What do you think of my sway?

[atomic sagebrush]

Hey, a bad week due to AF is the best time to have a bad week so just regroup and move forward now. It's the hormones at that time of the month - makes you both hungrier and have lower willpower so just forgive it and move on. DON"T try to now get super strict to "make up for it" or anything like that. I promise it happens to everyone, it's ok.

How many cals?

[atomic sagebrush]

Hi, thanks for your response!

I think youÂ’re spot on about the bingeing - I really need to eat more at lunch. The coke actually helps as I donÂ’t useually drink stuff like that and I find it so sweet that it does stop me wanting chocolate.

The wine I think is ok and lowers blood sugar even though that seems impossible! I have a glass as IÂ’m cooking and then another glass as I eat. IÂ’m not sure about if it has to always be only with food so will be great to get more clarification on that. It really helps me limit my eating so thats working well for me

Here's the thing about Diet Coke. Yes, it can make people feel hungrier BUT for those of us who really crave sweet stuff it is a great way to have them. Personally, I find diet drinks really helpful when I'm losing weight, always have. You just have to take into account that they can make you get hungry shortly after drinking them and take it into account.

Re the wine, technically wine is supposed to be with a meal but that is a rule that many of us, myself included, bent (or in my case, shattered into a zillion pieces LOL - but then again I don't have PCOS and if anything actually have low blood sugar at times) Now, you're correct in that it's a balancing act in which you have to ask yourself "is this helping me stick to the diet ~mostly~" and if it is, it may be a trade that you are ok with doing. For me personally, I broke a few rules - had real sugar in my morning coffee, often had my beer (I had beer instead of wine) while cooking dinner or an hour after - because I felt that overall I was doing better on diet by being realistic

The thing that I believe the key to dieting in general, not only sway diets but ALL diets, is that you have to be realistic with yourself about what YOU will stick to to get most of the benefits. Some(most)times what is ideal/optimal is not realistic or doable for people and so they try and fail and give up. We want to aim for sustainable and stick-to-able and if you are finding a good place by bending a few rules here and there, I'm ok with that, I think it is still going to be ok for your sway.

[Ohdeer]

I’ve been away so missed these awesome replies. I did feel pretty bad after the AF binge but recently I’ve adopted two of your mantras as my compass: 1. Not to sweat the small stuff and just head in the direction of maternal decline (but not TOTAL decline) = helps to sway and 2. To stop stressing about specific foods and just stick in the limits.

As part of that I’m sticking with wine before a meal because it’s helping me not reach for cheese and therefore go over on my limits. And if it’s the ONE thing I do that’s less good for my blood sugar then I’m hoping that the fact I’m being good all of the other times in the day balances it out :-)