I always do this. I always swear I won’t. Not this time. I’m always wrong.
The end of the semester comes, I get stressed out, and I let myself eat whatever I want. I crave sweets and carbs and fatty foods for comfort. The thought of a salad makes me cringe. Normally I love vegetables. Fresh, crunchy, raw veggies are usually a staple – but these last few weeks they’ve gone to waste in my refrigerator while the soda bottles and candy bar wrappers pile up.
I know I do it to myself. I create this situation. Then I feel bad about my choices and the way I look and the way I feel, and to comfort myself… yep… I eat more crap.
I do find that when I write down what I eat or use a site like fitday.com, I eat better. When I can see exactly how very bad that milkshake is, it is far less appealing. Of course, I’ve fallen out of the habit of recording my food as well.
So the question is, if tracking my food makes forces me to comply with a healthy eating regimine, what will make me comply with tracking what I eat?
I don’t know the answer to your question, but I certainly can empathize. Since I’ve been writing my papers to finish the semester, I have delicious salads rotting in my fridge. And I have gone through a number of brownies that would make mighty men tremble.