The last couple of days haven't been so easy, food wise. It's been harder than normal to stick within my allowance. I'm just making it by the skin of my teeth. Actually, not making it. I was one cal in the red yesterday, and fifteen in deficit the day before. Not much sure, but it's the thin edge of the wedge. It would be incredibly easy to start to think that those wee slips don't matter, when I've just got done telling myself that everything matters! With that in mind, I really am trying very hard to just eat at mel times, unless I'm having chocolate late in the evening, after dinner, as a planned treat. As I mentoned previouosly, even fruit is restricted. I used to eat whole punnets of grapes, or whole packs of prepared pineapple. They are very sugary fruits. Sure, it's all good, natural sugar, but still high in calories, even if it is full of nutrients and at least a lot of fiber was involved. But I can't stop at a handful of gapes usually, so I'm better sticking to apples, cherry tomatoes, or occasionally plums. I will have pineapple as a treat some time.
I was wondering why, all of a sudden, it's been tough to stick to eating less. Two things occured to me. One, I've been at home, off work, with more time on my hands, and the contents of my kitchen cupboards at my disposal. Two, my period is due and I get hungrier then. I count it as a genuine win that I didn't eat the 80g of chocolate that's left of my bar, bought as a treat on Saturday. I also count it as a win that I only ate two squares of it when I bought it.
Today hasn't been quite so difficult, so I'm thinking that the last couple of days problems were more down to being at home, rather than my pending menstruation. That'll hit in a couple of days probably. Till then, I'll make hay while the sun shines. I did well at work today, and have loads of cals left for tonight's chicken stew and some chocolate later on.
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