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I've just completed the food diary for my night out last night and I'm about 800 cal over my RDI of 1500. Two things are amazing to me now - the first is how quickly that intake shows up on the scale. I'm up to 57.4 this morning which is 800gr over yesterday (1 gram per calorie???) The second is that the quantity of food that felt normal just a few short months ago now feels like way too much. In fact, before December I'd have probably put away even more than I did last night, certainly another drink, one or two more meze dishes and probably a whole dessert instead of sharing one.
I'm now seriously considering giving up alcohol completely. Now that it's only a once a week thing, and only one or two drinks, I can feel its effects on my body much more clearly and in fact I don't like those effects very much. When I'm drinking I feel tired and unfocussed and the following day I feel heavy and sluggish. Despite my recent bout of flu and the accompanying tiredness (which is still affecting me) in general I feel much more energetic and "lighter" than I used to. I can see that alcohol damages that feeling of well-being, even in small quantities. We'll see....
Last night's "indulgence" was on plan but I'm also wondering if I want to do that to my body any more. I didn't have anything really unhealthy I suppose but I'm just getting used to eating in a much lighter, healthier way, and things that used to be appealing are now much less so. The night out was a belated Valentine's celebration and our daughters were with us, too. We had great fun but foodwise I'd probably rather have had a poached egg and some wilted spinach at home!
I have to go to work for a couple of hours today to invigilate exams. That will take a chunk out of the day which I can't say I'm too happy about. Still, it's a lovely sunny day and I'll walk there and back, a total of about 5 miles.
Diet Calendar Entry for 19 February 2012:
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1728 kcal
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Fat: 70.98g | Prot: 78.45g | Carb: 200.37g.
Breakfast: strawberries, grapes, rolled oats, banana, honey, coffee, sunfllower seeds, yoghurt. Lunch: cheese, olives, egg, rye bread, apple. Dinner: tomato, french fries, homemade hamburger. Snacks/Other: shortbread biscuit. more...
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