Day 13 (Yikes! Unlucky number :D)

I've been doing fine this week even though didn't have a chance to post but today I'm fighting junk food cravings for the first time in two weeks since I started LCing again. Not sure why this is. I think a combination of things. I'm having some job stress (I got some good news this week that I made it through the internship of the online university I've been working with since Jan and assigned a few more classes to teach - but they'll be at the end of June, so that means 3 whole months without income). I also developed a migraine yesterday and did the usual round of over-the-counter pills and it still hasn't gone away (though it is in the background so I can function). I know when I'm in headache mode my resistance is low, especially since the last thing I want to do is cook and suddenly grabbing a pizza and snacking on junk food sounds like a good idea.

But I'm going to fight it! I fell into the trap of "well, I've been good for X weeks/months, I'm in control now, so I can have some junk food and then just go back on track" last time and that led me straight back to old habits for three weeks. I can't let myself have junk food even for one day. Face it, I'm a carb addict, no getting around it, and just like any other addiction, it's got to be cold turkey .

So my strategy today is get temptation out of the way, substitute lowcarb food, and seek support.

This morning, I knew that my usual egg and yogurt wasn't going to do it (since I've been craving a muffin or scone) so I dug out a recipe for a vanilla almond lowcarb muffin (single serving) that I had saved and made that. I'm going to be a bit more liberal with the dairy today since I love it and I know it satisfies me. I'm not going to binge on "legal" food but just play it by ear.

I also planned on going to a cafe to write that is some distance away but I'm going to avoid it. Both because of my headache and also because right across the street is a supermarket where I used to get a lot of binge food and I don't want to be tempted to just walk in since I'm "in the neighborhood" (since it's the closest supermarket to me without driving). I'll opt for another cafe not close to a supermarket.

Don't know how much exercise I'll be able to do with this migraine, but I will do some walking (walking doesn't seem to agitate it) and if I feel better by tonight, I'll do some yoga as well.

I can do this!!! I can fight the cravings!!!

Tam