I wish I could find the pic I took of a previous grocery basket pre-pcp. It had two cartons of breyer's mint choc chip ice cream (on sale!), cheddar jalapeno cheetoes, biscoff cookies, mint milanos, orangina, cheese and some veggies. I sent the pic to a friend who wrote back - "par for the course." If only he could see me now. I'm really proud of what was in the basket today but there is the fear that it'll end up looking like Grace foods from before. The total cost of the bill ($26.10) amazed me since I used to spend double and have nothing to eat.
Unlike the other members of team BADASS who are pretty confident bout sticking to the diet part of the pcp, I'm not sure I'll be able to sustain it. Old habits die hard and I could see myself falling back into the old mindsets (1) as long as I eat veggies, I can have sugar or (2) I workout so I can eat what I want (true but not really since processed foods really fuck up your system). Plus, I like good food AND body-polluting stuff too. Not sure that will ever change.
Loads of my favorite snacks were on sale. I briefly considered getting them so I could pop em open on day 1 post-pcp. (Yes, already thinking about freedom after day 90 aka the-return-of-my-life.) I decided I couldn't handle the temptation during these last five days. Haley's right. Best not to have them in the cupboard for now. I actually cleaned mine out a few days ago when I was getting my monster pot down to make chicken stew. I found pb cups, super old, stale cherry m&ms, hichews, microwave popcorn, mint choc kitkats, break-your-teeth-hard percy-pigs, and strawberry mentos. All of it in the garbage. Some I felt bad about but mostly it felt good to purge.
sarah and haley, just jump rope and 8 min abs alone releases endorphins and make me feel accomplished workout wise. I know we can all do 20 min a day. Plus, don't you find it addicting to feel strong? :P That being said, Sarah's right cause it's sooo hard to get going sometimes but I'm always glad I did. I'm sure it's the endorphins talking but who cares.
Grace, you are telling yourself a story about yourself. Change the story. You are not a slave to your cravings! You are not the kind of person that eats that stuff. Start directing your indulgent foods towards high quality natural things, dark chocolates, wines, whatever strikes your fancy. You're too important to let a pb cup mess up your awesome body and mind! CHANGE THE STORY.
ReplyDeleteYES! What Patrick said!!!!
ReplyDeleteThat bloody Patrick is right, AGAIN!
ReplyDeleteOooh, Patrick, bringing the TRUTH.
ReplyDeleteOh man I totally hear you about previously spending so much money on food and never having anything to eat.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I can see myself doing jumps and 8MA but I still dread a lot of the strength exercises even though I like being strong.