The sweet treat is my ultimate weakness. It strikes at random, but mostly straight after lunch or dinner and it is very very hard to resist.
I managed to resist it on Monday and Tuesday, but on Wednesday some one ordered a slice of cake after lunch and I had to have a mouthful or three (cream cheese icing - how do you say no?!). And on Thursday there was chocolate in the house (85% dark chocolate - my favourite). I meant only to have a piece of two, but before I knew it six had been gobbled!
So I think the sweet treat craving needs a new approach. I've been keeping a food diary over the last two weeks, and I notice that I always crave a sweet treat after Japanese for lunch (which I have fairly often). Maybe it has something to do with the salty soy sauce? Those sweet treat cravings I will try to resist, because I'm not hungry and I know they'll go away after about 30 mins.
After dinner sweet treats are tougher. We're in the habit of buying seedless grapes and freezing them (excellent tip from a friend in my book club). They are an excellent sweet treat after dinner because they're so cold you can't eat them quickly (no gobbling) and you have to hold them in your mouth to defrost a little bit, and then when you can bite them they are a delicious grape sorbet - yum!
Chocolate (and licorice) is always going to be a struggle for me I think. They just taste soooo good, and its just as easy to gobble down blocks of two as it is blocks of one, and before you know it you're rubbing your aching tummy feeling sick. I'm going to try to break them up into smaller pieces before eating. Perhaps psychologically it will feel like I'm eating more than I am? And try to savour them instead of gobbling. Emphasis on the 'try'.
This week we have a new addition to our household - something that has been eagerly talked about for the past nine months....
I love coffee, and I'm having so much fun trying all the flavours out.
Did you know:
This weekend is going to pose a challenge - lots of socialising (eating and drinking) and a birthday party on Saturday night. Haven't worked out how I'm going to tackle that one yet - one thing is for sure, I won't be skipping boot camp on Saturday morning!
Oh, and official weigh-in on Thursday mornings showed a 1/2kg weight loss this week. Might seem like a small amount to some, but it's actually ahead of plan and apparently healthy weight loss is 1/2kg per week anyway... our scales only measure to the nearest 0.5kg and I swear the scales teetered on rounding me down - so close! Oh well, motivation for another weeks work of sweet treat resistance!
I managed to resist it on Monday and Tuesday, but on Wednesday some one ordered a slice of cake after lunch and I had to have a mouthful or three (cream cheese icing - how do you say no?!). And on Thursday there was chocolate in the house (85% dark chocolate - my favourite). I meant only to have a piece of two, but before I knew it six had been gobbled!
So I think the sweet treat craving needs a new approach. I've been keeping a food diary over the last two weeks, and I notice that I always crave a sweet treat after Japanese for lunch (which I have fairly often). Maybe it has something to do with the salty soy sauce? Those sweet treat cravings I will try to resist, because I'm not hungry and I know they'll go away after about 30 mins.
After dinner sweet treats are tougher. We're in the habit of buying seedless grapes and freezing them (excellent tip from a friend in my book club). They are an excellent sweet treat after dinner because they're so cold you can't eat them quickly (no gobbling) and you have to hold them in your mouth to defrost a little bit, and then when you can bite them they are a delicious grape sorbet - yum!
Chocolate (and licorice) is always going to be a struggle for me I think. They just taste soooo good, and its just as easy to gobble down blocks of two as it is blocks of one, and before you know it you're rubbing your aching tummy feeling sick. I'm going to try to break them up into smaller pieces before eating. Perhaps psychologically it will feel like I'm eating more than I am? And try to savour them instead of gobbling. Emphasis on the 'try'.
This week we have a new addition to our household - something that has been eagerly talked about for the past nine months....
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| New favourite toy - Nespresso goodness! |
Did you know:
- The intensity of the flavour is to do with the roasting and nothing to do with the amount of caffine?
- That decaf coffee still has caffine in it? Decaf coffee (by definition) must be 97% caffine-free
This weekend is going to pose a challenge - lots of socialising (eating and drinking) and a birthday party on Saturday night. Haven't worked out how I'm going to tackle that one yet - one thing is for sure, I won't be skipping boot camp on Saturday morning!
Oh, and official weigh-in on Thursday mornings showed a 1/2kg weight loss this week. Might seem like a small amount to some, but it's actually ahead of plan and apparently healthy weight loss is 1/2kg per week anyway... our scales only measure to the nearest 0.5kg and I swear the scales teetered on rounding me down - so close! Oh well, motivation for another weeks work of sweet treat resistance!
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