Truckstop

I am sitting at the truckstop watching everyone go by in their shiny pretty cars. It all started when my Mummy sent me some pineapple lumps. You'll have no idea what these are but suffice it to say they were the start of a 3 day stop, wandering through the junk food aisle at this nasty stinking truckstop. Once or twice I've even wandered into the restaurant and ordered eggs, or steak and fully intended to climb back into my car and head out on the road, but the very most I've achieved is a few laps of the parking lot! I actually ate chocolate for lunch today, and as I was licking the last bit of stickiness out from under my fingernails at the traffic lights, it dawned on me that why we are so fat here in the US is because everything is supersized (well duh) and that the Cadbury chocolate bar I paid $1.20 for at WalMart was 4 times bigger than the Cadbury chocolate bar I'd be able to get for the same price in NZ. And the worst thing is, I'd have been happy to eat that smaller bar. What a waste. (of my waist)

Anyway, I just climbed back into my car. You should see the mess: Candy wrappers, empty icecream carton... I am going to find some trash bags and dispose of all of this, then I am going to do something that I've never done before. PLAN MY MEALS for tomorrow. I am going to be back out on the road, puttering along until I get my sorry ass back into the fast lane. Please if you see me, toot your horn and don't race off into the distance. I need to get back up to speed again.

Sabotage & TOM

Whether we satotage ourselves or cheat - we all seem to manage to do something to take a little detour off plan.

What are the circumstances that cause a "cheat" for you?
Are any of the circumstances within your control?
If any of the circumstances are regular occurances (like dinners out, or baking cookies for example) how can you better prepare yourself to deal with the circumstance without allowing it to cause a cheat?
Are you more or less likely to cheat if you have written out your daily menu in advance?
How many of us actually take a moment each night to write out a menu for the following day? And if not, why not?

I have another Q - but its not related to cheating. Anyways, I am about 1 week before TOM (again) I am trying to pay attention to my body, and within Kimkins reason, accomodate my body's needs. I noticed tonight that I was craving fat, so I wound up eating hamburger patties (one for dinner plus afterwards I ate two more than I originally planned) I feel very stuffed now, and because technically I did not eat off plan, I am happy with myself. BUT the fat grams were 23g OUCH! But I am not wandering around looking for things to eat. I do feel like I am out of ketosis, but that was the case last month at this time also.

I am curious as to what others crave right before TOM? Previously for me it was chocolate = carbs + fat. I thought I was craving carbs, but maybe my body really wanted FAT.

And I guess the second part to my Q is, if these cravings are for real and due to some biological need my body has at this point in my cycle, doesn't it make sense to work out a way to accomodate these needs while staying on plan?

Jellybeans

We went to WalMart today to get some clothes for stepson to take with him when he goes home to NZ. He wanted to take some american candy also, so there we all were in the candy aisle of WalMart. My son adores Jelly Belly jellybeans and they had a new flavor pack of "soda" flavors. Would you believe 35 jellybeans (1 serving in the jelly belly world) is 37g carb.

Now 6 weeks ago I easily could've sat there in the evening and eaten the entire bag and still felt hungry. Want to know something I also noticed - 0g protein for 1 serving. Maybe all those cravings for MORE and MORE food (which I assumed were for carbs right) were really cravings for some decent protein instead! I bet they were. Only I saw the perpetual hungry feeling I always had as my reason for existing after dark.

Anyway I noticed something else very interesting in WalMart. Standing in the candy aisle 6 weeks ago I would've been tempted to buy a huge bar of Toblerone chocolate and other goodies to nibble on at night. If fact way more than tempted. I would have felt desperate if I'd arrived home knowing there were no naughty nibbles in the cupboards waiting for me to polish off after my children were in bed. Today I could've cared less about the candy or the chocolates. What am amazing feeling.

And I also honestly feel that if I ate a jelly belly jellybean I could stop at one.