Funny food story (not really)

[dr4b]

So, I am trying to figure out how to lower triglycerides, which basically means I need to lose weight.  This is really hard when working at Google because there's always yummy delicious fattening carbs and sugars around.

Anyway, yesterday I was pretty good (half a sandwich for lunch, some rice and chicken for dinner, and only one fun-size chocolate bar and a mini-cupcake because dammit they had cupcakes in the kitchen).

Today for lunch I was going to go over to Fishfood -- one of the newer and better cafes on campus -- because they had mac'n'cheese and fried chicken and cornbread and brisket and god knows what else.  I was planning to just get half a serving of mac'n'cheese and limit to that.

But I showed up at 11:45am -- which normally would be empty -- and it was packed with the chicken/mac'n'cheese line going out the door!

So I decided I didn't feel like waiting in the long line and went to Backyard to get a salad.  No eggs, no cheese, no avocado on it, and only a little bit of ranch dressing (I suck because the salad dressings I like are all creamy and bad for you, but I think maybe if I just use less, I'll be okay?).  And half a fudge brownie instead of a whole one.

Funny to me is that part how my desire to wait in line was a lot less than my desire to eat things that aren't good for me to be eating.

I don't necessarily think that I should cut out all of the food that I enjoy eating here, but I'll have to figure out a way to limit it.  Maybe even just taking half as much as I would have before, or trying to put everything in to-go boxes or some smaller container.  I'm going to try this for a week or two and see how it goes...

Comments

[mh75.livejournal.com]

Good luck. It can be so hard!

I had some luck, since we had kids, in examining *when* it was hard for me to say no. If i don't get a treat while working on the couch at night, i'm really sad. BUT, I don't necessarily miss the one right after dinner. That realization has made it easy for me to just say no after dinner most of the time, because I know I'll want the later one either way.
Maybe something like that can help??

[dr4b]

Yeah, I don't know. I thought about making a pact with Chris that we would only eat dessert food together (since splitting cheesecake and desserts is one of our "things"), but I have a feeling if I make myself avoid sweets altogether during work I will also be unhappy and possibly a little too low-energy in the afternoon to get work done.

I am thinking of trying for "limit two sweet things per day" -- that way I can have desserts with meals, OR I can have a chocolate/candy in the afternoon, but not both, and certainly not like 5 Ghiradelli squares like I do some afternoons.

[rehana.livejournal.com]

If you like avocado, definitely check with your nutritionist about it. My understanding was that it's fatty but a type of fat that's good for your triglycerides.

[eub.livejournal.com]

Same with dark chocolate (depending on just how sensitive a person is to sugars), from what I have been told but have not examined the literature about.

[eustacio.livejournal.com]

I've found that, for me, the best way to lower triglycerides was a mix of a regular cardio workout and improving my diet. But when I was diagnosed with Type II Diabetes, the exercise portion seemed to be the biggest key. I dropped my number down to close to what a non-diabetic's triglycerides should be. I don't think the lowering of the number would have been as effective if I just did one of those things, though.

Obviously that's just one person's experience, but lowering that number can definitely be done. The biggest thing is just mental discipline to execute whatever plan you have and keep it consistent. Good luck!