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06 March 2010
Ignorance
was
bliss...now the things I'm forcing myself to be aware of are just downright frightening. My family wanted to order out tonight so I was searching the internet for some possible options in out area...was contemplating an Italian place. I was craving pizza so I thought I would see how many calories/points their 10" cheese pizza would be. According to info I found on FS, eating one "personal" pizza would take care of my entire point allowance for the day and get me pretty close to my caloric limit. I'm still in shock. And I thought that I was pretty savvy about a lot of nutritional things but I guess I conveniently overlooked pizza. Usually, when I've eaten pizza or other things I know aren't good for me, I've purposely not found out the nutritional information because I didn't want to know...now I know why I didn't want to know...and why I NEED to know more than ever! God (and everybody else) knows I have easily eat that pizza
in addition to
a day's worth of calories. No wonder I am where I am today.
This was important for me. I think it's really going to influence my decisions in the future. I liken it to when I found out (years and years ago) how many points/calories/fat were in an Ultimate Cheeseburger from Jack-in-the-Box. I have never been able to eat once since. I'm not saying I'll never have a piece of pizza again but I will certainly look at it much differently. And I won't be eating an entire "personal" pizza by myself again. I just don't think I'll be able to...knowing what I now know.
I'm still a little bit dumbfounded about the whole chain of events that lead me to this journal entry because really, I'm not dumb. I guess I just really haven't wanted to know. I wonder what will surprise me next. Whatever it is, I'm ready.
I'm going to lose the weight this time...I am. I've never felt like this before. I can do it.
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04 March 2010
Changing my lifestyle and using FS to do so has really made me learn a lot about myself and "dieting" in general. I've been trying really hard to stay within my caloric range that I set for myself...I was craving an WW ice cream bar so I decided to sit down and enter the rest of my food to see if I have any room for the treat. It turns out that I DON'T. Before this week, I would have just said, "Well, I want it...what's an extra 130 calories?"...but tonight I didn't. I'm done eating. It's over. Kitchen closed. Calories all used up for today. Tomorrow's a new day. Interesting concept...I'm sure this isn't that major of a concept for most but for me, it's HUGE!
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02 March 2010
Day two of paying attention to both calories and points...interesting that I'm at the same amount of calories for the day but have eaten about 5 or 6 more points than the same amount of calories afforded yesterday. Points/Calories--whatever--it's about the food choices...and of course, the scale on Sunday.
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01 March 2010
Yay! Successful first day of March--trying to pay attention to points and calories. I know they are related but so many people on FS just do calories so I want to see if I stay within a certain amount of calories, if I will reach my goals any more easily. Done eating for today. :) Didn't get the exercise in but my realistic goal is three times a week for two weeks...then I'll try to increase it to four times a week. I've been at zero times a week for most of my life so three is reasonable and attainable for now.
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28 February 2010
Revelation (Take 2)/Note to self: It's so much easier to make the right food choices and add some exercise into my life when I remember why I'm doing this in the first place: for my HEALTH and my CHILDREN/FAMILY. Somehow, I often forget that I'm doing it for those reasons, and really those reasons alone. I keep thinking I'm doing it to look better and somehow, while that will be a great side effect, that's not why I'm doing this and never what motivates me long-term. I'm trying to figure out why looking better is not a motivator...maybe because this is how I've been my whole life (give or take 50lbs) and this is really all I know. Maybe because I have a husband and family and friends who love me how I am... not entirely sure why but just wondering about it to myself. In any event, I DO know what DOES motivate me: HEALTH...being around for my kids for as long as possible...being active for them...not being the, "no, I'm too tired mom"...not being too fat to meet their needs. Why do I lose sight of that reason which does motivate me?
Maybe I need to put little sticky notes around the house: HEALTH, KIDS, FUTURE, FEELING BETTER. I'm close to going that route.
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