Cheat Day~

So, every healthy lifestyle includes wiggle room.  I call my wiggle room my cheat days; days where I'm careful about what I eat, but also allow myself to have treats without guilt and without shame.  Denying myself junk food or comfort foods will just push me off of the giant cliff of binge eating.. and I really don't want that.

I found that even with that allowance I didn't do so badly.  I had a rather decadent sandwich for lunch, went out for East Indian food dinner (which I wasn't a huge fan of, to be honest - it was a buffet, and a lot of the food looked as if it had been sitting under the heat lamps for a while) and had an ice cream cone.  I had only one plateful at dinner, and it was not stacked high.  I walked away feeling sated, and good. Not overstuffed, not bloated.. it was a very nice feeling.

I also found that I was more willing to exercise to work off the treats when I wasn't telling myself that I had to.. simply that it is a healthy decision, but won't be the end of the world if I decide against it.  Out of that whole deal, I got a walk around Beacon Hill Park, and some fun with my Wii Fit.  So hard done by, right?

I think I am going to make my weigh in days be Sunday and Wednesdays.  I would really like to invest in a bathroom scale, and a kitchen scale (for my food - easier portioning, woo!).  I shall look into those tomorrow.

All in all, I realised that stressing and getting upset over things is not going to fix anything. I'm going to turn myself around and be positive and choose to be happy.  We attract the kind of energy that we put out there, so why walk in the darkness when I could be dancing in the sunlight?