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Getting back to it this week...

I can honestly tell you, it does not feel very good to go waaay off your healthy eating plan.

I gave myself the weekend to eat whatever I was craving. That ended up being: Arby's, air fried french fries, a french toast bake, Starbucks, a sweet tea, potato chips and dip, lasagna with sauce.

Let's just say, NONE of the above foods gave my taste buds the pleasure that they used to. Now, I sit here bloated (well, for other reasons too) and not feeling any bit of delight after eating all of those delicious foods.
Lesson learned.
Tomorrow, I am going back to watching my carbs and sugar, and I'll be having my Burton Nutrition shake for lunch (and drinking my water).

What I have learned: if you want something, take one day and have that one treat. Then the next meal, get back to your eating right. Do not eat ALL the foods at one time! Pick and choose the ones you're really craving.

I just generally feel better when I eat right. And to think this is how I used to eat all day EVERY day. YIKES!
(I kind of feel like Monica on FRIENDS when she was fat, lol. Walking around with a chicken leg in her hand, lol, and no energy.)
I am actually LOOKING FORWARD to getting back at the eating healthy plan. And THAT's how I can tell that this is a healthy change in my lifestyle. Typically on a "diet" you look forward to the junk, and here I am looking forward to getting back on the eating plan!
Yes, I'm finally growing up, lol...

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