I've been keeping to my window for the last month or so but eating like there's no tomorrow. And -- no surprise -- always feeling uncomfortably full. Having a hard time limiting my eating though. It's all emotional. I'm on a long business trip with no scale and I'm looking forward to being home and able to weigh in again. It keeps me honest.
Changing the subject -- How is it that processed food tastes horrible at first, but better and better the more you eat it? I've had this experience with diet coke. I don't drink soda now but, during the long process of weaning myself off it, I remember drinking it after a week or two without it and noticing how horrible and chemical it tasted. Then, by the time I'd finished the bottle, I'd want another one.
Great story about depression, emotional eating and processed foods here at Slate.com. All three go together, at least for me.
"I started wondering if maybe those Snackwell cookies would taste better with a glass of milk. It didn't matter really. I wasn't going to have any more. Definitely not. I found myself in front of the fridge pouring a glass of milk. I lifted a cookie from the box and dipped it into the glass of milk. The chocolate coating resisted absorption. I bit into it and dipped again. This time the milk infused the dry innards and, yes, it was decidedly palatable. Each cookie tasted a little less terrible than the one before. I carried the box of cookies and the carton of milk back into the living room."
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I totally agree. I used to drink lots of soda, all diet. I hated diet at first because it had a chemical after taste. But the more I drank the less I noticed that taste until it totally disappeared.
ReplyDeleteI have completely cut out soda, it makes me feel horrible, gives me brutal bloating and stomach aches now. I had a sip of diet soda the other day and YUCK! That taste is back.
Hey Jenna! I've been looking for updates on your blog. How are things going for you?
ReplyDeleteI haven't been drinking soda either for a while, but in college I could go through a six pack a day while I was sitting at my desk studying for tests. Yikes. I have to share that I just found a soda alternative -- SweetLeaf (stevia) has flavored liquids you can drop into sparkling water. I have missed soda and it's nice to have a cold glass of sweet fizzy now and then!