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naaaah, don't stress, you could have done worse... pizza isn't that evil. At least it wasn't a bucket of KFC!
Easy fixed: Just take it easy food-wise tomorrow.... have fruit instead of toast for example for brekkie... and drink lots of water to keep you feeling full... one day's sacrifice should do it.... and don't eat any cheese tomorrow! that's probably the worst of it.
So what flavour was it? LOL was it thin crust? (my preferred type which is better for you than than thick) and what did you wash it down with? Hopefully not coke... softdrink is the worst element of most takeaways i reckon.
hmmmm... I might dial a pizza myself ROFL it's just me and the youngest two home tonight... I'd happily eat a small thin crust vegatarian pizza by myself too ;)
You know what? If its just a once off and you don't normally eat a whole pizza by yourself - don't beat yourself up about it.
What's done is done - tomorrow's another day and all that :hug:
Hey! don`t stress hun,just go for a nice long walk tomorrow,lol.;)
Hehe two pizzas on their way! One vego, one Bbq chicken... DH and DD are at the Sound Relief concert and will come home starving and I'm not going out in this storm! Well that's MY excuse!!!
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Well, like Arimeh said, as long as you don't do it all the time... the thing with eating is that when you over eat it stretches your stomach (you know that) and if you do it too often you'll suffer a weight problem. My usual limit with pizza is 3 pieces... but I occassionally can do more if the crust is very thin and the topping minimal. I can't stomach too much bread or bulk... i'm also a grazer... I haven't eaten a "meal" today for example... just little snacks here and there... nibbled on a bit of lettuce and sliced chicken when making sandwiches for the boys lunch... had a few crackers... had a wedge of camembert... um, what else... 2 coffees.... a handful of Cheerios (a treat which we usually don't buy... I classify them as junk food... DH was weak when he did the shopping with my 5yo last week). Anyhow... I have never dieted but I basically make sure i don't stretch my stomach capacity very often... maybe once every few months... though having said that I'm cold ATM which is often a reason for overeating with me!
god, the amount of times i've eaten a full pizza and beaten myself up about it. **** happens i say, just be good tomorrow! food is one of the things in life that we are supposed to enjoy, so if you enjoyed it, then you did nothing wrong!
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Eeeek about the coke habit. Darl, if I was you I'd just try to focus on dropping the coke... I agree: you're SURE to drop a few kilos based on that decision alone. Everyone I know who has a coke habit has a weight issue... it truly is insideous stuff. Sorry to lecture... I have a bit of a personal war against the stuff... it IS the devils liquid! Well described indeed!
They warned me that my pizzas could take a while... up to an hour... but I said that was ok... am cooking my boys eggs in the meantime... they won't eat much pizza anyhow.
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Dominos here too.... and 5 pieces stopped me! LOL But I think they must have made a mistake regarding the crust... it was too thick :( :( :( And yep, they were small, I make shortbread rounds bigger than this pizza!
Go back to lemonade... and maybe only outside the house (don't stock the pantry with it). Just make sure it doesn't have fake sugar... that's the evil bit. Read my thread about what drinking coke does to the body HERE if you want a bit more incentive ;)
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hun, i'm another person that gets headaches without having caffeine regularly - after having every test under the sun and trying meds essentially the same except the caffeine content, i was told to drink coke to get rid of the headaches! i dont' drink coffee and not enough caffeine in the occassional cup of tea i have to get rid of them. i can go weeks (went 5 months on two cans of coke) - but sometimes it's ok have them if it's going to help! it's the habit of having more than one every day - or even one every day that makes it bad for you. i have a target of how much water i have to have every day - at least 3 L a day - and if i make sure i have water with me at all times so that i'm not tempted by junky drinks - i HAVE to have a headache to touch coke now kwim?:
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oh wow, there is something wrong with eating a whole pizza alone?:redface:
Must remember that for next time...;)
I can understand wanting to avoid those caffiene withdrawal headaches... if I don't have a coffee each day i get them... but occassionally I take an asprin instead of caving into the coffee. I don't usually add sugar to my coffee though... that's the trouble with softdrink: all that sugar is not worth it. Eliminate softdrink and I'm certain you'll see a few kilo's go along with it.
it's defintely about finding balance Bath - i can't drink coffee and when i get a headache of any sort, nothing except high doses of codeine will help - i have minimal sugar most of the time (extremely low GI diet here) so the sugar in the coke every few days at the moment is, in my opinion, not a big drama. if i was using it every day on top of a heap of other sugar, i'd admit it was a problem - but i'd rather not load myself up on pain meds if i can avoid it kwim??:
(i'll just footnote this by saying i've had to have surgery on both my wrist and my ankle that had me on pain meds in the lead up for periods of six to eight months - panadeine forte for both - i was unable to function without the pain meds - having been essentially dependant on them for long periods of time, i don't want to go back down that path... the bad bits of soft drink don't, in my mind, equate to the addiction to pain killers - definitely don't want to go there again... hope that makes sense...)
But the insidious thing about coke, specifically, is it's addictive qualities. It seems to me that the people I know who drink coke find it very hard to maintain moderation of consumption. They always have a bottle in the fridge. I just think it's a really worrying trend... not pointing the finger at any individual. It has become more than an occasional drink for too many people to almost a weekly shopping staple. And I don't buy the "but at least I don't drink 10 coffees a day" false comparison... the stuff is really bad and I worry about children who grow up in families that ALWAYS, I mean, always have a bottle of coke in the fridge. Sorry to lecture in your thread Anila... and I don't condemn you, honestly darl... I'm purely talking in terms of societal trends. Coca cola have created a monster... and they should be disgusted with themselves... I know you can't start telling people what they can and can't eat and drink... but I think there needs to be at least a public education campaign to actually make people aware of what a cola habit does to you, and the cost to the health system.
I wouldn't worry one iota about eating a whole pizza... at least your body will get some nutrition from it... a bottle of coke however :(
i guess like everything, it comes down to moderation. there ARE people that are addicted to soft drink (of many variations - not just coke) - they need to learn to drink it in moderation... same as anything, moderation is the key:
i am one person that always has softdrink and cordial in my house - i'll happily admit it - but it doesn't mean i drink it all the time. i would prefer water most of the time - and i find having the softdrink there means i DON'T crave or binge on it - but that's ME. i think we all have to learn our own limits, note when we've messed up (like binging on pizza or whatever else), learn and move on from it. most of our soft drink is in cans - it limits the amount you drink (how many people open a large bottle of softdrink and then just HAVE to drink it so it doesn't go flat) - large bottles are just there in flavours that we share with others when they're here...
i also ALWAYS have lollies and chocolate in my house - doesn't mean i eat them all the time - but they are here to stop that craving and binge response...
Yes, moderation, but I think that when it comes to soft drink there needs to be a public campaign to actually say what is and what is not drinking it in moderation. Many people would say that drinking just one can a day is "moderate"... but I don't. So what is the definition of "moderation"? Personally I would say about 2 drinks per month... for coke... because it's that toxic. The word 'moderation' is just too vague. Public health authorities see fit to tell us how much alcohol is safe to drink per day and I say they should also include soft drink (especially the colas). Y'know, I would hazard a guess and say that the cost to the public purse with people consuming the current levels of coke that they do would be comparable to that of fatty food. We are always having it drilled into us to avoid saturated fats (because it can lead to heart disease etc) well what about the health cost of soft drink derived sugar? Consider all the (is it type 2?) diabetics who contracted their condition from drinking too much soft drink? And the cost of obesity. And the cost of dental health (I know dentistry isn't covered by Medicare but there still is a large public (tax) funded dental scheme for welfare recipients... think of all the cavities that we are paying to be filled due to daily soft drink consumption? And there is evidence to suggest that dental decay also leads to heart disease (something to do with bacteria entering the bloodstream).
Really sorry for my soapbox attitude on this one... hope I have been fair and tactful, whilst still passionate about education on the harm of drinking too much coke.
i think the problem isn't SOLELY softdrink - it's about balancing your whole dietary approach. i can't see a can of coke a day as a problem IF it's something you balance out with other healthy alternatives. i drink 3L of water (minimum) a day - if i drink coke, i add double the volume of water for that day (so one can of coke means one pump bottle of water extra) - i have a very low GI diet, rarely eat things like pizza (no offence to the OP!) and if i do, i get it from a shop that has a thin crust and most of the pizza is vegatable toppings rather than a chain store (pizza hut, dominos) as i find that they make me ill from the level of oil in the base alone. i have never had a filling due to tooth decay - and as i mentioned, i was recommended this approach by a neurosurgeon, so it's not just something i decided i'd do on my own. for ME, this works, for others, it wouldn't. i think you have to look at so much more than JUST the consumption of coke (or any other softdrink) - ooh, and i'd drink coke over diet anytime cos i've seen the impacts of artificial sweeteners on people in my life - not good:
lol LISA your funny.
i used to do that aswell
im finding more and more the last few weeks i have become and emotional eater with all teh bad stuff happening i cant help but eat bad food.
i stock teh house up with healthy stuff but when im at work i duck out adn grab chips instead of my sandwhich which i made that morning,
dont worry, i am stuck with you in the coke this.
we keep coke in our house as hubby likes it with his bourbon, he has maybe 3 or 4 a week on a big week otherwise its 1 on sat night.
the kids arent allowed coke, only on special occasions, its either lemonade, fruit juice or water, mainly water.
we have more bottles of water in teh fridge than anything else lol its kinda funny really.
dont worry about 1 pizza.
start with me today on the no unhealthy food for a month.
im also going to go for a jog in the morning before hubby goes to work and see how i feel after that i need to shed some kg's aswell im feel frumpy again lol
next time im up your way we will go and haev a nice healthy lunch and shopping spree for those new clothes we will need after we loose all our weight lol :D
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Anila - any lifestyle change needs to be done over a period of time or you're never going to be able to sustain it. going from eating junk and drinking coke to salad and water overnight - your body won't be able to cope with it
cutting down and gradually replacing bad with good is far easier to do and will help you to reach new eating habits that are ultimately more sustainable and better for you. if you go the path you've tried (cold turkey) you'll have major issues - caffeine withdrawals, sugar withdrawals etc - and it's going to make you ill and mean you won't end up sustaining the changes.
FWIW - i can't eat "just" a salad - i HAVE to have protein with my salad (either egg or chicken) - salad veg is just not enough to sustain me. take a look at low GI eating habits and use those - dont' try changing to some ideal healthy straight away - it won't work
as to the coke and sugar etc - you need to wean yourself off them, replace a portion of the sugar for a period of time (cordial rather than coke if need be) - otherwise your body is going to suffer big time (as you noticed yesterday) and that's not a healthy thing at all. it's about gradual change, not sudden...
:hug: Well done on deciding to make a change Anila!!! :D You can do this! I find that replacement is the key when you want to eliminate a certain food/drink from your daily diet. And like BG said you have to kind of ease into it. So... instead of having the coke how about replacing each glass with say, an icy pole. Ok, yes still alot of sugar... but not as much (unlike Coke they don't need to add anti-nausea chemicals to icy poles to stop you from vomiting due to the high sugar content ). So... maybe go and buy a box of plain icy poles and have one when you get home (or before) that school walk? It would be a start. How do you feel about taking a pain killer for the headaches that you might get for a few days?
So proud of you at least making the decision to quit the coke habit. You WILL notice a difference!
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Yep, just continue substituting for a few days so that you can finally crack this coke habit. I would seriously consider pouring any coke that you have in the house down the sink. Your DH will just have to have another drink instead or buy his rum and coke at the pub.
I agree... the worst of all your junk food habits is the coke... by FAR. I would even consider some hypnotherapy to imbed a firm psychological distaste for the stuff deep into your subconscience. On this theme I would actually screw up your face in disgust when pouring it down the sink... and even re-affirm it with a verbal "good riddance evil liquid!". When you are reading the paper and come across a coke advert also screw up your nose. I read somewhere that our physical reactions translate into feelings. eg if you make your face smile the muscles involved lead to triggering happy brain chemicals. So try the opposite strategy with your Coke kicking ambition. You really need to start hating the stuff with a passion. I mean, look at what it's done to you... but now that's going to stop! :clap: