sirdle wrote:Yesterday went well for me.
I watched the video and what I found interesting was that Dr Lisle seemed to imply the 'cram circuit' is geared toward calorie dense foods
only and nobody ever has a problem with fruit.
Humph.
Well, I definitely have a sweet tooth. Eating a bag of very sweet blueberries (or bananas or grapes, but never apples) will trigger a desire to eat more, even when I am already full. And I often find myself heading to the kitchen immediately after eating lunch and dinner -- even when full -- for my 'treat'. Perhaps this is not literally the 'cram circuit'. But for lack of a better word, that's what I'm calling it.
My plan is to use mindfulness to attack the problem.
1. start with veggies
2. eat a main course with starch + veggies until comfortably full
3. if hungry after 7:00 PM, eat more veggies
Cheers,
I'm totally with you here, 100%, as I'm having the issue with fruit myself. I do think it's because I'm allowing myself to have the fruit, which is a good thing, no doubt. I'm not allowing myself to have the other rich foods. If I started in on the nuts, I'd be eating them, but they are out of my current meal plan (for the most part).
So I will count it as the cram circuit too. Actually, I knew I was going to have my quart sized bag of frozen watermelon today, so I just made it part of my lunch. I ate my sushi and immediately ate my watermelon. Then I was out of the house for my dr. appointment, and stopped by the grocery store. By the time I got home it was 4 PM, and I was actually starting to feel hungry. So now I AM allowed to eat something, but I had baby tomatoes and half a cucumber, then started working on dinner.
It worked, I've made it past two days now, and I am not dying yet.
Tomorrow I am going out for lunch with friends and I do believe I will treat myself to a glass of wine. I've already decided on my meal, a vegan hummus sandwich concoction, so I know it will have extra fat/oil in it, but I'll make sure there is no cheese. And I'll be out of the house, once again, during the time that I would most likely be sitting around wanting to munch. And it will be the same as today, get home a bit later and then maybe need a snack (that's not fruit) and start on dinner.
On Saturday we are going to my grandson's birthday party, and I will make some beans to have something compliant. They are doing a Mexican luncheon. I'll skip cake and icecream at this point. I think I should be fine doing that.
Being out of the house during my cram time has been very helpful so far. I will continue to pay attention to that.