Cheater, cheater…
…I didn’t cheat on the diet, but I did cheat by weighing in 3 days early. Now I just have to let my mini-success spur me on rather than make me complacent. Cuz I came in at 138.5 today. Ohmygodohmygodohmygod, I broke the 140’s!!!
And I keep asking myself – why did I wait so long to do this? Why did I complain so much and say it was “too hard?” I keep remembering the part of the amazing adventures of dietgirl where she talks about seeing the ladies in line to weigh-in at WW talking about their water weight or the time-of-the-month effecting their weight and how much she wanted to just scream and say “That’s not me!” when her weightloss was stalling. That part of the book made a lot of sense to me – because I think I have been acting like those ladies in line, rather than being Super-Hero-Diet-Girl and just sucking it up and acting right. I mean really, I know what works:
- Eat LESS. LOTS LESS.
- Eat boring – I don’t need to be titillated by the taste of EVERY MEAL. An Amy’s Lasagna for lunch everyday is 300 calories of pretty tasty.
- Eat ONE snack a day, not lots of mini-meals. Different strokes for different folks, but I over eat or overly complicate the planning when I try for those meal plans of lots-of-mini-meals. I eat breakfast, lunch, a snack and dinner. Done.
- Drink water.
- And don’t drink alcohol. That isn’t easy but it’s definitely not complicated.
Also, it helps to stay busy or asleep. I slept in today, so I won’t be tempted to eat as much during the day. This week at work, I’ve had ACTUAL WORK to do, so I don’t want snacks or notice that I’m that hungry. I also acknowledged right up front that I wanted to eat for emotional reasons, and eating would not make me feel any better about missing Rowdy. I still miss Rowdy, but at least there is less of me to miss him. Is that callous to say? Probably. Don’t care, that just makes me thinner and bitchier, which go together.
Food/Exercise Today - 1024 calories
- Breakfast 279
- Dinner 596
- Snack 150
- Water 72 oz
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