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This looks like a 0.4 pound loss but in fact it was much more! I ate too much at my daughter's birthday followed by eating sandwiches at a Board meeting followed by 'sneaky' calories of crackers and cheese all the while trying to regain lost ground! So this 0.4 loss is a big accomplishment!
My friend introduced me to a way of eating that is being promoted by a group. Much of what they are talking about resonates with me and of course some does not!
Anyway the part that resonated is about making eating automatic. This means knowing what you are going to eat for each meal, have it planned and ready to go so there is no decision making in the moment when we are hungry and tired. Batch cooking so it is easier to eat what is prepared than to order in or change the plan on the fly. The promoter speaks about automaticity.
I have been following those precepts for many years especially when I have been successful at weight loss or maintenance so I know it works. Anyway it prompted me to take a good look at what I have been doing. My breakfast is done and planned (check), my lunch is planned and I eat just that (check) the same thing with supper (check) and then there is the after supper time and occasionally the time between lunch and supper which somehow become crackers and cheese and I would say could easily account for 200+ calories which somehow I seldom tracked. That makes them 'sneaky' calories.
I also noticed that I kept my crackers in a particular cupboard where they were both easily visible and easily accessed. So the crackers have moved their location in my cupboard and my way to bed no longer is past that cupboard! I will make it automatic that I do not eat crackers and cheese as I go to bed! New habit in the making. As always, as my friend told me, first we make habits and then habits make us.
Wish me luck in replacing this cracker and cheese habit!
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207.2 lb
Lost so far: 61.3 lb.
Still to go: 37.2 lb.
Diet followed reasonably well.
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Diet Calendar Entries for 21 September 2019:
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1263 kcal
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Fat: 39.57g | Prot: 64.16g | Carb: 167.25g.
Breakfast: Tea (Brewed), Honey, Whole Milk, Poached Egg, Kombucha, Yam. Lunch: Cream Cheese, Lettuce Salad with Assorted Vegetables, Whole Wheat Bread, Beet Soup (Borscht). Dinner: Diet to Go Baked Spaghetti Pie, Cooked Carrots, Lettuce Salad with Assorted Vegetables. Snacks/Other: 365 Greek Yogurt Plain. more...
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2660 kcal
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Activities & Exercise:
Resting - 13 hours and 34 minutes, Stretching (yoga) - 10 minutes, Dance (slow step) - 20 minutes, Sleeping - 9 hours, Weight Training (moderate) - 13 minutes, Running (jogging) - 5/mph - 8 minutes, Walking (slow) - 2/mph - 35 minutes. more...
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losing 0.4 lb a week
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