“Failure
will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong
enough.”
-
Og Mandino
My
Health Journey is not only about losing weight, I'm also traveling in
the path of learning and finally working on conditioning myself.
As
far as conditioning, I have been really good in that domain. I was a
perfect processing machine. I could over eat until full where I had
conditioned myself to unbutton my pants so that I could breath. With
this new found breath of fresh air, there were more room and I could
stuff a few more bites so I would just end the meal with a dessert
and to help digest it all, a lot of wine. Such an efficient machine!
I
guess I had some tuning to do on the machine. Three weeks ago, I was
thinking: “I should eat pizza!” Notice here it wasn't a craving,
it was not a dream, it was not even a temptation, it was a conscious
thought to learn about conditioning myself to eat right even with the
wrong type of food.
I
decided then that I would wait to be back in Canada where I knew I
could find my favorite pizza. I didn't want to waste this experiment
on a pizza that wouldn't be as tasty as I wanted.
Last
week when we set foot in Canada, I rush to the nearest pizza
place and stuffed my face, I knew I would have pizza but I
didn't want to set a date. I was thinking when it's convenient, I'll
just get it. It was still on my term, I was still in control (you
take that junk food!).
Wednesday,
the conditions were just right, I ordered a SMALL pizza for the 2 of
us. It was a small pizza so we couldn't get more than the 2 small
slices each. It ended up being more food than we had become
accustomed to lately and we were full. If I would have still been
hungry, the carton box would have been a possible add-on.
The
test was about conditioning myself to eat some wrong type of food and
having less of it. I didn't open the door to eating more junk food
for that day because I already had pizza, the pizza was plenty.
Everything was under control.
The
following day I was expecting to step on the scale and see a very
small gain. NO! I lost weight eating pizza...
So
the lesson is that I should eat pizza everyday, right? WRONG! I want
to eat healthy, so pizza will only happen once in a while, it's not
the few pieces of green peppers and mushrooms that makes it a health
problem, it's the pepperoni, over flowing mozzarella and the dough!
Right
now I'm conditioning myself for the weekend, what about you, any big
plans?
Congrats to you and your Honey Bunny. Glad you didn't wake bloated and with a headache. Go you.
ReplyDeleteThanks Ivy, you are the first person EVER that congrats me for eating pizza ha ha ha
DeleteThat's because in my mind, it's not about the food. It's all internal and it's good to see that you didn't need to eat the box.
DeleteGood job on working in some favorite and not so healthy foods. It is a vital part of success and a very hard thing for most of us to do.
ReplyDeleteLori
It takes discipline, which is not my strongest suit, so I find ways I can't overboard my goals. One small Pizza for Richard kind, one giant leap for mankind!
DeleteHey - why not eat a low carb pizza. The crust is made using cauliflower and they are great. Check it out;
ReplyDeletehttp://thelowcarbdiabetic.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/cauliflower-crust-pizza.html
All the best Jan
Thanks Jan, I'll definitively try it, however we tried mashed cauliflower instead of mash potatoes... didn't enjoy it at all. Will post your link if it get our seal of approval ;)
DeleteWhole wheat spaghetti with mashed cauliflower and brocoli with garlic is DELICIOUS.
DeleteThanks for stopping by my blog. I find that there are some foods (like pizza) that I really like...but I know I can afford to eat them fairly rarely. So, for those foods, I eat them usually away from home and only once every few months. Other foods I can eat a little more often. Just depends.
ReplyDeleteYou have a great blog! I have you on my Gym section and will be following your success "Less of a Better me" blog.
DeleteI'll be grouting my bathroom floor, thanks for asking. The project is nearing completion I can't wait to post the pics. Keep pushing on Richard you are doing great!
ReplyDeleteThanks FD
DeleteYou go, you two! You're doing so great. Nothing wrong with treating yourself to something like pizza now and again.
ReplyDeleteMartha I would not define that as a treat... we were doing an experiment ha ha ha
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