On Friday I miscalculated and have paid the price all weekend. Normally this would not even register, but doing SLD makes me FULL and so my usual over-eating habits backfire in painful ways.
We went for our weekly dinner-out treat to Decent Pizza, a local “dive”, where I had a couple of beers and ordered a calzone. Their calzones are huge and a bell went off in my head saying, “no no no, saw that sucker in half and take part of it home!” But did I listen? No. I ate until I was stuffed, which is totally not unusual for me. I have in the past finished off those calzones with gusto.
But this time? OMG I was a hurting puppy. After my reduced food intake of the last couple of weeks? Oh yeah, I was miserable!
I woke up Saturday still very full. I had a small sub for lunch and two tacos for dinner but by the time we hit the club (around 10:30pm) I felt like a stuffed meatball. UGH.
Today was much better; two oranges for breakfast, a bowl of sauteed green beans for a late lunch, and I’ve made chili for dinner (which is now cooking). But I have been in a state of “over-full” all weekend and that is just STUPID.
Old habits die hard. Mine are clearly not doing down without an old fashioned fire-fight of epic proportions. But the fact remains: on SLD, it FEELS right to eat less. Even if you try to stuff yourself, you will regret it.
