This eating very little early in the day is definitely keeping me within calories. I doubt very much that it would be considered ideal but so long as it works, I'm not going to knock it. If a banana and a coffee are enough to start my day off and keep my calorie usage to a minimum, who am I to argue?
The MyFitnessPal app always sends a wee reminder. "You have forgotten to log your breakfast. Would you like to do so now?" It makes me feel quite naughty. So sometimes I will enter a black coffee when I have one, even if it's not really at breakfast time, just to appease the app! How daft is that!
There have been a few days when I have eaten only fruit or raw carrots at lunch time. Again, it keeps calories low, but it also means that I'm very hungry by the end of the working day. If it's a day when I finish at 4pm, then I can easily get by. I get the train home and make dinner early. But on a day when I finish at five, that hour makes all the difference. I end up famished! I've had a chicken breast on a few occasions. That wee lump of protein for lunch really tided me over, so although it ate into the lump sum of calories that I was keeping for tea, it was worth using.
There have been a few days when I have eaten only fruit or raw carrots at lunch time. Again, it keeps calories low, but it also means that I'm very hungry by the end of the working day. If it's a day when I finish at 4pm, then I can easily get by. I get the train home and make dinner early. But on a day when I finish at five, that hour makes all the difference. I end up famished! I've had a chicken breast on a few occasions. That wee lump of protein for lunch really tided me over, so although it ate into the lump sum of calories that I was keeping for tea, it was worth using.
When I'm feeling this good, this in control, I can hardly believe that I let myself start to gain weight again, never mind become so hugely fat again. I can't believe I get so complacent again as to let it happen. Again. Well, at least I'm on the way down again. Having said that, it's depressing to think that I have such a long road ahead, but I try to keep things in perspective. One step at a time.
I'm thinking of weighing myself on Sunday this week, and continuing with Sunday weigh ins from now on. I just prefer the idea of not being in a hurry on the morning that I step on the scales. My most recent attempt with WeightWatchers was online, and I weighed on a Sunday. I was quite successful (despite eventually gaining again) so maybe Sunday scale hops will be lucky - so long as I manage to keep it off this time.
I'm thinking of weighing myself on Sunday this week, and continuing with Sunday weigh ins from now on. I just prefer the idea of not being in a hurry on the morning that I step on the scales. My most recent attempt with WeightWatchers was online, and I weighed on a Sunday. I was quite successful (despite eventually gaining again) so maybe Sunday scale hops will be lucky - so long as I manage to keep it off this time.
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