing me i suspect tendon issue so doing alot of stretches and hopefully it goes away. Stretches is good for us.
 

Woowoo

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I did great today food-wise and reached my goal of 5 fruit and veg. Ate very healthily, had a dinner of a turkey stir fry, it was beyond yum. It is amazing how good we can make healthy food tasty. Definitely sticking to this diet :D

How did everyone else do? @Woowoo @DrownedFishOnFire @Witty_Sarcasm @Leav @Mishka1204 @sassy123
It's not been a great day because I was busy at work then after work had a 4 hour journey, so I've not been able to exercise or get a proper meal. I had a couple of biscuits for breakfast, a low fat yoghurt, crisps and some fruit for lunch and a prawn mayo sandwich and some more fruit this evening.

On the plus side though, I drank 5 mugs of blackcurrant and echinacea herbal tea and about half a litre of water. No coffee today :)
 

Woowoo

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I did great today food-wise and reached my goal of 5 fruit and veg. Ate very healthily, had a dinner of a turkey stir fry, it was beyond yum. It is amazing how good we can make healthy food tasty. Definitely sticking to this diet :D

How did everyone else do? @Woowoo @DrownedFishOnFire @Witty_Sarcasm @Leav @Mishka1204 @sassy123
By the way, well done Petal for having such a good day. What did you put into the stir fry to make it tasty? Whenever I make them they always taste a bit bland.
 

Winslow

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While we're at it about tea, I've been drinking tea everyday for many years, although Not for the health benefit. Instead it's mostly because drinking tea always calms me. Whenever I drink tea, I usually fantasize about residing at a zen-monastery. A fantasy where I have achieved absolute mental serenity from meditating. Since I do daily meditation, that fantasy is partially Reality to me. In other words, I don't reside at a monastery but I can still work at achieving serenity. Progress has been made.
 

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