I don't really know what to expect this week from my weigh in tomorrow. I've had a good enough week, calorie intake wise. A couple of days were a few cals over, a couple were a few cals under. It was fairly balanced until yesterday. I went to Mum's, where I'm not in control of what's being cooked. She had told me that she'd got the nice sausages that I wanted to try, so I knew that they were on the menu. I was not expecting that she'd make toad in the hole.
Oh my goodness. I love Yorkshire pudding! So I really enjoyed every mouthful. Toad in the hole with onion gravy and mashed potatoes. The comfort food of champions! It was amazing. It was also extremely filling. I've mentioned before that Mum's portions are considerably less than I would dish out. This is entirely a measure of my greed, my inability to moderate my own appetite, rather than Mum being stingy. My initial internal reaction to my plate of food last night was that it wasn't going to be enough to fill me. That was disappointing, as I'd already had Mum tell me what she'd used in the Yorkshire batter. It worked out at 450 cals per portion, without the sausages! And I though I was still going to feel hungry. I was absolutely wrong. I was more than satisfied by the time I'd cleared my plate. It says something about my eating habits that I finished my dinner, while my brother, a much taller, younger man than I am woman, was unable to finish his portion, which was no bigger than mine. I eat a lot more than him. And I wonder why I'm the fat one of the family!
Oh my goodness. I love Yorkshire pudding! So I really enjoyed every mouthful. Toad in the hole with onion gravy and mashed potatoes. The comfort food of champions! It was amazing. It was also extremely filling. I've mentioned before that Mum's portions are considerably less than I would dish out. This is entirely a measure of my greed, my inability to moderate my own appetite, rather than Mum being stingy. My initial internal reaction to my plate of food last night was that it wasn't going to be enough to fill me. That was disappointing, as I'd already had Mum tell me what she'd used in the Yorkshire batter. It worked out at 450 cals per portion, without the sausages! And I though I was still going to feel hungry. I was absolutely wrong. I was more than satisfied by the time I'd cleared my plate. It says something about my eating habits that I finished my dinner, while my brother, a much taller, younger man than I am woman, was unable to finish his portion, which was no bigger than mine. I eat a lot more than him. And I wonder why I'm the fat one of the family!
As well as the over doing my calorie allowance yesterday (the sausages and Yorkshire pudding took me about 150 over for the day), another reason for not knowing how I will do this week is that my period is due, probably in a couple of days. That could make me weigh light or heavy. I never know from one month to the next. Oh, the uncertainty, the jepardy! Teehee :-D I will just have to keep telling myself that I am losing weight, regardless of what the scales say tomorrow. I've eaten a lot fewer calories every day this last two months (to the date, today) than my body requires to opperate so I am continuing to get lighter. Even the days I've gone over, I've never gone more than 1400 cals. Those days have been countable on the fingers of one hand. That's still less than my maintenance calories would be. That's what I need to keep telling myself.
And the main thing about those days is that I didn't set out to eat more than I should have. It was a couple of occasions when I was not totally in control of my cooking. So there was no intent to over indulge. That's a big difference to what I have done on occasion on other weight loss attempts. I have had "days off" when I go out of my way to "treat" myself with big portions of ice cream, cake or cheese. (All the good food starts with C!) I haven't done that this time around. I really want it this time, more than I want the treat food.
And in something of a triumph, I managed to stop myself having a quick look at the scales this morning. I haven't peaked all week!
And the main thing about those days is that I didn't set out to eat more than I should have. It was a couple of occasions when I was not totally in control of my cooking. So there was no intent to over indulge. That's a big difference to what I have done on occasion on other weight loss attempts. I have had "days off" when I go out of my way to "treat" myself with big portions of ice cream, cake or cheese. (All the good food starts with C!) I haven't done that this time around. I really want it this time, more than I want the treat food.
And in something of a triumph, I managed to stop myself having a quick look at the scales this morning. I haven't peaked all week!
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