This is the twentieth week in my life without food.
Jumped on the scale last night (what a visual) and I had lost a pound. Down is still better than up but it's really slowed down and I have to fight every thought about giving up, something I am not going to do anyway.
Last night in fat class we looked a food labels which believe it or not I always look at when I am grocery shopping. We were told to focus on two things mostly on those labels, calories per serving and number of servings in the package. The assumption is that maybe not at one sitting but you will probably eat the entire package of what ever it is. A serving size is 18 pretzels, 14 crackers, 1 oz of cheese, half a coke, really, those packaging experts really do a number on us people with weight issues and that is part of the plan. I have to be the watchdog for myself, no one else will be.
Most people in my class are winding down their weight loss but there are still plenty of us there. After all this is complete we were told to try to keep our calories to 1800-2000 per day. Calories, calories, calories, that has to be my focus no matter what I eat. I can have bread and butter but that will eat up about a fourth of my calories for the day, that sucks.
I remain focused but my eyes are wandering, I just need the strength to see this through to the end...of my weight loss not my life, that is the point of all of this.
Hi! I just came across your blog as I was perusing friends' blogs and I'm going to read more. I started a weight loss journey January 1 and lost around 33 pounds (putting me in the normal range, whatever that is, which is where I'm happy). For me what worked was eating mindfully and that meant any time I ate at home I had to sit down at our table - no tv, no computer...and it seemed to be the key. I also exercised and about 5 months ago I started a running program. I now love it and find that running has helped me destress in the way that I use to use food. I love food, and I really, really love junk food.
ReplyDeleteSo I'm excited to go back and read about your journey! Thanks for sharing it!