stuff I like to lose

Jul 01, 2011 12:33

So there are some advantages to being home all day with the kid:

I've been tracking my calorie intake for thirty days.
If you've ever tried this, you know it's a pain in the ass.

Stop! Before you bite that, weigh it. Look up it's nutrition content. Add it to the spreadsheet. Oh, time to make dinner? Well, WAIT. Take note of all the ingredients. Add it up. What fraction thereof do you plan to eat? Divide! Add! Do you want to rethink that, maybe, cuz your budget only rooms for half that plate.

There's no way I could do this if I were working full-time. I couldn't even keep up with it while the Kinglet was in preschool, what with all the driving back and forth and coming home starved out of my mind. Now, though, life unfolds at a predictable pace. I can plan ahead, and I've got my laptop handy to look stuff up.

The only snags are when I eat something someone else cooked - you can't tactfully ask your mother-in-law to give you her recipe over a family dinner, and unless you're dining at a chain restaurant you can only guess what went into that whatever that you ordered.

So there are days that are question marks, and there are days where I know I was bad. Mostly, though, I've stayed within my budget - and guess what. I've lost 8 pounds in 30 days.

Not shabby, huh?

And the fun part, it's all proportional control. I haven't cut out sweets or anything like that. In fact, by passing up the second helpings or putting less on my plate, or eating a sandwich with one slice of bread instead of two, I still have room at the end of the day for desert - a Dannon's fruit bar, a Klondike bar... a dairy queen sundae here and there. Aaaah, sweet rewards.

I find it interesting how quickly my appetite adjusted. I'm eating portions that would've seemed paltry to me a month ago, but now I can eyeball something and say, no, that'll do me just fine. And i don't end up with that - oh my godz, what did I just eat, a bowling ball?!? - feeling any more.

It's nice. Not enough to warrant a new wardrobe, or anything, but... these shorts don't hurt to button any more. <.<

We've been going hiking lately, on weekends, and I find myself running ahead on the trails. Like, tapping that buried energy. Moving, like I used to.

Hopefully telling you about it won't jinx it, cuz I'd like this trend to continue. For the first time in quite a long time I feel like I'm really making progress.

*cringes and looks towards the sky for the next dropping shoe*

brokedown temple, food, mirror mirror, keeper of the hearth

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