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I have been doing well, managing with smaller portions of spuds, rice etc without it causing too much grief. I definitely feel better for it, without a doubt.
I have had more than a week of a nasty chest infection and am back on the steroids, had a bit of stress elsewhere and did my usual thing of turning to food to drown it all out. I have hit the fruit, bread and crisps big time and tonight am sitting here with my hands covered in itchy red weals, I have discovered that when I have eaten what I shouldn't, this very obvious result always happens which I assume is down to raging high bg's. And my feet are itching. And I smell of Vaporub. And I have just rubbed my eyes with the same hand I used to apply the Vaporub.
Bl**dy hell. Two days of blow out and this is the consequence, pffft.
BUT - once upon a time (ok, a couple of months ago) this would have sent me spinning off course..guilt at the lack of self control, failure to deal with the guilt, more food to drown out guilt and to show I don't REALLY care anyway (when of course I do), more food to drown out the result of more food..then exhaustion. It could go on for weeks. This time it has gone on for 2 days. Today so far I have had (gulps and at the public confession)..Two slices of toast, dry roasted peanuts, home made beefburger with boiled potatoes (2) and runner beans, packet of Wotsits, tangerine and some grapes, a little bit of choc, 2 packets of McCoys, a slice of crusty bread and cheese (toasted) and a half a slice of Walnut cake.
Welcome to the world of the professional comfort eater - I can say hand on heart that the only thing I really enjoyed was the toast, fruit and beefburger meal. The rest was just drowning out fodder.
I'm having roast beef tomorrow. I am looking forward to my one roastie, my one small yorkie pud, my small amount of beef and my load of spring greens and cauli.
I am looking forward to feeling well again on the diet I know makes me feel good. I wish I could kick the other comfort habit but I honestly think I am getting there, 2 days of damage is better than 2 weeks of damage isn't it?
LB (picking herself and dusting herself off again) x
PS. Thanks for putting up with my occasional whinge fests, I know there are people here who understand what I go through and that makes all the difference.
I have had more than a week of a nasty chest infection and am back on the steroids, had a bit of stress elsewhere and did my usual thing of turning to food to drown it all out. I have hit the fruit, bread and crisps big time and tonight am sitting here with my hands covered in itchy red weals, I have discovered that when I have eaten what I shouldn't, this very obvious result always happens which I assume is down to raging high bg's. And my feet are itching. And I smell of Vaporub. And I have just rubbed my eyes with the same hand I used to apply the Vaporub.
Bl**dy hell. Two days of blow out and this is the consequence, pffft.
BUT - once upon a time (ok, a couple of months ago) this would have sent me spinning off course..guilt at the lack of self control, failure to deal with the guilt, more food to drown out guilt and to show I don't REALLY care anyway (when of course I do), more food to drown out the result of more food..then exhaustion. It could go on for weeks. This time it has gone on for 2 days. Today so far I have had (gulps and at the public confession)..Two slices of toast, dry roasted peanuts, home made beefburger with boiled potatoes (2) and runner beans, packet of Wotsits, tangerine and some grapes, a little bit of choc, 2 packets of McCoys, a slice of crusty bread and cheese (toasted) and a half a slice of Walnut cake.
Welcome to the world of the professional comfort eater - I can say hand on heart that the only thing I really enjoyed was the toast, fruit and beefburger meal. The rest was just drowning out fodder.
I'm having roast beef tomorrow. I am looking forward to my one roastie, my one small yorkie pud, my small amount of beef and my load of spring greens and cauli.
I am looking forward to feeling well again on the diet I know makes me feel good. I wish I could kick the other comfort habit but I honestly think I am getting there, 2 days of damage is better than 2 weeks of damage isn't it?
LB (picking herself and dusting herself off again) x
PS. Thanks for putting up with my occasional whinge fests, I know there are people here who understand what I go through and that makes all the difference.