I spent the morning working on the mural (still not completed!) before heading to my appt with Keri at 3 PM. I wasn’t hungry before I left, so I decided to wait til after the meeting to eat lunch. Kind of a bad call considering Keri totally would not approve of waiting that long between breakfast and lunch! Our second appt was great - Keri evaluated my food journal and made comments and suggestions. Some highlights:
- My breakfast cereals need to have more fiber grams than sugar grams.
- 1c cereal = max
- No fancy breads, stick to whole wheat with fiber
- 1 nectarine, plum etc with meals - not two
- 1 bar/day
- 10 AM breakfast to 1 PM lunch is OK; 9:30 AM breakfast to 2 PM lunch NOT OK
We talked about making my food ‘work’ for me - taking full advantage of it’s calories and nutrients. For example, a protein rich turkey sandwich and Fage doesn’t make sense becauase I already have enough protein from the sandwich. If I had the sandwich with fruit for lunch, and Fage later for a snack - that’s a better use of the calories and nutrients to keep me full and satiated. We talked about my overeating, and basically, we decided that there will always be reasons/emotions that will make me want to overeat. The key is to focus on staying full and satisfied on the food end - and busy on the emotion end.
She said something in particular that sparked me. We were talking about this sandwich and how the bacon was a bad call. I said, I didn’t even really like bacon - but that’s what came on the sandwich. And she said - ‘just because it came that way doesn’t mean you have to eat it that way. Take the bacon off - you’re eating with a purpose.’ That makes so much sense - I’m not eating to eat or for the calories. I’m eating to live a healthy life - to lose weight - to fuel my activity. Really struck.
I left inspired, not surprisingly. I decided on a smoked salmon salad for lunch:
4 oz smoked salmon, onions and mushrooms on a bed of spinach. I had 6 oz of raspberries on the side:
My happy hour plans were rescheduled so I have a little bit of a free-er afternoon. Got to finish up at work then go home to pack. I’m meeting Eva and readers Jacyln, Lauren and Courtney at Gusto Organics for dinner. Any suggestions?
I think Keri made some good points, but I think I’d hafta add something to breakfast to hold me through…1 cup of cereal would NOT suffice. Cereal just doesn’t do it for me like oatmeal (love!). Did she recommend adding something to breakfast since you can only have 1 cup of cereal?
As for Gusto Organics…I wanna come! I’d go for the grilled veggie pizza with mozzarella or the mozzarella, tomato, and basil empanada. Yum. Oh, and dessert? Bread pudding or the homemade ice cream, hands down.
Enjoy your dinner!
Hi Kate,
Quick question.. I’m trying to get healthy but sometimes struggle with “overeating”. I see you have sometimes struggled with the same. For example, today I have a handful of jelly bellies, two cookies, a mini peanut butter cup and an apple for a snack. I almost feel like my day is ruined and I shouldnt even head to the gym for my workout. Almost feel like i should just start again tomorrow. Do you ever feel this way and what do you recommend? Thanks so much!
what she said about the bacon was so eye-opening! really inspiring post, thank you
Those are very good and interesting points from your nutritionist - she sounds great! As for the restaurant i would get the grilled veggie pizza with a glass of wine!
Have a great night!
Kat
Hi Kate-
I really love your blog. I wondered if you had ever looked at the blog “Body by Glamour” on glamour.com (http://www.glamour.com/bbg/blogs/2007. It’s written by their health editor, Margarita, chronicling her weight loss. She’s written a couple times about her issues/experiences with binging and emotional eating, and I think you might find some of her entries interesting. She’s a great writer. Keep up the great work!
What a great point about the bacon
As an R.D. to be, I love your Keri updates! Thanks for taking the time to tell us her feedback.
Love the smoked salmon too! But booo onions
i’m glad your session went well w/ keri! and thanks for sharing what she told you; i think most people need to hear things like that! i know I do!
have a great night at that restaurant…can’t wait to see pictures!
Justy - Banana. 1c cereal, 1c milk, and banana. I’m liking cold cereal these days…although I love my oatmeal in the winter. Re Gusto, come to NYC!
Anne - I totally have struggled with that and I’ve definitely had that feeling ‘well, today is shot - better just eat anything and everything I ever wanted’. And then I feel ever worse than if I had just overindulged on the thing I really wanted. After overeating, I always go exercise. Always. As soon as possible. Even just a walk - get moving. You’ll feel so much better. I also try to remember that 500 extra calories is not the same as 3,000 extra calories. It’s hard. It’s really hard. But thinking about the 10 min, 3 hrs, 2 days AFTER a binge really helps curb or prevent a binge for me. I don’t want to undo 3 days of good eating and exercise with one bored afternoon. Good luck - and keep me posted!
mi - Glad you liked it!
Kat - got the pizza and the wine!
Maeve - You know, I read a promo about her in Glamour the magazine (I have a subscription). Let me check it out tomorrow and I’ll give you some feedback. Thanks for the tip!
Becca - Totally, right?
Kath - I’m so glad you liked it! Sorry about the onions! Hey, I’m going to the BlogHer in DC - are you thinking about going to that one?
Melissa S. - hope you enjoy the new post! lots of pics!
- Kate