As you could tell from my previous posts, the first week of the new year didn't start out as well as I had hoped. I'm good at planning and knowing what should be done....I stink at actually doing it.
I needed a wake-up call so I decided to add a function to the Fit book log. In addition to recording my meals and snacks, I'm recording the amount of calories consumed for each meal/snack. The goal is to keep my total daily intake at or below 2,000 calories...which is significantly less than what I had been consuming on a regular basis.
Monday was great! I actually planned out my meals, wrote them in the log and then proceeded to follow that plan. The only derailment came that night when I snacked on peanut butter Girl Scout cookies. Since those are gone now, there's no risk of repeating that mistake. However, it proves how easy it is for me to jump off the wagon. Since my meals were well balanced yesterday, I still came in around my intake goal....the huge salad for dinner helped, not many calories there!
Today started out a little crazy. I was late getting up so I didn't pack a lunch. Breakfast was fine, I keep oatmeal and those cereal bars in my office for such occasions. Lunch, however.....
Did you know that a Quarter pound cheeseburger, medium fries and medium Coke from MacDonald's totals a whopping 1,040 calories?? That's over 1/2 my intake for the day. Pair that with the 160 calories from breakfast and my dinner options are pretty limited.
It doesn't matter how much water I drink or whether I manage to get the right number of servings of veggies and protein. I can qualify that lunch as one serving of whole grain, a serving of protein and a serving of dairy. What matters is the realization that I blew a lot of wasted calories on a lousy...and expensive...meal. After its all over I have to ask myself....was it worth it?
If you, like me, are struggling to ignore the Siren's call of fats, sugars and easy meals.....start counting calories for everything that goes in your mouth.
Good Morning!!
I (sometimes) use and app on my iphone called "Lose it" It's very non-judgemental, just very black and white telling me that I have used so many calories and have this many left. Oh, and if I tell it I exercised, I get more calories. If I make it into a game, it works for me. Well, when I actually use it! I need to get back on track. :)
ReplyDeleteI was also shocked at how many calories things have. It's a huge wake up call.
I hope you are doing well. I know how hard it is to get back in the blogging habit!
Thanks Susan!! I'll have to check that out... I've really been liking the Fitbook - but I have trouble doing the end of week/beginning of week log. No matter what one uses, its very helpful to have that reality check though! Hope you are doing well too....and yes, I need to do some more posting. :-)
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