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[Warning: this is long!] Back up over 150. Not happy about that, but doing my best to take it in stride. This past week I wasn't at all careful about my eating, so I'm really not surprised.
The halfway point seems like a good place for me to reevaluate what's working and what's not:
- Low-carb works really well for me, as long as I stick to it. I like protein foods (meats, poultry, eggs, fish, cheese, etc.) and low-net-carb foods (veggies), so I'm not feeling deprived.
- I don't seem to miss grains or baked goods much. I had some cookies at a party on Sunday and found they were much too sweet for my taste. Had one potato chip and one pretzel -- meh. But the peanut butter cups? Oh, my! I could've Bogarted the whole bag.
- Sweet and high-fat in combination, like those PB cups, really set me off. And my DH is making fabulous home-made ice cream, a different flavor *every day*. We brought his butter-rum ice cream to the aforementioned party, and one of the guests, who is a marketing specialist, said he should sell the stuff! It really is that good, and I'm not just saying that 'cuz I'm married to the guy. :)
- Carbs are amazingly hard to avoid! I'm sure this is not news to anyone here. ;) Roast beef, lettuce, mustard, mayo, and a tomato slice have hardly any carbs to speak of, but then I put them between two slices of bread, and blammo! Carb-bomb.
- Amazingly enough, knowing that I should be exercising does not magically translate into actually exercising. I'm facing up to the fact that I will never establish any sort of exercise routine unless I make it a very high priority. I can only hope that once I do get a routine established, the thought of exercise won't be quite so much in the foreground of my mind, making me anxious and taking up valuable brain space I'd rather be spending on other things.
- I proclaimed a couple of months ago that I was going to quit drinking coffee. Nuh uh. Not happening. I don't have enough willpower to lose weight and quit caffeine at the same time. I *need* those caffeine hits to stay upright and functional. I *want* that wonderful comforting hot slightly bitter taste. Sometimes I feel that, dietarily speaking, coffee is my only friend, because I can have it when I can't or shouldn't have anything else. I will just put up with the galloping laryngopharyngeal reflux (took me 4 tries to type "laryngopharyngeal" correctly!) until I'm at my goal weight. At least my gastro doc will be pleased with my weight loss, I hope!
- Oh, and water. Eight glasses a day, yeah yeah yeah. May I just say right here and now how much I dislike drinking plain water? Water is bor-ing. And how does it work out that 8 glasses = 16, 32, 64 trips to the ladies' room? Yeesh. I should ask the tech guys to just move my computer in there and be done with it. :p
- Finally, do I really believe what I've said so often to my FatSecret pals, namely that "there are no bad foods"? If so, why am I even still thinking in terms of crossing foods off my list? Do I really believe that the way the clothes fit is more important than what the scale says? If so, why am I upset about this week's +1.9 pounds?
Somebody kick me in the pants and tell me to lighten up! :)
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151.8 lb
Lost so far: 48.2 lb.
Still to go: 31.8 lb.
Diet followed poorly.
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Diet Calendar Entries for 30 September 2013:
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344 kcal
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Fat: 16.08g | Prot: 32.03g | Carb: 20.30g.
Breakfast: Heavy Cream, Coffee (Brewed From Grounds). Lunch: Hunt's Sugar Free Chocolate Pudding Snack Pack, Salsa, Skinless Chicken Breast, Low Fat Milk, Coffee (Brewed From Grounds). more...
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2386 kcal
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Activities & Exercise:
Sleeping - 8 hours, Walking (slow) - 2/mph - 20 minutes, Desk Work - 8 hours, Housework - 2 hours, Driving - 1 hour, Sitting - 4 hours and 40 minutes. more...
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gaining 1.9 lb a week
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