Mindfulness

Walked today 3 miles in 47 min. Its so cold today and dark at 5 pm. Just want to burrow under my comforter and sleep.

Came home, and ate my slice of toast with an egg which was lunch followed by a cup of tea. Barely an hour later , in walks in my DH, filling the cold house with the smell of delicious hot pizza. U would think that atleast this early in my challenge, and esp now since I am logging everyday, I would have more will- power to say 'no' and save some to have later. Nope, I ate my one slice and after 15 min another. It was the yummiest pizza I have ever had.

The logic was/is: I wasnt hungry, but this was hot fresh pizza. If I had saved it for later , it would become cold and stale. OTOH, I might not have eaten it then and in the process saved some calories. But this was eaten not mindlessly, I knew exactly what I was doing, hence only 2 slices, otherwise I can manage 4 at a time and it satisfied me to the extent that I dont need dinner or any more candy.

I finished the book today adn it has some nice sensible strategies for mindful eating which become mindless habits with time so one loses weight slowly and painlessly. I came to know that I am a meal stuffer- a person who eats fast, starts first and finishes the meal last and stuffs themselves at meal-times and also a snack grazer- who eats many snacks during the day out of boredom or nervousness. I have done that countless times- standing in the pantry, eating sweet alternating with salty and thinking about various aspects of my life.

Continue logging daily calories at fitday.com, I log in once in the morning everything I think I will be eating that day and then modify it at night depending on what I had. Lets see what shows up on the scale on Nov 10.