By “inside edition” I don’t mean inside my belly! I mean I was sitting inside all day working. For all of that, on a day where I got a lot of activity, I had plenty to eat.
My food intake and calorie count
Breakfast – Bratwurst (260); 1/4 Lavash wrap (30)
- 290 calories
Lunch – Sandwich with salami (140); cheese (70); and bun (170); chicken soup (30) with 2oz noodles (100);
- 510 calories
Dinner – 2x chicken enchiladas (300); sour cream (60)
- 360 calories
Snacking – tea with half and half (80); blueberries (50); crustless fruit pie (150); coffee cake (150);
- 430 calories
Total for the day: 1890 calories (limit 1700)
Catchup/Ketchup
It had to happen, right? I have been very calorie restricted for weeks and I was starting to feel it. So I had a day with nearly 1900 calories! Last year that would have been a routine day. Now my past is catching up with me.
I don’t see this as a setback. 1890 is not extravagant and I won’t gain weight that way. But it does feel unusual, being full.
Counting calories has worked for me. But now I know my body needs exercise too, or weight loss will be slow. I didn’t get to walk today, but I will tomorrow.
Weight control is a long term game. Today someone was talking about the TV show Biggest Loser, where people lose all kinds of weight. It’s no surprise to me that many of them gain it back, though. The weight control is outsourced to coaches and aides who tell the person what to do and how much of what to eat, and have them exercise. When the coaches go home, the person who gained all that weight is still there, unchanged. The relationship with food and the reson for eating are unexamined and still the same as before. That person will almost certainly gain the weight back, and feel bad about it too.
Don’t be in that position. Change your mind and learn to think like a thin person. It’s possible to do that and still enjoy your life. It does take some thinking, and some changing, though.
Change your mind first.
-The Doctor