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As work week 1 wraps up, I'm pretty proud of myself. It's relatively easy for me to eat healthy food when I'm at home (like I had been over the holidays), but at work there are so many temptations and I often find myself snacking throughout the day or eating crap just because it's free. This week I've remembered to bring breakfast and lunch with me to work every day and it's made a huge difference. It's also saving me money! By not eating at the local restaurants I've saved $50 on lunch this week.
I haven't gone to the vending machine once, or bought extra treats from the cafe in the building where I work (one of my previous regular habits!). I also didn't give in to the chocolate bonbons that someone in our office left in the staff room. It has been SO difficult for me to pass up free sweets like that. My new trick is to ask myself: Do you want to be fat? Because really, that IS the choice I'm making - eat the fattening thing, or don't. But phrasing it this way is more effective than the sweets-monkey inside me saying GIVE US TREATS! Do I want a treat? Yes, of course I do. But do I want to be fat? NO!!!
Earlier this week I dug out the bathroom scale and installed fresh batteries. I got on the scale this morning and it was 1 pound less than the last couple days, but I'll wait until Monday to do an official weigh in. I'm going to call them Milestone Mondays and just record my weight on those dates, to prevent feeling like I'm stuck on a roller coaster of up-down weight throughout the week (though I will probably still weigh myself every day - I can't resist!).
I was also happy to see one of the local chain restaurants has a couple options for lunch that I can have within my calorie budget. They're still proportionally high in fat and sodium, but at 400 calories it's not like I'm ruining my efforts by eating there once in a while. I still need to investigate other healthy quick lunches I can make when the hummus and vegetable thing gets old.
Diet Calendar Entries for 10 January 2014:
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1699 kcal
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Fat: 47.51g | Prot: 51.36g | Carb: 206.86g.
Breakfast: Stonyfield Farm Lowfat Strawberry Yogurt, Kashi Chewy Granola Bars - Cherry Dark Chocolate, Coffee with Cream and Sugar. Lunch: Boloco tikka masala. Dinner: Samuel Adams Brown Ale Beer, Cornbread (Home Recipe), Cream of Leek Soup (Prepared with Milk). more...
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2340 kcal
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Activities & Exercise:
Walking (moderate) - 3/mph - 20 minutes, Resting - 15 hours and 40 minutes, Sleeping - 8 hours. more...
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