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I knew that I was going to have a friend over for dinner last night, so I tried to eat lightly throughout the day. When I entered what I thought I'd consume for our meal that night, I was very happily surprised to see that if I ate moderately, I could stick basically within my calorie allowance for the day.
This is a story of best laid plans, though. I ate basically what I'd planned at dinner (though she brought over a surprise piece of chocolate cake and I had an extra glass of wine), but after she left I did what I would have done in the past--served myself up a little more dinner food, then gobbled up a bunch of dates and chocolate without really thinking (or enjoying, I might add). I wasn't hungry--not at all. I did this because she left kind of early and I wasn't ready to go to bed, but I was slightly buzzed from the wine and couldn't think of anything else to do.
I went back and forth about entering all this food into my food journal--instead, I would have just considered it a "lost day." But this morning I did, to see what it would come up to. WOW. The amazing thing about this is that in the past, I would have eaten all that for dinner, plus I would not have eaten lightly during the day. No wonder I've gained weight over the past couple of years. My eating has been just out of control--and I really didn't realize to what an extent that was the case.
Instead of feeling badly, though, I really feel kind of good. Now I know what was going on, I know what I have to do, and moreover I know that I can do it.
There will be days when I don't count calories. I thought today might be one of them, in fact--my boyfriend is coming home from a week away and I'd like to make him a nice dinner, share a bottle of wine, and just enjoy myself. And actually, I will do that. But I will also keep track of what I'm eating during the day and make sure I can balance out what will be an indulgent night with a relatively virtuous day. I will also be absolutely sure to eat reasonable portions of whatever I make tonight, and not allow what happened last night to happen again.
I feel in control now. I think this whole diet thing might actually work.
Diet Calendar Entries for 27 March 2010:
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2293 kcal
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Fat: 68.16g | Prot: 77.87g | Carb: 313.11g.
Breakfast: breakstone's lowfat cottage cheese, grapefruit, banana, reduced fat organic milk. Lunch: Easy Asian vegetable soup. Dinner: olives, hummus, medjool date, blue cheese, baguette, beer, empanadas, maduros, mango salsa. Snacks/Other: Caramel Apple down under Lowfat Yogurt. more...
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2213 kcal
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Activities & Exercise:
Housework - 20 minutes, Stretching (yoga) - 30 minutes, Resting - 15 hours and 10 minutes, Sleeping - 8 hours. more...
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