It was a crazy morning at the Pea household.  I was late rolling out of bed.  It’s raining.  Whiskey Bob (cat) got out of the house and I had to chase him down. In the rain.  (Um, he has CH, and as such, can’t run very well.  He’s basically Hawk Bait outdoors.) I managed to pack my and Mr. Pea’s lunches, but I ran out of time to scramble eggs for breakfast.  Mr. Pea and the kids don’t mind – they all grab granola bars and instant breakfast.  Me, not such a good choice, as the granola bars are the peanut butter kind and instant breakfast = all sorts of extraneous calories.    So I leave the house, with a grumbling stomach.

I drop DirtBike off at school and start the gauntlet run to the office.  I have to drive past the following:

How DARE they tempt me?

How DARE they try to thwart my efforts to shrink my fanny?

How does this end?  I get to work and eat half a can of Progresso light chicken soup from my desk drawer.  *sigh*  It’s a good way to start the day.

Say No to Snarfage Temptation.  Keep the Faith.

As part of my weight loss adventure, I learned the importance of logging and tracking what I eat.  It was very educational in the early days, because over the years, my view of an appropriate serving size and my idea of a ‘well balanced diet’ had become extremely warped. I’m pretty much on track now, but I continue to journal my food intake and exercise output.

There are days, however, when I look at that tracker and my head explodes in an eruption of meanness, pointed directly at myself.  I harass myself with the memories of naughty goodness that I wish I never ate.  Sometimes it’s a brownie, or maybe mashed potatoes. Other days it’s bread. With butter.

Since when did I become my own smack-down?  Where’s my inner cheerleader? I ate what I ate and owned up to it.  But what about the empty calories that I DIDN’T eat? As Josie over at Yum Yucky recommends, it’s time to give myself some credit for the crappy foods within chewing distance that didn’t pass my lips.

Reverse Food Journaling is logging the uneaten. Recording the opportunities for noshing on sugary, fatty and otherwise delicious snarffage that will only go straight to my butt. WHICH, by the way, I am still working very hard at shrinking and toning.

So today? Today I’m starting W.I.D.E. – What I Didn’t Eat.  I’m starting with this:

You can click on the pictures and it will pop up a slide show where you can read the snarky comments on each picture.  (Thank you, WordPress, for such spiffy gadgets!)

Be Your Own Cheerleader.  Keep the Faith.