Jen's 2017 Check-In
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2017 3:56 pm
My habits weren't quite strong enough for No S to make the holidays what I hoped they would be. I envisioned a very controlled holiday of enjoying all the great food without overdoing it or having any what the hell moments.
I get sucked into thoughts that no food should be off limits so that I never feel like I need to "eat it while I can" in a moment of weakness but allowing a little sweet with meals on N day didn't keep me from overdoing it on the sugar cookies after a stressful Christmas Eve. If anything, I felt like I needed the dessert because I was so used to having a sweet after meals even though I was full from the big steak dinner I had just finished.
I think the worst of my mods, although I didn't know it at the time was using My Fitness Pal. This was a mod I never even wanted to admit. I don't think calorie counting works because it doesn't teach you how to eat, but I seemed to think it would work combined with No S. I thought it was a great way to virtual plate & control my days. This many calories for a N day, this many for an S day. Exercise a little more & add extra calories. That combined with No S I thought would be magic. And while it worked as long as I was super motivated, it backfired when I wasn't. It was easy to be sloppy about habits with calorie counting. Breakfast & lunch were solid but I started allowing myself to graze a little while I made dinner as long as I included it on MFP, but that habit becomes graze fest from 6-8 during weeks where I'm not as focused.
So for 2017 I'm focusing on vanilla No S. I decided New Year, new goals, new check in (:
I get sucked into thoughts that no food should be off limits so that I never feel like I need to "eat it while I can" in a moment of weakness but allowing a little sweet with meals on N day didn't keep me from overdoing it on the sugar cookies after a stressful Christmas Eve. If anything, I felt like I needed the dessert because I was so used to having a sweet after meals even though I was full from the big steak dinner I had just finished.
I think the worst of my mods, although I didn't know it at the time was using My Fitness Pal. This was a mod I never even wanted to admit. I don't think calorie counting works because it doesn't teach you how to eat, but I seemed to think it would work combined with No S. I thought it was a great way to virtual plate & control my days. This many calories for a N day, this many for an S day. Exercise a little more & add extra calories. That combined with No S I thought would be magic. And while it worked as long as I was super motivated, it backfired when I wasn't. It was easy to be sloppy about habits with calorie counting. Breakfast & lunch were solid but I started allowing myself to graze a little while I made dinner as long as I included it on MFP, but that habit becomes graze fest from 6-8 during weeks where I'm not as focused.
So for 2017 I'm focusing on vanilla No S. I decided New Year, new goals, new check in (: