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Actually, the scale shows more loss, but I decided this is probably realistic to record.
Was in Florida staying with relatives for family event; had to be very disciplined but I did well. Exercise is the hard one--I mostly did walking in neighborhood, food prep and cleanup and housekeeping, and walking on trails; nothing very vigorous.
Stress adds variables that I can't explain and it can mess up everything. My mantra: "Personal placidity, personal placidity, ... " Important to move away from all food that is out for nibbling. Also important not to feel martyred. I enjoyed picking out local Florida fish & prawns for my meals, prepared with almost no fats.
Watching others eat foolishly is a good lesson. It's so obvious when you watch as an observer, from after-church get-together with "a few sweets" to between meals grazing to the disappearing leftovers once in the refrig to disappearing large bowl of food during meal as relatives take seconds and thirds, whole platefuls. Looking into the wastebasket I saw lots and lots of food wrappers, discarded after someone ate alone and in secret.
Now that I'm home, I have to decide what holiday foods I will purchase and serve. No one in my family needs empty calories. Sentimental associations with family foods cannot be allowed to be rationale for unwise food purchases. We're all grownups in the family--skip the candy canes, etc. There were greenish pineapples on special in the store--I've bought two and they're going to be wonderful as a treat next week when they're riper.
Cheese is my favorite food. I've decided "life is too short to eat crummy cheese" and so I've cut out "gratuitous cheese" in salads, burgers, etc. Really a good idea--there is so much crummy cheese in American diets. I asked for a plain hamburger at the fast food restaurant and it was only $1--but not even on the overhead menu. I could have bought one or two more and had better nutrition than if I'd ordered the "loaded" burgers from the sign.
Have bought some small pieces of really good cheeses at a specialty market. I will put them out on a cheese and fruit board at Christmas and when they're gone, they're gone. No need to oversatisfy the most eager eater.
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170.0 lb
Lost so far: 7.0 lb.
Still to go: 20.0 lb.
Diet followed reasonably well.
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Diet Calendar Entries for 22 December 2015:
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2057 kcal
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Fat: 58.85g | Prot: 78.97g | Carb: 296.17g.
Breakfast: Plain Yogurt, Toasted Whole Wheat Bread, Almond Butter, Cordial or Liqueur, Spring Valley Calcium 600 Mg with Vitamin D, I Can't Believe It's Not Butter! Light Vegetable Oil Spread, Egg Omelet. Lunch: Hillshire Farm Beef Summer Sausage, Cheddar Cheese. Dinner: Keebler Toasteds Wheat Crackers, Peanut Butter Cookie, Bananas, Rice Pudding, Chicken or Turkey Vegetable Soup (Home Recipe). Snacks/Other: Skim or Nonfat Milk (Calcium Fortified), Eggland's Best Large Grade A Eggs, Whiskey. more...
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1959 kcal
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Activities & Exercise:
Cooking - 1 hour, Resting - 15 hours, Sleeping - 8 hours. more...
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losing 2.6 lb a week
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