On an average day, keep track of what you eat. Not only what, but how much. And please, please... if only for my peace of mind... be honest. We are talking an average day. Not the day you woke up to discover you had to do a dance to get your jeans on and only ate a salad with no dressing and two potato chips because you couldn't resist. I'm talking an average day, plus drinks. (and all those random trips to the fridge count... the glass of milk, the big mouthfuls of cold leftovers, a couple slices of sandwich meat, those precious oreos on the verge of becoming stale...)
Anyone? Anyone get less than 2,000?
I feel like I eat relatively healthy food with the (big) exception of alcohol. But I get hungry, and I eat huge portions of "good" food. Add in my drink(s) of choice, and *surprise!!!* I'm eating more than I burn.
For heavens sake, a quarter cup of plain old almonds (which is supposed to be healthy and good and blah blah blah) is 205 calories, and two IPAs (which are excellent for stress relief and mental health blah blah blah) are 460. I am nearing 700 calories in my day and I haven't even had a friggin meal. This makes me want to make it six brews, pop a multi, and call it a day.
But I have resisted the temptation. I've been well behaved for the last week or so, calorie wise, and I can tell. I do not own a scale, but I look less pregnant when I exhale. Kudos to me!
But I know its only a matter of time before I polish off that box of Mac'n'cheese, half a pizza, big bowl'o'Pho, spring roll, leftover Thai, bag-o-kettle chips, and a double portion of Ben&Jerrys Phish Food. And thats if I forget to eat breakfast! *sigh*
I am trying, it is working, but this lack of sustenance is making me irritable. Bear with me folks, I doubt it'll last long.
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Just to clarify, I do not usually have two beers and a handful of almonds for breakfast. Merely a notation of where many of my allotted calories go as the day wears on.
my dear, you are doing AWESOME! watching what one eats is SO much more difficult than it should be. isn't it a bummer that beers contain so many damned calories?
i get really cranky, too. all i've wanted for the last week is to sit down and mow an entire french baguette. every day that goes by that i don't get my damned baguette is another day that i grow more irritable. the thing i keep telling myself, though, is that in 2 weeks, i won't have to think twice about not eating it. in fact, i probably won't even think about that damned baguette. it's a lot like getting over an old boyfriend, i guess. i also know, though, that if i do slip, all that training, and all that habit building is going to have to start over. stay strong, if that's what you want. get a goal and keep it in mind. start small. Give yourself a month to take off a certain number of pounds or a certain number of inches. Or have a pair of jeans or pants that you want to fit a little less on the snug side. It's so much easier to stay on course when you can see and feel your progress. Hooray for positive reinforcement!
You're doing great, hon! Good luck with it!!!!
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