Another day! I made cucumber salad, but didn’t eat it. I made cookies, and successfully resisted them. This was all part of preparation. Part of being in charge of your body’s weight is being willing to do the work so that the rest of you willingly comes along with the program. If you work to please yourself, then you don’t resent the restrictions on portions. It’s a trade. It’s like you are two people: one who is gung-ho about weight control and a second person who is not interested and can ruin it for the first person. But that second person can be negotiated with, bribed, and satisfied so that they will play along.
My food intake and calorie count
Breakfast – BLT wraps with 4 pieces bacon (280); a wheat wrap (110); lettuce, tomato, and horseradish sauce.
- 400 calories
Lunch – Reuben wraps with corned beef (140); cabbage, carrots, potatoes, a wheat wrap (100); and thousand island dressing (130); Let’s say 50 calories for the veggies.
- 410 calories
Dinner – 5oz spaghetti (300); 5 meatballs (230); sauce and cheese (20);
- 550 calories
Snacking – tea with half and half (80); wheat beer (140); pretzels and cheese (300);
- 520 calories
Total for the day: 1880 calories (limit 1800)
Balance the load
Yesterday, I had a beer. Today, I accounted for drinking the beer. In effect I had 140 more calories yesterday and 140 less today. It’s a trick I only pull sometimes – like when I forget to count something. It’s too hard to remember once you start trying to make up for overeating one day by under-eating the next day.
Remember above I talked about the second person, who is also you, living in your head? That person is not interested in weight control, that person is interested in being kept happy. But they are willing to put up with weight control as long as you, the first person, do all the work of keeping them happy and satisfied. It takes work and discipline, but the result is that very little willpower is needed to resist food. Did I mention above that I made chocolate chip cookies tonight and didn’t even eat a bite of any of them? It didn’t take any willpower. I just know that I will be happier eating them tomorrow, when I am properly hungry and full of the right kind of anticipation.
I also know that the first cookie will be the only one worth eating, from the physical-hunger standpoint. Eating more than one chocolate chip cookie (unless you are skipping meals) does not satisfy your hunger if you are eating regular meals.
But I will have a cookie tomorrow, and blog about it. This is control of intake. Control of intake leads to control of the body’s weight. We will find out on Saturday.
-The Doctor
You didn’t say anything about sneaking a taste of the raw cookie dough. Personally I find raw dough disgusting, but SOME people actually prefer it to the baked!
You blogged late — I looked at 10:30 and there wasn’t any post…boo-hoo, but there it appeared this morning. Thanks for taking the time.