Marlene Get Serious's Journal, 26 February 2024

Just carry-on as normal every day Marlene. I’ve had these splurges always and it’s perfectly fine. ❤️ 

😔 I feel so guilty. 😊 Good morning!! 

Looks delicious. No water diet. Just return to center. 🙃 

No guilt e writhing on that plate is good😊 

YUM! 

Oh please don’t feel guilty. That’s so ad. This food was just food. No guilt needed my love. xo 

wow i would never come close to eating that if i were trying to lose weight 

Just don't go crazy, it's all good! 

Looks like a pretty low carb meal. Lots of protein. We need protein to burn fat. Starving ourselves is not good either. The body goes into panic mode and stops burning fat. Don't beat yourself up. 

low carb high protein that's me 

I agree with Lenni. 

Looks good and yeah there is a lot of protein here; it’s a good thing, and it is my kind of meal 

Marlene get serious; don’t feel guilty; nothing here to feel guilty about 

So weird i was just reading this when a little news blurb popped up. Outback is closing 40 locations… 

This is a normal meal for me. High protein is filling! Love it! What is your water diet? 

Kadenammon, that's not a helpful or constructive comment. First of all she's already stated that this was a splurge situation that was unusual for her. The way you presented your opinions could be very hurtful to a person who is trying their best to lose weight and have special occasions in their life. Life has special occasions and to avoid disordered eating we have to recognize that some days we are not going to eat perfectly and that's Okay. To fail to recognize that some days are not perfect is going to set us up for failure please don't buy into that kind of culture and certainly it's not helpful when you push other people in that direction. I'm sure that you didn't mean to be harmful, but it would be a lot more helpful if you would say something like "you could increase water intake to reduce water retention or up veggies to decrease fat ingested in a meal or you could just abstain from saying anything if you didn't like the meal. Personally I think for a sometimes meal that the meal was just fine. But once again my opinion doesn't really matter for her meal plan because it's hers right? But really it was a lovely meal dear and hope you enjoyed the Cirque soli show you got to see. I've always wanted to see one their shows although I have watched the videos on Netflix. I would not feel guilty for the one meal but rather just think about it as a wonderful life experience. How many of those do you get right it sounds like you had a wonderful time. 

WHY DO YOU FEEL GUILTY? Thats a perfectly healthy meal. In fact, I eat like that daily! 😋 How was the show? I've never been but thought of going here in Atlanta. Steak is PERFECT with 🍤.  

@everyone, thank you all. All of your advice was very helpful. Thank you for all of your support; I am ready for this change, but I am still working on my commitment and follow-through. I'm looking for a happy medium where I don't feel deprived or starved. Jebjabba, the show was nice, it was my first time seeing it. Today I fasted with lots of fluids to give the gut a rest from the red meat. I didn't even realize that A steak and eggs diet turns you into a fat burning furnace by allowing your body to burn fat. The liver converts fat into fatty acids and ketone bodies, which replaces glucose as an energy source.  

Like it's been said, absolutely no reason to feel guilty. There are so many choices you could have made that would be less healthy than this. That would have been OK too as an occasional splurge. Even if your weight was up, if you get back to your normal WOE it should quickly drop again. This weight loss journey should be training you how to live life in a healthy way. Resteraunt meals are a part of that. Pat yourself on the back for doing it well ❤️ 

SherryeB, Thank you SherryeBm you're right!! self control, and a learning process. I'm overjoyed to have discovered fatsecret; in adding up the calories of foods we take for granted without recognizing how much they add up too.