Monday, July 20, 2009
9:09 AM: So far, so good. Except people keep posting delicious chocolatey recipes. I promptly click delete before even looking at them.
1:01 PM: Played board games all morning with the boys. Took them to swimming lessons. Lunch (Ritz crackers, cheese and ham, grapes). Now I teach piano for an hour. I don't even have time to think, let alone have a craving.
11:29 PM: Amazingly, I didn't have one craving today. Will it really be this easy??
Day Two of No Treat Week
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
10:21 AM: Having too much anxiety over how people are interpreting my blog post from today. Anxiety = not hungry. (It's hard being vulnerable on my blog. It makes me feel insecure.) (Wait, typing that in small print is an insecure thing to do. I'm trying to work on it. It makes me feel insecure.)
5:31 PM: Go to the grocery store. Purchase yogurt and artichokes. Ignore the checkout candy.
7:49 PM: Wheat thins for a snack.
10:27 PM: Going to bed. No cravings for the second day in a row. Seriously, is something wrong with me? I'm hoping the rest of the week will be this easy.
29 people wanted to leave a comment:
I am having a no treat day! Got a few pounds to lose! Sometimes I say things and then say "oops, should I have said it differently?" But you know if it is what you feel then you must have said it just right:) Hope you will have a blessed day!
Hey that's awesome there are no cravings so far. You're doing super, keep it up!
I accidentally cheated and had a sugar cookie on Monday evening (it was FHE after all) before I realized what I had done. Will you kick me out of the challenge now? I'm back on track now and it's been okay. No freak outt, yet. No other slip-ups either.
Hmph. I lost. I ate 3 mini snickers like it was habit. It's like breathing air. I didn't even think about it until it was all gone. Please forgive me.
I'm not mature enough to be happy for you and your lack of cravings.
Oh boy, I'm jealous!!! I crave chocolate every day and it's IMPOSSIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hey, do you want to send your lack of cravings my way? Just talking about no cravings makes me have cravings.
Hmm...I want to reassure you about how fabulous that post was so you don't feel so insecure, but if the insecurity is helping you fight the cravings...gah! I'm so conflicted! =)
I will have to read about your no-treat week. I think I missed it...
You are a ROCK STAR!! Good luck with the rest of the week!!
Wow...I'm impressed that you aren't having cravings....maybe it will be easy for me too as I attempt to cut back.
SO jealous...total cravings. And if you want to talk about insecure...remember that I only committed to a no sugar week in the comments section of your blog. Small text sounds pretty good to me! Good job.
Nothing to do with food is easy!
Wow, I have like 50 cravings a day. I did the no treat thing for awhile during the end of my pregnancy - but I certainly craved things all day long.
I'm impressed! Keep it up!
Way to go!!
You are making me have cravings! I am on a no treat kick right now too....I think I'm going to eat vacuum bag right now! I want some peanut M&M's, wanna share a bag?
You are making me have cravings! I am on a no treat kick right now too....I think I'm going to eat vacuum bag right now! I want some peanut M&M's, wanna share a bag?
Good for you, just keep going! I can promise in a few days it will get harder, but I know you can do it!
Getting jealous...maybe I need to make a post about chocolate...
(And I've lost my appetite over responses to my blog posts, but I usually just bake some cookies to help me through it.)
I had a few great days of mostly fuits and nuts for snacks, very proud of myself...just split a Concrete Pie at Wingers with my sister..I feel tired and bloated, but man, it tasted so good. Happy to report we did not lick the plate clean.
Erin, you are too funny. I like how you enlarged the font on your statement.
Keep up the good work! I would be dead by now ;)
Yeah for you!! I know those first couple of days are easy. It gets harder. You should stock up on fruit. Because when the sweet cravings come, and they will, fruit will help to satisfy that, and you don't have to eat 12 apples to feel full, as opposed to 12 cookies, that leave you wanting more. and more.
Whoa! All I heard was NO TREATS! You lost me there..and something about ignoring the candy at the checkout? Can you say..not a chance in my lifetime!
P.S. Congrats! I'm proud of you! We all knew you could do it! It's funny how when we don't feed our body something..it will quit craving it!
Yahoo. I'm working on that keeping busy thing so I dont think about stuff in my kitchen.
YAY!!!!!! I LOVE YOUR FREAKIN GUTS ERIN!
I know exactly what you mean about each and every detail in the posts before the no snack posts. (I am not reading those, they will just make me hungry!) ;)
I finally got all caught up on your blog after weeks of not checking anyones again.
I am just happy for you. I think you are actually setting an amazing example to your children and friends and family. Yesterday I wrote something on my blog about how being honest is really important to me, but sometimes I have felt so misunderstood, even (gasp!) "bitchy". That's when I decided that honesty is only okay if you are, or could be, smiling while you do it. THAT'S how Jesus would do it, right? I am trying to be softer about my honesty, just so I can make sure I am showing love. But I am allowing MYSELF to be loved along the way as well.
My blog has just gotten more and more provocative lately, but I figured that I didn't need to go around feeling anxiety about half truths. Pretty soon someone will see the gigantic tattoo on my back, so why not water the front lawn in my tankini on sunday after attending church. Just speeding up the process! Ha! ;)
YOU are BEAUTIFUL. Good luck with the snacks, you have got the honesty thing in the bag.
love,
lynsie
Erin,
It is so hard to kill the sugar monster for me!
I do good for half a dang, then BOOM!
You keep up the good work! And it is work, sugar pie honey!
Way to go! Good luck for the weekend!
I'm not allowed to have "no treat" anything. My mom is stuffing food in my face to try and put weight on me.
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