…and goodbye to another food week. My food week ends Friday night and a new one dawns with Saturday morning. It just worked out that way. I weigh myself every Saturday morning and that makes it a good place to either end or start the week. Weighing yourself is essential. I have been too embarrassed to get on the scale after a bad day before. But sometimes I wonder why. It’s important to know how much weight you could gain after a bad day. The more you know about your body, the better for you. The weight control lifestyle is a knowledge-based one.
My food intake and calorie count
Breakfast – baked beans (100) 2x Hawaiian rolls (80); salami (140) Muenster cheese (70);
- 470 calories
Lunch – 9oz chili (315); 1oz chips (150);
- 465 calories
Dinner – pizza (600); ding dong (160);
- 760 calories
Snacking – chips and guacamole (150);
- 150 calories
Total for the day: 1845 calories (limit 1700)
The dark side
I am fond of saying that every day is a new day. That means if I have a bad day and overeat, I can’t then eat less tomorrow to balance it out. I treat today like a new day and stick to the calorie limit for that day. Unfortunately that has a dark side. On days when I significantly undereat, I can’t carry that forward to the new day and eat more. It doesn’t seem to work, in any case. This week I have been trying to restrict my calorie intake and that’s been going well since I am keeping my mind on work all day. But there have been a few really lean days in there. My calorie average for this week is just about 1600 calories per day. That is a new low for me.
I also started doing some daily exercise. Yesterday and today I took long walks and earlier in the week I took some short ones. I plan to continue the long walks for now. Maybe that will help me with my problem! I have been having a slowdown in my rate of weight loss from last year, when I was losing up to 2 pounds per week. But with the pool closed this summer my exercise has slowed down just like my weight loss. Maybe there is more of a connection that I liked to admit. Anyway, I have a good feeling about tomorrow’s weighing. It’s been a good week, with the calorie reduction and the walking.
The first principle of weight control is to make sure it’s a lifestyle you want to be in. Promote weight control up your list of values until it is right at the top and push everything else down. What would you give up for being thinner? I had to give up my old self and his set of values. They didn’t suit me any more. I had to create a new set of values both to become thinner, and also so that my old body wouldn’t come back later. I’m not going through all this again.
-The Doctor