Yesterday, which was day 27 of my weight-loss diet, my youngest son and I went to a subway shop. Afterward I went online to look up the calorie count, and found that it was not too bad; however, the sub was small and not satisfying. I was still hungry after eating it. That's two lesson for me: avoid eating too much bread, and eat more vegetables instead. [Not a deliberate rhyme.] The final calorie count for the day was 1721, way above my previous average. Yet, when I averaged that with my previous 26-day totals, it came to 1553 calories. Thus, I was not discouraged. I did not feel like I blew my diet, nor did I get that "give it up" feeling at all, as I have done in past diets. I just forged on ahead and am ending today with a low calorie count.
I depend on a reliable book to help me figure out the calories. Its 947 pages give me counts on home-made foods (I most often cook my family's meals) and on prepared foods(I keep these to a minimum) and on restaurant foods (ditto). I sometimes enjoy just looking through it and seeing other nutritional information as well, such as cholesterol and fiber counts. I do eat a lot of fiber. There is no one food I totally deny myself, but I do manage to stop myself from eating great quantities of cookies and cakes by keeping them out of sight. I love that stuff. When I do eat sweets, as when I made a pumpkin custard two weeks ago, I limit the amount I eat and I count every calorie.
I keep my little note papers with lists of eaten food and their calories on my kitchen table, along with the Nutrition Facts book and my dieting calendar. Here are a few days' worth of my food lists:
Monday, Feb. 14, 2011
9th day of diet
oatmeal 130
coffee creamer 100 230
1 lg orange 75 305
bean + cheese burrito 280 585
salsa 30 615
crackers + spread 100 715
bean soup w/veg 410 1125
bread 75 1200
crackers + cheese 300 1500 (total for the day)
I was still going to bed hungry after dieting only nine days.
Thursday, February 24, 2011
19th day of diet
coffee creamer 100
pineapple 157 257
cottage cheese, fat free 90 347
small apple 63 410
Fiber One tart 189 590
pasta + shrimp 570 1160
small orange 64 1224
milk 90 1314
doughnut, tiny 83 1397
crackers 70 1467 (total for the day)
I keep saltine crackers at my bedside so that when I am super hungry at night and unable to sleep because of it, I very slowly eat one to three of them. My son's little cat (she's seven years old but weighs only six pounds--she was the runt) loves crackers, so she joins me. I give her a few crumbs and then she cuddles. Where else can you get such love for a few crumbs but from a pet?
Friday, March 4, 2011
26th day of diet
oatmeal 130
coffee creamer 100 230
fat-free sandwich meat 60 290
apple cider 120 410
English muffin 120 530
ICBINB Meditteranean 70 600
carrots, parsnips, sprouts 130 730
chicken skinless 165 895
potatoes 190 1085
1 sl whole wheat bread 75 1160
milk 100 1260
honey mustard sauce 30 1290
tiny scone 100 1390 (total for the day)
My calendar entry for the day was this:
+1390=
40,218 [total calories since starting diet]/26=
1547 [average over 26 days]
(50,518) [number of calories I would have eaten if maintaining a healthy weight]
It's getting late. I have an urge to work on a painting tonight. I am visualizing what I will do with it; I probably need four more sessions to complete it. I'm a slow painter.
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