burgers and fries and shakes--oh, my!

hey there!!!



drum roll please...[insert very cool drum roll here]...i lost a little over 3lb last week! so now i am down nearly 10lb since christmas. i feel great!! only about 12lb left to get to my 10% weight loss goal. i really feel like im on a roll!!



okay, so i dont think i've mentioned this, but for the last 2-3 weeks i have been eating a 40% fat, 40% carb, 20% protein diet. its pretty much like a real mediterranean diet--not south beach--and most of that 40% fat is coming from olive oil, nuts, flax seeds & oil, pumpkin/sunflower seeds, fish, fish oil, and a tad bit of canola oil. most days i get over 30g of fiber even! crazy, huh!



a lot of people might think that that low of a carb diet would make it hard to get a good amount of fiber, but really, when you eat more veggies & beans...and really be picky about the quality of the grains you eat, its not hard at all.



the best part about it is that i rarely feel hungry! i think i may have finally found just the right nutritional balance for myself if this weight loss keeps up YAY.



so now the fun part ...strangely enough, i ended up having BK (burger king) for lunch. LOLOL! yes, after all my preaching and great weigh in!



BUT BUTBUTBUT!



i think i did pretty durn good in my food choice. usually i get a whopper with cheese meal, sometimes large even, with an unsweetened iced tea. today i got a whopper jr (no cheese, no mayo), small fries...and a small chocolate shake! okay so the wj and fries arent SOOooo bad (cept for those doggone transfats...ugh!)...



but why, ask me WHY did i get that dumb shake!?



can you believe the shake (reminder--it was a SMALL) was only a few calories LESS than both the wj and fries combined? EEP! BUT!!!! (yes another but hahaha) i only had about 1/4 of the shake. 1) honestly, it didnt taste that great. it was way too sweet! and 2) the burger and fries filled me up pretty good! and 3) once i saw the calorie stats i just couldnt bring myself to snarf it down since it didnt taste that great and i was full anyhoo!



WHEW! so, it ended up being around 640 calories which isnt too bad.



and one more observation about the whole BK trip...it was all purely emotional eating. *GASP* (shocker.)



i went to the post office, and thought, hmmm...hubby's not coming home for lunch, maybe i'll just have a burger. i deserve it! yeah, i can eat just a little! GEEZ, what is this I DESERVE TRANSFATS and NO NUTRITION crap coming from anyway?? there must be a little gluttonous devil sitting on my shoulder! *LOL*



so at least i had some practice eating less and making slightly healthier choices. even if it was pretty much devoid of nutrition. of course tho, i will never totally give up fast food...at least im pretty sure i wont. i just want to stay on track as much as possible so i dont fall back into my fast-food-binging mode!



soooooo i am counting on this week being another successful one. i am still on track with my 15 minutes each day of Blessing My Heart! and i am sure with some focus and reminders to be good to myself, i'll do great on food again this week. i see it all slowly melding into my lifestyle and really becoming habit. it feels so good!!!



do something nice for yourself today! you deserve it.



(YES, you do.)



~josey~