It’s been raining for 24 hours. Non stop. Ok, maybe stopped long enough to take your duck for a walk but it’s wet, dreary, flooding even. It’s that kinda day.
So all I could think of yesterday was chili and a grilled cheese sandwich. I wasn’t hungry. I had eaten a light breakfast, had a snack, lunch was 14 points. I didn’t need any more food.
But I couldn’t stop thinking about chili. And oooey goooey grilled cheese sandwiches. And how they would make me feel better. Less dreary. Surely even sunny.
And then I realized what I was doing. I was falling back on an old habit of letting my emotions, emotions brought on by wet soggy days, make me think my tummy was the road to happiness and it’s just not. Can I make a WW friendly chili and grilled cheese combo? Sure. Did I have on hand what I needed to be satisfied and successful? Nope. This was going to be a 30+ point combo so I made myself STOP. LISTEN. CHOOSE.
STOP. letting outside forces I can’t control, control my eating
LISTEN. to what my real reason was for considering that choice
CHOOSE. to look at my tracker, realize I wasn’t hungry, choose to stay on plan
Isn’t it weird how something as simple as a rainy day can throw our plan off track? What kinda day is it for you today?
