Cheating is such a slippery slope. I don't mean on your spouse, although it's probably the same idea. Just a little somethin/somethin here, then a little more there, then a "well, just this once with the BIG thing" and I'll be faithful, I SWEAR!!!
Phil and I had the big cheat (again, not on each other) a couple of weeks ago at Madeline's. (My stomach growls and my mouth becomes drenched in saliva just saying the name.) We really had a great time, but I have had a helluva time getting back to strict dieting.
This same thing happened to us with P90X. Yes, Phil and I were once "Bringing it" together. (Now, seriously folks, enough with the innuendos...) Unfortunately, on week number 4 or 5, Phil had a shaving accident. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, you heard me right. A very good friend around here makes the most incredible goats milk products. For Phil's birthday, she made him goats milk shaving cream - the hard stuff that you need a brush to lather. She makes the stuff then lets it set in various cups, bowls, etc. The one that Phil had was in a very spartan coffee cup. He used it all the time. Phil, though, shaves in the shower. One fateful morning, he accidentally dropped said cup and it shattered and actually severed a tendon in his foot. Once it was over, it was kind of funny. Well, at least I laughed...
Bottom line, we had to stop P90X for several months while he healed. When he was finally able to get back on track, we discussed going back on P90X, but, unfortunately, we were not going into it with blinders on as we did when we first started. Instead, we knew full well what kind of torture we were in for, and, well, we just couldn't bring ourselves to do it. It's just so much easier to face the evil that you don't know in those situations. When we started P90X, we were thinking, "Now, this can't be THAT bad - it's a video for gawdsakes." Once we got started, our doctor's pride (stupidity?) got in the way so we HAD to finish. When we had to restart, though, we were able to just say things like, "Oh, why not sleep in today?" Or, "Emma is so comfortable in the bed, we REALLY shouldn't disturb her." So, now I sit here on my recumbent bike, calmly typing away as I peddle - quite a step down from P90X. That being said, 2 months ago, I would have been polishing off a bottle of wine on the couch, so I guess I'm somewhere in between.
Going back to cheating on the diet...
So, we had this great meal, and being a consummate foodie, I haven't thought about much else since. For a while, we were preparing spectacular Lean and Green meals, and this offset the sting of the foodie cravings a little, but we've been too busy lately to do much of that. I think we need to get back to that and I'd feel a lot better. The illness and menstruation didn't help much either. I truly believe that I needed a few more calories during that time, but I did it in stupid ways. I should have increased some of my protein and veered clear of increasing carbs. Live and learn.
As for cooking more fabulous meals, I'm really trying. Soccer season is starting and Phil and I are both coaching. Of course, I'm still a den leader in scouts as well. Plus, Phil has a lot of hospital weeks in the next couple of months due to some vacations. We've got stuff going on every night of the week. I hope I can figure out some amazing, really fast food. I'm thinking deconstructed taco salads, roasted chicken chunks in wing sauce, turkey burgers on lettuce, and maybe some ground goat curry in the next few days. I should be able to do that. I'm always trying, and I fall as much as the next guy, I just need to get myself back up. That's why I'm on the bike, not in the wine!
I don't know if it's because I'm neurotic, or because I'm a doctor, or if everyone feels this way, but I really feel a lot of pressure to do well in this. After all, I am selling the product. I'm also trying to get people to change their eating habits and lives for the better with or without medifast. I feel like if I stumble and fall than that will give the people that I'm trying to help incentive to stumble and fall as well. Like, "Well, Dr. Mindy went out and went off the diet, so I can too!" It's a difficult paradigm because on one hand, I want to be honest for the people that are struggling, and on the other hand, I am really struggling too. I think it's a typical mommy thing. Be strong for everyone else, and melt down in private.
I guess the bottom line that I need to emphasize, though, is how damn difficult it is to get back on track once you've jumped it. Like I said, a little here, a little there, it adds up. And, I haven't lost a pound in 2 weeks because of my indiscretions. The plan estimates 2-5 lbs a week weight loss, and I'm not achieving it because I'm slipping. So, I guess, do as I say not as I do. (Yet another mommy-ism :-) )
(Oh, and I feel I have to mention for those who are interested, that right now my but feels like pop corn. I'm getting all kinds of minuscule spasms from my stint on the bike. Just thought I'd share.)
Tonight's dinner, by the way, was pretty awesome! A patient brought us some trout fillets that he caught Friday. Phil smoked them lightly yesterday with just a little lemon pepper. I put them on a salad with lemon olive oil tonight and it ROCKED!
Oddly, when writing this blog, I got pinged by a friend/patient who just started on medifast. She said, "Woohoo!!! I am loving this diet - lost 10 lbs!" It's probably water weight, but what do I care? I feel GOOD!!! Love you, Dr. Mindy!"
It's all good. You've got to love hearing that!
I hope that no one gets upset and calls me out because I'm complaining about the woes of dieting in the midst of bombing Libya and such. i try to focus on my daily tasks at hand. I'm much too neurotic to focus on much else. Obviously, those people just don't know how to set priorities...duh!
(JUST KIDDING PEOPLE!!!)
Dr. Mindy
Phil and I had the big cheat (again, not on each other) a couple of weeks ago at Madeline's. (My stomach growls and my mouth becomes drenched in saliva just saying the name.) We really had a great time, but I have had a helluva time getting back to strict dieting.
This same thing happened to us with P90X. Yes, Phil and I were once "Bringing it" together. (Now, seriously folks, enough with the innuendos...) Unfortunately, on week number 4 or 5, Phil had a shaving accident. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, you heard me right. A very good friend around here makes the most incredible goats milk products. For Phil's birthday, she made him goats milk shaving cream - the hard stuff that you need a brush to lather. She makes the stuff then lets it set in various cups, bowls, etc. The one that Phil had was in a very spartan coffee cup. He used it all the time. Phil, though, shaves in the shower. One fateful morning, he accidentally dropped said cup and it shattered and actually severed a tendon in his foot. Once it was over, it was kind of funny. Well, at least I laughed...
Bottom line, we had to stop P90X for several months while he healed. When he was finally able to get back on track, we discussed going back on P90X, but, unfortunately, we were not going into it with blinders on as we did when we first started. Instead, we knew full well what kind of torture we were in for, and, well, we just couldn't bring ourselves to do it. It's just so much easier to face the evil that you don't know in those situations. When we started P90X, we were thinking, "Now, this can't be THAT bad - it's a video for gawdsakes." Once we got started, our doctor's pride (stupidity?) got in the way so we HAD to finish. When we had to restart, though, we were able to just say things like, "Oh, why not sleep in today?" Or, "Emma is so comfortable in the bed, we REALLY shouldn't disturb her." So, now I sit here on my recumbent bike, calmly typing away as I peddle - quite a step down from P90X. That being said, 2 months ago, I would have been polishing off a bottle of wine on the couch, so I guess I'm somewhere in between.
Going back to cheating on the diet...
So, we had this great meal, and being a consummate foodie, I haven't thought about much else since. For a while, we were preparing spectacular Lean and Green meals, and this offset the sting of the foodie cravings a little, but we've been too busy lately to do much of that. I think we need to get back to that and I'd feel a lot better. The illness and menstruation didn't help much either. I truly believe that I needed a few more calories during that time, but I did it in stupid ways. I should have increased some of my protein and veered clear of increasing carbs. Live and learn.
As for cooking more fabulous meals, I'm really trying. Soccer season is starting and Phil and I are both coaching. Of course, I'm still a den leader in scouts as well. Plus, Phil has a lot of hospital weeks in the next couple of months due to some vacations. We've got stuff going on every night of the week. I hope I can figure out some amazing, really fast food. I'm thinking deconstructed taco salads, roasted chicken chunks in wing sauce, turkey burgers on lettuce, and maybe some ground goat curry in the next few days. I should be able to do that. I'm always trying, and I fall as much as the next guy, I just need to get myself back up. That's why I'm on the bike, not in the wine!
I don't know if it's because I'm neurotic, or because I'm a doctor, or if everyone feels this way, but I really feel a lot of pressure to do well in this. After all, I am selling the product. I'm also trying to get people to change their eating habits and lives for the better with or without medifast. I feel like if I stumble and fall than that will give the people that I'm trying to help incentive to stumble and fall as well. Like, "Well, Dr. Mindy went out and went off the diet, so I can too!" It's a difficult paradigm because on one hand, I want to be honest for the people that are struggling, and on the other hand, I am really struggling too. I think it's a typical mommy thing. Be strong for everyone else, and melt down in private.
I guess the bottom line that I need to emphasize, though, is how damn difficult it is to get back on track once you've jumped it. Like I said, a little here, a little there, it adds up. And, I haven't lost a pound in 2 weeks because of my indiscretions. The plan estimates 2-5 lbs a week weight loss, and I'm not achieving it because I'm slipping. So, I guess, do as I say not as I do. (Yet another mommy-ism :-) )
(Oh, and I feel I have to mention for those who are interested, that right now my but feels like pop corn. I'm getting all kinds of minuscule spasms from my stint on the bike. Just thought I'd share.)
Tonight's dinner, by the way, was pretty awesome! A patient brought us some trout fillets that he caught Friday. Phil smoked them lightly yesterday with just a little lemon pepper. I put them on a salad with lemon olive oil tonight and it ROCKED!
Oddly, when writing this blog, I got pinged by a friend/patient who just started on medifast. She said, "Woohoo!!! I am loving this diet - lost 10 lbs!" It's probably water weight, but what do I care? I feel GOOD!!! Love you, Dr. Mindy!"
It's all good. You've got to love hearing that!
I hope that no one gets upset and calls me out because I'm complaining about the woes of dieting in the midst of bombing Libya and such. i try to focus on my daily tasks at hand. I'm much too neurotic to focus on much else. Obviously, those people just don't know how to set priorities...duh!
(JUST KIDDING PEOPLE!!!)
Dr. Mindy
That taco salads, How do you make yours? If you ever get a chance read my blog, I'm not sure how to tell ya there But when you get time check em out Your doing a great job, As my Dr that did my gastric said don't think it is cheating sometimes you need a reward for doing good work that's what I do.And don't we all need a rewards from time to time rewards helps keep you on that diet , knowing if you do Good all week then Monday night you can have that lustrous slice pizza
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