Well other than the fact that I kinda blew the end of my week with some Chocolate, I had a decent week. I still lost a little. I weighed .1 kg more than my first big goal. You think that doesn't make a difference...well it does to me. But I have to admit that little chocolate indulgence was worth it. And I'm back hard core this week.
I've decided that not only am I turning into the worst blogger ever, but I'm a really bad 'dieter'. Let me explain. I have this philosophy that if it doesn't taste good, it's not worth eating. Well...with the current exception of Soyjoy bars. They taste really bad to me, but it's one of the only convenience snacks I can get around these parts and sometimes the quickness over shadows the yuck. And anything that will satisfy huger in a quick manner is sometimes worth killing a few taste buds. Well not anything. But you know.
Back to being a bad dieter.
I do not consume low fat mayonnaise, low fat cheese, or low fat cookies/brownies. Those are what I consider a waste of calories. Sound backwards? It's totally not.* If I'm going to use mayo, I don't want the added sugar version just to save fat grams. Give me the good old regular stuff--I'm a Dukes girl, if you must know--and let me enjoy my sandwich. Desserts...If I'm going to have something sweet, I want it to be good. Made with real butter, milk chocolate and whole milk. Now I admittedly do have a few muffin and bread recipes where I will substitute apple sauce for a portion of the oil. This is mainly to keep it moist but keep it from being greasy. Have you had a greasy muffin before? I have. Yuck. Also, there are several low fat and low sugar ice cream treats that I find delightful. Not available for purchase here (OK, I take that back, TCBY is now in KM) but if they were I would occasionally buy them. And cheese. Don't give me low fat or fat free cheese. I might gag. I like the real deal. I'm a bit of a cheese addict.
*This is not dietary fact. Just my opinion...which should be fact.
I am more willing to eat an appropriate portion of these 'real' foods, and count the full calories and fat grams, rather than skimp on taste. I discovered this in dieting many years ago. I found myself craving these food more and more after denying myself. I would overindulge and go a little crazy. So I decided, if I were to melt 1 ounce of cheddar cheese (120 calories-Kraft) instead of 1 slice of fat free American (30 calories--Kraft) on my sandwich, it would taste so much better, that those 90 extra calories (and yes, maybe 10 fat grams) would be worth it. As a bonus, not only would my taste buds be much more satisfied, but my tummy would to. When they take out the fat, they add in carbs (don't believe me, check it out--the fat free cheese has 2g carbs and the cheddar 0g). For me the carbs are the issue. And more times than not, it's sugar they are adding.
This still may all sound kinda strange. And you may think that I'm really confused with this dieting stuff, but it works for me. If it makes me a bad dieter, I don't want to be right.
And while we are on the topic of full calories, fat and carbs...anyone else so excited about Thanksgiving? I might have to post-it-up about that later this week. And here is a dietary fact...holiday calories do not count. I'm sure of it cause it just wouldn't be right.
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