I Am So Frustrated With Myself....

[becka]

This is probably not the post you are expecting here but I am so frustrated with myself because I did the "right" thing and ordered a take out dinner that actually fit 100% into my eating plan.

The kids have been driving DH and I batty and DH wanted to order take out from TGI Fridays after the kids went to bed so we could enjoy a quiet dinner at home together. I love TGI Fridays and there are so many unhealthy choices. I sat down at the computer and just started salivating at all the yummy choices. In the end I ordered the 500 calorie/10g fat chicken pot stickers appetizer as my meal. They are great and I know I will enjoy them tonight and I will especially enjoy them again in the morning when I don't wake up with guilt but I still can't shake this disappointed feeling that I missed out. I mean I could be having fried cheese, buffalo wings, potato skins, Jack Daniels steak with mashed potatoes, Oreo cake, cheesecake, etc.. but NO I had to order the steamed chicken pot stickers!

What is wrong with me?

 

[tiggerlover]

{{{{BECKA}}}}

I TOTALLY know what you are saying!!! The bright side is you made a great choice and you won't regret it when you hop on the scale. You know what that food tastes like and you know how much hard work you have done to get where you are and you know how you would feel if you ate it and you didn't!!! So I say a big WOO HOO to you!!

There is nothing wrong with you, you are just chosing to live healthier, which is awesome!

 

[becka]

Thanks! The pot stickers were quite good but I know that the dipping sauce was really high in sodium. I may have an extra 3 pounds in water weight tomorrow morning.

I know I did the right thing but I was just a bit shocked that I seemed so disappointed that I didn't order my favorite foods. The little devil on my shoulder was telling me that I cheated myself out of some good food. I know in the end that I made the right decision and hopefully that will pay off when I step on the scale.

 

[tiggerlover]

You see that little devil was what helped weigh us all down!! But not to make light of your feelings, I do understand. I kind of feel sad at times because I have a love affair with food and it is so hard not being able to have the foods I love so much. But the bottom line is I do indulge every now and then, I just try to do it in moderation so I do not feel deprived. If only we all had high metabolisms and could be naturally thin!!!!

I have to admit that last week when we were going on vacation I printed out the lodge's menu and had a huge breakfast planned (as now I hardly eat big breakfasts and I wanted a treat). All the way up until I sat down in the restaurant I was having the belgian waffles with cream and berries with a side of bacon. But when I went to order I just couldn't bring myself to do it. I ended up with Egg Beaters with tomato and onion with toast. I was soooo let down, but I rationalized that I really didn't need it. Even so it was still hard and still depressing.

Oh the sacrifices we make!!!

 

[Kelsie]

Way to go Becca!!

 

[VernRDH]

Becka-I know how you feel. DH and I went grocery shopping yesterday afternoon while DD was still at camp. He asks me what I want for dinner. Neither of us had lunch (I work 9-2 on Fri w/no lunch break and he was doing interviews). We ended up getting a pizza and wings. Now we have not had this in quite some time, and boy was it good going down. But the way I felt afterward (guilt and a tummyache) did not make it worth it. I would have rather had a big spinach salad. But this is part of the relearning we all have to do. Like when your kids are little and you tell them not to touch the hot stove-sometime they may try it just to see what happens. Then they learn not to do it again.

So my point is you did the right thing, and while you think you deprived yourself of something yummy to eat, eating all that stuff has deprived you of a healthy body and healthy living. And you still had a great treat (I haven't eaten at Fridays since the dawn of time I think LOL) and can be proud of yourself for making a good choice.

 

[slk537]

Oh - this thread makes me feel so good!!!!!

I know EXACTLY how you feel! I have done this so many times...

The first time, we were going out to breakfast and I planned to use my flex points to have pancakes, sausage, eggs...when I got there I ended up getting the eggs, getting and sharing bacon with DS (which is a LOT lower in points!), and eating only 1 1/2 pancakes with sugar free syrup (blech!) and no butter instead of 3 pancakes with a little butter and real syrup. I would have been well within my program with the "real" food but instead I ended up scrambling at the end of the day to get my points in.

I do this a lot - I'll plan ahead what I'm going to eat, and then I just make those automatic good choices and blow my plans for decadence to smithereens! Or I'll plan for a certain size serving and then eat half or a quarter of it. And I feel crazy that I feel a little sad about it...

I do love that I am truly preferring the right choices - and I LOVE that there are others out there who feel the same!

 

[87Heel]

I had a similar situation, and it's a weird feeling, isn't it? We got takeout Chinese food on Friday night (crazy day with piano lesson, orthodontist, back-to-school shopping). Kids voted for Chinese as were driving home; called DH to get his choice (General Tso's chicken, fried rice, eggroll) and stopped in the local place on the way. Kids call for sweet and sour chicken and wonton soup. I haven't been home to research choices (is there anything OK at your average Chinese takeout place??) and nothing looks right. I see there's a special for string beans with garlic that DH likes, so I order that, too.
Once home, I start looking up the info. Even worse than I suspected. I had some of the wonton soup (no crunchy noodles), and some of the string beans; both were exceedingly high in sodium, but not too bad overall, and I had room in my plan.
Yeah, I really wanted some of the other stuff (and there are still leftovers in the fridge!!!) but I would have felt worse (emotionally and physically) if I ate all of that.

 

[bailey2007]

["I had a similar situation, and it's a weird feeling, isn't it? We got takeout Chinese food on Friday night (crazy day with piano lesson, orthodontist, back-to-school shopping). Kids voted for Chinese as were driving home; called DH to get his choice (General Tso's chicken, fried rice, eggroll) and stopped in the local place on the way. Kids call for sweet and sour chicken and wonton soup. I haven't been home to research choices (is there anything OK at your average Chinese takeout place??)"

There is a Chinese place near where I work. We eat lunch there aobut once a month. They have a steamed vegetables w/ either shrimp or chicken that is wonderful. I don't know if other Chinese restaurants have something similar but it would be worth asking for. It really is good and it is very low points.

Judy

 

[becka]

Well I got a very good payoff this morning for making the right choice and I know this feeling is far better than the feeling I would have got from some food. I was actually down 3.5 pounds on the scale this morning. Do I get to count all the celebratory dancing as exercise?

Chinese food is really hard. It is one of my favorites and I have not had it in months because I don't trust myself and I know my favorites are just not very healthy. I have found a frozen sweet and sour chicken at the grocery store that is around 450 calories per serving that is not great but it has been a workable substitute when I just "have to have Chinese". I also found some frozen crab rangoon at the store I can have with it. It is still high in sodium and not the greatest of options but much healthier than anything I can get at my favorite Chinese place plus it is portion controled.