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Spike day trial #2...let me see how i feel about this:
I LOVE the idea of a spike day. I eat great throughout the week and this week i was sooooo looking forward to yesterday. I wanted to not think about calorie counting and just be able to eat anything i wanted to. This was what i was thinking.
I woke up yesterday late (i work 6 days a week, and Monday's are my days off). Sleeping in was wonderful! I have been making breakfast smoothies for the past few weeks (maybe only 1 or 2, but it's become a habit), and i didn't make one yesterday. I thought, "no, today is my splurge day", so i got this amazing breakfast from a place i haven't been to in months. It was potatoes, gravy, and a wonderful biscuit sandwich (i ordered two!). Anyway, so i get it home and plated, and i had already been having pangs of, "why are you doing this??" "Don't you want to see the scale go down tomorrow?", etc. Ugh, so the guilt was already there...but i ate it anyway. It was way saltier than i remember, and i wonder if this is just because it was prepared differently than usual or if my pallet really might have changed since my healthy eating.
Anyway, i felt so full afterward, and had planned on ordering a pizza that night and really indulging, but i made the decision not to do that, and to eat healthy for the rest of the day because of my crazy breakfast and the idea of a spike day really wasn't turning out all that great.
So no pizza, which now i probably would have liked more than the breakfast...but i just kind of grazed all day (pretzels, crackers, bagel sandwich, and some cookies). All in all, not a SUPER crazy day like i had planned...
However, there were so many times throughout the day when i kept thinking "why am i doing this???". That feeling was horrible. The feeling this morning seeing that i had "gained" weight felt horrible. Now i know i didn't really gain any weight, that there is a science behind a skip day, and by tomorrow (fingers crossed) i should be back to where i was. This "weight" is water retention and i'm FINE and i haven't ruined everything.
So anyway, my thoughts on a "spike day" are this...I can do it if i want (or feel the need to), one day of bad eating isn't going to kill me or ruin my ultimate results, and for this i am happy to know. However, i do not like the way they make me feel. I feel out of control. I feel like i'm letting myself down.
What i've determined is maybe rather than a weekly spike day, maybe i'll do a monthly spike day. I have to admit it was something i was looking forward to, and it made all the other days through the week super easy because i knew it was coming. But they were easy even when i didn't know a spike day was coming (this is only week two of trying a spike day).
Ugh, so that's my thought process on the whole thing...today is a new day and i'm SOOOO happy to be back on track!
View Diet Calendar, 22 February 2011:
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1748 kcal
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Fat: 67.38g | Prot: 71.84g | Carbs: 225.79g.
Breakfast: kale, No Calorie Sweetener Packets, Coffee, Frozen Blueberries, Frozen Whole Strawberries, Water , Bananas , Vanilla Soy Yogurt. Lunch: Shredded Lettuce, Hickory Smoked Deli Slices, Blues Bread, Veganaise. Dinner: Broccoli Cheese Soup (Prepared with Milk), Yumm Sauce, Mixed Salad Greens, Original Vegan Meatless Burgers, Better Than Cream Cheese Soy Cream Cheese (Plain), Bagel. more...
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2824 kcal
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Exercise:
Desk Work - 8 hours, Sitting - 3 hours, Resting - 5 hours, Sleeping - 8 hours. more...
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