Hi CG!
You should be expecting snail-mail shortly
I have been in denial.
I've always known I have a sweet tooth, but now it's turning into a problem when I'm trying to lose weight. Those sour patch straws and cheddar flavored ruffles are my favorite, and I've been buying them more frequently than I used to. I also may or may not have eaten an entire pint of rocky road ice cream in one sitting recently...
...yeah, it has to stop. Trying to be healthier may have backfired earlier this year. I was trying to count macros and eat clean, and it was just giving me a headache. Trying to squish all these foods into these parameters...it just wasn't working for me. I wound up eating the same thing every day, because I was too afraid of messing up my numbers. It was frustrating, feeling that there were healthy foods I couldn't eat. Then, predictably, I would try to follow the program and feel deprived and sad, and turn to my sugar-straws...then I would feel sadder
. I may go back to counting macros if I ever become nutrition-savy, but for me it's a little extreme right now and not something I'm up to.
I'm just going to try to eat foods that are good for me instead of processed crap. I'll keep it as stress free as possible, with no limits so long as what I'm eating is healthy. No counting, no stress. My boyfriend suggested allowing myself a straw and a small (snack size) bag of chips per week so I don't feel such a strong need to binge.