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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. |
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"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 |
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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 |
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"janice" wrote in message ... 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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