Lisa’s Rant….life and healthy eating

Had my leftovers from dinner last night for lunch. I love leftovers for the most part the flavors really get to sink in I feel like.  I was pretty proud of myself last night too.  I took half of the pasta dish and immediately packed it in a container for lunch today. Otherwise I’m sure I would have gobbled it up and eaten too much.  I made 1 cup of pasta so for lunch i had about 1/2 a cup.  I was in a rush this morning so I forgot to pack other lunch items. I did pack a south beach diet 1% cottage cheese for a snack though. I had some yummy carrots I could have packed. Oh well. I could run down and get a side salad from the deli downstairs I guess, hmmm, decisions.  I’ll keep you posted.

I have a random comment for the day for you finally: I emailed Kate from Winning Friends With Salad the other week to ask her how she is overcoming her emotional/binge eating.  She gave some great tips and posted them on her blog as well. What tips do ya’ll have?  Don’t be shy please comment I would love to hear what everyone has to say.  For me it’s a tough one, I have been trying to eat slower though. Completely finishing chewing each bite, taking a sip of water after each bite. This seems to help since I stop gobbling down the food and let myself get full.  Then for the mental struggle I have been trying to question myself, do you need this cookie, are you even hungry? Then reassuring myself hey you can eat one later when you get hungry if you want.  One thing Kate mentinoed to me which was eye opening and so simple is she doesn’t allow herself to binge anymore. This is huge I think. No more excuses just stop doing it. Cold turkey.  Ok i’m rambling I’ll stop now.  But PLEASE comment this is such a common problem now a days I think it helps to hear from people.