Part of controlling your weight is developing a lifestyle you want to be living. I have gotten much happier since I started walking (most days) for 3 miles at a time. I like exercise more than I thought! At the same time, I have always believed that the food I prepare (and carefully portion) had to be the best and most appealing I could make, or else it wouldn’t be worth waiting for. But these days I am busy from morning till night and have no time to worry about all that. I am having food that I like but not always favorites that I have been looking forward to with anticipation.
OK, dinner tonight was great. But I didn’t think about what I was going to eat until 6PM. So I am working on a new idea. Read on and see.
My food intake and calorie count
Breakfast – bagel (330); 3oz ham (130);
- 460 calories
Lunch – 5oz meatloaf (400); Ole wrap (60); 1.5tsp mayonnaise (50);
- 510 calories
Dinner – 5oz rice (160); 12oz vegetable curry (330)
- 490 calories
Snacking – Fruit of the Forest pie (no crust, 150);
- 150 calories
Total for the day: 1610 calories (limit 1700)
It may not mean anything to you yet
The advice to “keep busy” is sometimes given to people who are on diets. But keeping busy is not always good competition for eating. I know one woman who kept busy counting her chewings; she had been taught to chew each bite of food 30 times! She did not have a weight problem and no wonder. It would take all day to eat breakfast. But there are other ways to keep busy. I have been very occupied with work and career matters, and have hardly thought about what I want to eat. Tomorrow will make two weeks without a gryos from Big Greek Cafe, and I have hardly noticed.
If you can find part of your life and responsibilities to throw yourself into and dedicate yourself to them, you will be amazed how the focus comes off when and what you will eat.
Short writing tonight – busy days here. Keep striving!
-The Doctor