Planned Splurges Getting Out of Hand

Hi All,

I've been rather quiet for awhile, but I have been doing rather well
these past work week (averaging about 1200-1500 a day!) because I ate
substantial breakfasts, a hearty lunch, and decent-sized snacks
throughout the day, so by dinner time I ate very little and did not
feel the urge to graze throughout the cupboards at all. I had two
social commitments this week that involved food, and I had planned to
splurge a bit during these events. The thing is, I went overboard a
little bit. Yesterday my friends and I ordered four entrees, and I ate
the majority of the four. And today there was a party and I had two
small turkey sandwiches, two grilled veggie kabobs, one chicken kabob,
TWO pieces of cheesecake, and five pieces of rugulach. Yes. This wasn't
too great. I am thinking the Thai food was a little over 2000 calories
and today's disaster yielded me perhaps 2000 more calories. That's over
one pound of calories eaten within a day. I did, however, exercise for
3.5 hours today, and I probably burned around 1300-1500 calories doing
it. I am planning to exercise again tomorrow for about four hours, so I
can keep my calories in check.

I have such a sweet tooth. I mean, I like fruit and all, but when
cheesecake presents itself to me, I am much more interested in its
offerings than what fruit might be able to give me. I don't know how to
control my "splurges," instead of splurging they turn out to be more
like out of control binges. Help!

HS.

146/136/130.

"Her Subj." wrote in message

I've been rather quiet for awhile, but I have been doing rather
well
these past work week (averaging about 1200-1500 a day!) because I
ate
substantial breakfasts, a hearty lunch, and decent-sized snacks
throughout the day, so by dinner time I ate very little and did
not
feel the urge to graze throughout the cupboards at all. I had two
social commitments this week that involved food, and I had planned
to
splurge a bit during these events. The thing is, I went overboard
a
little bit. Yesterday my friends and I ordered four entrees, and I
ate
the majority of the four. And today there was a party and I had
two
small turkey sandwiches, two grilled veggie kabobs, one chicken
kabob,
TWO pieces of cheesecake, and five pieces of rugulach. Yes. This
wasn't
too great. I am thinking the Thai food was a little over 2000
calories
and today's disaster yielded me perhaps 2000 more calories. That's
over
one pound of calories eaten within a day. I did, however, exercise
for
3.5 hours today, and I probably burned around 1300-1500 calories
doing
it. I am planning to exercise again tomorrow for about four hours,
so I
can keep my calories in check.

I have such a sweet tooth. I mean, I like fruit and all, but when
cheesecake presents itself to me, I am much more interested in its
offerings than what fruit might be able to give me. I don't know
how to
control my "splurges," instead of splurging they turn out to be
more
like out of control binges. Help!

It sounds as if you are hungry on that amount of food to exercise.
It is difficult to control splurges when one is hungry. The
occasional piece of cheesecake should not be seen as a binge,
anyway.

Moira, the Faerie Godmother

On 23 Jan 2005 15:46:32 GMT, Ignoramus9778
wrote:

Would it be correct that with your splurges getting out of hand etc,
you have pretty much stabilised at a reasonably slim weight?

Personally, in order to not have this problem of splurges getting out
of hand, i do not have splurges, "cheats" etc.

Ig, if I assume correctly that you're talking about planned splurges,
I would regard these as a world away from "cheats".

The food may be the same but the language has very different
connotations.

janice

"janice" wrote in message
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On 23 Jan 2005 15:46:32 GMT, Ignoramus9778
wrote:

Would it be correct that with your splurges getting out of hand etc,
you have pretty much stabilised at a reasonably slim weight?

Personally, in order to not have this problem of splurges getting out
of hand, i do not have splurges, "cheats" etc.

Ig, if I assume correctly that you're talking about planned splurges,
I would regard these as a world away from "cheats".

The food may be the same but the language has very different
connotations.

janice

I agree. I think those of us who have the planned splurges usually work
them into our diet by eating less calories before the event, etc. After all
our lives are filled with special occasions such as birthdays, weddings,
dining out with friends, etc. Life happens - we just need to plan for itg

I have a get-together with the bike patrolmen this afternoon and I know
there will be snacks served. I've planned on this so my breakfast and lunch
have been a little lighter than usual and I'll adjust my evening meal based
on what I ate at the get-together.

Beverly

On 23 Jan 2005 18:39:03 GMT, Ignoramus9778
wrote:

On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:57:42 +0000, janice wrote:
On 23 Jan 2005 15:46:32 GMT, Ignoramus9778
wrote:

Would it be correct that with your splurges getting out of hand etc,
you have pretty much stabilised at a reasonably slim weight?

Personally, in order to not have this problem of splurges getting out
of hand, i do not have splurges, "cheats" etc.

Ig, if I assume correctly that you're talking about planned splurges,
I would regard these as a world away from "cheats".

I agree that planned splurges are different from cheats. To me, a
planned splurge means, more or less, eating more of what is allowed,
and a "cheat" means eating what the dieter decided not to eat.

We disagree on this point, in a sense. I have no concept of
"non-allowed" foods, so a planned splurge can include anything I want
to eat. But I have decided to eat it on that occasion so it's
planned. Basically, when I'm going to a restaurant meal or a party, I
approach it in one of three ways:

a) I'm going to find low calories things to eat and stay within my
normal calorie budget for the day.

b) I'm going to try to make reasonable selections but allow myself
more leeway -- maybe have some wine, a richer entree, split an
appetizer or dessert, or some such. I might exceed my calorie budget
by a few hundred calories for the day.

c) I'm going to eat whatever the heck I want :-). This would more
typically be a party, a very fancy set-menu banquet, or a high-end
restaurant buffet. I don't really have the capacity to eat tons of
food, but I won't worry about limiting quantities or making healthier
choices. Once I decide to do this, I enjoy it guilt-free.

Whichever of these I do, it has no bearing on what I do the next day.
I don't do anything different to compensate, just go back to my normal
way of eating and exercising.

(Next Saturday is a type c event -- a raclette party at my best
friend's house. Raclette is a swiss dish that basically involves
pouring melted cheese and spices over potatoes and veggies. And we
always follow it with a chocolate fondue. The only problem with
making this a total splurge is it's wildly rich, and I have a 70
minute run on Sunday. So I do need to stop short of indigestion :-).)



Chris
262/134/(130-140)
started dieting July 2002, maintaining since June 2004

On 23 Jan 2005 23:33:35 GMT, Ignoramus9778
wrote:

On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 23:10:19 GMT, Chris Braun wrote:

(Next Saturday is a type c event -- a raclette party at my best
friend's house. Raclette is a swiss dish that basically involves
pouring melted cheese and spices over potatoes and veggies. And we
always follow it with a chocolate fondue. The only problem with
making this a total splurge is it's wildly rich, and I have a 70
minute run on Sunday. So I do need to stop short of indigestion :-).)

This sounds like a great dish. My wife recently started cooking
similar dishes, potatoes or meat with mushrooms under cheese. We took
something like that to our friends' New Year party.

I would, personally, be fine for a 70 minute run next day after eating
a sensible quantity of that stuff.

Like many people, I cannot digest large quantities of rich (high-fat)
food easily.

Chris
262/134/(130-140)
started dieting July 2002, maintaining since June 2004