{"id":148,"date":"2015-10-29T22:51:32","date_gmt":"2015-10-29T22:51:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cluckeyo.com\/blog\/?p=148"},"modified":"2015-11-20T17:17:32","modified_gmt":"2015-11-20T17:17:32","slug":"thinking-it-through","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cluckeyo.com\/blog\/index.php\/2015\/10\/29\/thinking-it-through\/","title":{"rendered":"Thinking it Through"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_150\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-150\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cluckeyo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/motherdaughter.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-150\" src=\"https:\/\/cluckeyo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/motherdaughter.jpg\" alt=\"Be Your Own Good Parent\" width=\"620\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cluckeyo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/motherdaughter.jpg 620w, https:\/\/cluckeyo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/motherdaughter-300x160.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-150\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Be Your Own Good Parent<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Last night I had a hard time sleeping and stayed up very late. \u00a0After awhile I got physically hungry, but I had no calories left, and I found myself craving all kinds of rich foods. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I did ok by just ignoring the cravings for awhile. \u00a0And to help with the hunger, I ate a can of sliced beets. I really like beets. \u00a0The pickled variety contains a lot of sugar, but these were just plain sliced beets. They are a relatively low calorie vegetable, loaded with good nutrition. \u00a0For that reason, I did not worry about the few calories that they do contain. \u00a0Eating them helped my hunger pangs. \u00a0But I was working on technical stuff, and some things were not going my way. That added a little stress to the equation, so the cravings returned with a vengeance.<\/p>\n<p>I started zeroing in on all the good things we have to eat in the house and my focus settled on the Fritoes Scoops and a small amount of Hot Bean Dip that was left in the fridge. \u00a0Again, I had no calories left for that at all and after the beets, I can&#8217;t say that I was really, physically hungry anymore. \u00a0Still, they were calling my name. \u00a0I almost got them out and ate them, but mentally, I was trying to talk myself out of it.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, I like to think I took the leadership role with my inner child. First I said, &#8220;Ok, just go stretch out on the couch and think about this for a few minutes&#8221;. \u00a0That was a really helpful tactic. \u00a0Because while I was lying there, I thought of things like, what all I had eaten that day, and how I have already lost 11 &#8211; 1\/4#, and how I wanted to see a loss on the scale tomorrow morning,&#8230; \u00a0So it refreshed me a little and kind of balanced my mood. \u00a0Then I said, &#8220;Ok, you can have the fritoes and bean dip in the morning. \u00a0Right now, have a glass of tea, and in the morning, have the fritoes and bean dip for breakfast&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, this few minutes of rest allowed me some time to settle down, so pretty soon after that, I just got up and quickly cleaned the kitchen. \u00a0Then I went to bed.<\/p>\n<p>The adult in me did prevail. \u00a0And the scale showed a 1\/4# loss this morning, which I am very happy about! \u00a0For breakfast, I enjoyed Fritoes Scoops and Hot Bean Dip \ud83d\ude42 \u00a0I suppose I could have bribed my inner child if I had needed to. \u00a0&#8220;Put this off until morning and you can order a book from Amazon&#8221;. 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