Indulge: to allow oneself to enjoy a particular pleasure
Overindulge: to indulge in a particular pleasure to excess
Eating a normal amount of sweets or bread has always been almost impossible for me, hence, my no sugar habit since last July. I'm fortunate that bread and other dough foods do not agree with me so I gave them up long ago. One could make the point (that one being my husband) that I've not lost a pound since giving up sugar and I will agree the point. But here's the rub (the rub: a difficulty, especially one of central importance in a situation): even though I have not lost weight because of no sweets, I know without a shadow of a doubt if I had continued to eat sweets my weight would have gone up!! And I would've had to suffer through my weekly sugar-binge hangovers...not pleasant.
But I'm off topic. How to indulge but not overindulge. I still have plenty of indulgences and the only way I can keep from crossing into overindulging territory is to control the amount purchased. So for me the means indulging at a restaurant or buying a very specific amount at the grocery store to enjoy at home.
Every one is different and you may be one of those lucky people who can portion out a dessert and keep/freeze the rest for later, buy a big bag of chips and divide it up into portioned baggies, get those cookies on sale and have just 1 each day with your tea, or buy the gallon of ice cream because 1/4 of a cup is plenty for you.
OR...you are exactly like me BUT hope, wish and dream you're not! So you keep bringing your "excess pleasure" food into your house telling yourself this time will be different. This time you're going to get those baggies out and count out 21 chips. This time, although you've never done it before, that big honkin' cheesecake is going into the freezer for next time. Wrong, they all go into your mouth, 'cause you're just like me. And if for some reason you do not eat all of the cake/chips/ice cream/cookies, having it call your name until you do is agony and soul destroying (soul destroying may be just me, I tend to be high drama).
There's nothing wrong with you, or me, we're just not equipped with the portion control gene. So for us portion control must be taken out of our hands. And that's okay, in fact, it's wonderful! Imagine how you'd feel if you enjoyed a lovely piece of confectionery heaven knowing when it was finished there wasn't anymore to torture you? I'll tell you how you'd feel: in control and on Plan. I guess that's why for now I will continue to not eat desserts. Ribs on the other hand, bring 'em on!
2 comments:
So I won't brag about buying treats for guests the last two weekends and again this coming one (family). Chips and ice cream in the house but have NOT even touched them except 1/4 cup of ice cream when we had for dessert two weeks ago and about 10 chips. But give me a menu in a restaurant and someone orders onion rings...uuugggg. Well at least they are gone and not in the house...lol
Well, if you're not going to congratulate yourself (not bragging) Lynda then allow me! Chips AND ice cream??? I don't know how you do it. You may not be very tall, haha, but there is a lot of steely determination packed into your little body! Way to go!
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