Have A Treat
I’m out of town for a quick visit with
my family. Last night my mom had homemade yeast rolls at dinner and she served a lemon blueberry pound cake bread pudding with Blue Bell vanilla ice cream and a blueberry sauce for dessert.
There are two things I regularly avoid, sugar and bread. I can easily do without sweets, as much as I like them. My weakness however, is bread. Especially fresh, hot, homemade bread with butter. I can eat my entire weight in rolls!
Thankfully I saw the rolls rising on the counter, and the bread pudding baking earlier in the day and did some calculating. I tracked my food intake for breakfast and lunch, saw what I had left and was able to factor in 1 roll and a very small amount of the delicious dessert. All while staying within my guidelines. Not a “cheat”, but a “treat”.
You don’t have to deprive yourself when you are working toward fitness goals, but you do have to stay disciplined and set guidelines to account for a treat here and there.
Normally I might have thrown caution to the wind and inhaled a few (or more) of those rolls, and a larger bowl of the bread pudding. But last night I stayed balanced. I was able to have my treat, and I felt good about it. Today I got up early and got my workout in before leaving for the airport. I’ll also balance it out by foregoing sugar and needless carbs today. I have goals I’m trying to meet!
Sometimes allowing yourself a treat helps you stay on track in an even greater way. Don’t completely deprive yourself, just because you are trying to meet your goals. If you need a treat, figure out how to do that with balance, in a way that doesn’t compromise your objective!
Stay focused, factor in your treats, balance everything out and meet those goals you have set for yourself!
my family. Last night my mom had homemade yeast rolls at dinner and she served a lemon blueberry pound cake bread pudding with Blue Bell vanilla ice cream and a blueberry sauce for dessert.
There are two things I regularly avoid, sugar and bread. I can easily do without sweets, as much as I like them. My weakness however, is bread. Especially fresh, hot, homemade bread with butter. I can eat my entire weight in rolls!
Thankfully I saw the rolls rising on the counter, and the bread pudding baking earlier in the day and did some calculating. I tracked my food intake for breakfast and lunch, saw what I had left and was able to factor in 1 roll and a very small amount of the delicious dessert. All while staying within my guidelines. Not a “cheat”, but a “treat”.
You don’t have to deprive yourself when you are working toward fitness goals, but you do have to stay disciplined and set guidelines to account for a treat here and there.
Normally I might have thrown caution to the wind and inhaled a few (or more) of those rolls, and a larger bowl of the bread pudding. But last night I stayed balanced. I was able to have my treat, and I felt good about it. Today I got up early and got my workout in before leaving for the airport. I’ll also balance it out by foregoing sugar and needless carbs today. I have goals I’m trying to meet!
Sometimes allowing yourself a treat helps you stay on track in an even greater way. Don’t completely deprive yourself, just because you are trying to meet your goals. If you need a treat, figure out how to do that with balance, in a way that doesn’t compromise your objective!
Stay focused, factor in your treats, balance everything out and meet those goals you have set for yourself!
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