I should have just layed around and eaten doughnuts and pizza. What was I thinking with my ten miles of hiking and 17 miles of biking, and eating bags of carrots when I was hungry?
ok, I did eat eat some Cheeto-like things, and there were some m&m's set out in a bowl that I was unable to ignore. And I ate some chips. But those were all limited little munchings, not a whole-bag binge kind of thing that I felt guilty about.
But the facts are the facts. Despite an average exercise level which is more than ANYBODY I KNOW, it is simply not enough to keep up with my endless hunger, despite a pretty good effort at diet control.
I was tempted to take a picture of all the snack foods in the kitchen and dining room this weekend. 3 bags of chips, peanut butter cookies, chocolate chip cookies, M&M candies, zinger-like things, cupcakes, cashews, yogurt covered raisins, and several pizzas. I *love* all those foods. I'll admit my annoyance at the sight of it.
I don't particularly covet celery and spinach and raw carrots.
So, I failed. Trying to eat just a little of this, and little of that, and little bit of bad stuff added up to a giant step backwards on my quest for normal weight. Trying to not eat that stuff when I'm hungry just doesn't work for me. Atkins worked for me because I could eat foods I liked when I was hungry, I just couldn't eat things with carbs.
What I'm going to do now? I strayed from Atkins and tried the exercise approach because I found that Atkins is not a good way to go if you want to build some muscle. But perhaps Atkins is the only way I can lose.
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