I have been attempting to do an all veggie and fruit day on Mondays as a sort of cleanse. No salt, no additives, no coffee, no wine, just fruit and veggies. I thought easy... no... it's hard.
It's easy during the apple and berries with breakfast and the water with lemon on the side. It's easy as I munch celery around 10am. It was harder for lunch. A salad with bunch of fruit with lemon juice on it. The fruit ended up adding that something extra that I was missing from the salad dressing. I made sure to have avocado in it since it keeps you full longer. Then at 3pm, it was hard. I wanted a pieces of cheese, a piece of meat, even a rice cake. A rice cake! I was craving a rice cake, had it really come to that? I started this four weeks ago. I did fine the first Monday. I did ok the second Monday. Last Monday I couldn't get past 3pm before I caved. I still tracked everything in weight watchers, even after the "cave" it was good for me.
What did I learn? A day of all veggies and fruit can be good for you. A good way the cleanse. Am I the type of person that can do this? Yes. Do I want to? No. Why? The more I deprive myself of something the more I want it. The reason I like Weight Watchers is it teaches that anything is okay in moderation. I can have pizza for dinner if I ate appropriately for lunch. I don't "crave" as much as I use to because I know I could always have it later, on a better day, on a day off, after my next goal.
I figured that was a good step, I'd gotten to the point where I was craving a rice cake, not a cookie, a rice cake.
Yeah for progress.
Keep you fingers crossed, I weigh myself tomorrow. This past weekend I went up a little, I think due to water retention from some salty food. Let's hope that it and more is gone tomorrow morning. I've got goals to meet!
It's easy during the apple and berries with breakfast and the water with lemon on the side. It's easy as I munch celery around 10am. It was harder for lunch. A salad with bunch of fruit with lemon juice on it. The fruit ended up adding that something extra that I was missing from the salad dressing. I made sure to have avocado in it since it keeps you full longer. Then at 3pm, it was hard. I wanted a pieces of cheese, a piece of meat, even a rice cake. A rice cake! I was craving a rice cake, had it really come to that? I started this four weeks ago. I did fine the first Monday. I did ok the second Monday. Last Monday I couldn't get past 3pm before I caved. I still tracked everything in weight watchers, even after the "cave" it was good for me.
What did I learn? A day of all veggies and fruit can be good for you. A good way the cleanse. Am I the type of person that can do this? Yes. Do I want to? No. Why? The more I deprive myself of something the more I want it. The reason I like Weight Watchers is it teaches that anything is okay in moderation. I can have pizza for dinner if I ate appropriately for lunch. I don't "crave" as much as I use to because I know I could always have it later, on a better day, on a day off, after my next goal.
I figured that was a good step, I'd gotten to the point where I was craving a rice cake, not a cookie, a rice cake.
Yeah for progress.
Keep you fingers crossed, I weigh myself tomorrow. This past weekend I went up a little, I think due to water retention from some salty food. Let's hope that it and more is gone tomorrow morning. I've got goals to meet!
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