Paying Attention

The last couple of weeks I've been eating out of control. It's never carby stuff, it's not in the house, and when we eat out, I do not, repeat, do not, order anything off plan, ever. When they bring croutons on the salad, I pick them all off. The ubiquitous bread is put aside.

But lately I've just had no control over my eating. And I've baked some low carb things that were gone sooner than they should have been, right down my gullet.

Where one should be adequate, I've eaten 2 or 3 or 4, of low carb foods, but when added up, they become a high carb accumulation. And it's shown up on the scales, big time. Enough to scare me into paying a lot more attention to what I've been eating.

So far the jeans still button and zip, so I'm not doing too bad in that regard.

What has been the biggest problematic foods? Sweets are at the top (my sweet tooth has never gone away, I was born with it, and I'll die with it.) Then cheese, which is odd, because usually I can take or leave cheese, but lately I've been taking it, lots of it! And cream cheese, which is an ok food, but not in the amounts I've been consuming.

Perhaps I need to start decreasing my artificial sweeteners, a little at a time. I use Sweetzfree or FiberFit, so they are 0 carbs, but still, they could be affecting my appetite, causing me to crave more sweets.

I guess the first step is realization that there is a problem, and then analyzing the problem, and figuring out a possible solution. For me, it will be paying attention to what I put in my mouth, to everything I put in my mouth. I HAVE to get a handle on this, before it spirals out of control.