Two pounds this week...ugh... gained. I know the problem. I need to keep my food diary. Last week I started out well, and then I petered out as the week went on. Why? Because I wanted to eat stuff that I knew would put me over the points... so what's the point? This is not the right attitude. On weeks where I kept track of every single morsel that went into my mouth, I usually lost at least half a pound or stayed the same --no gains.
Are you going to get serious about this or not? I am serious. I have no doubt that I will lose the weight that I want to lose. How long it takes --that's not as clear. But it doesn't matter how long it takes as long as I'm heading in that direction.
Gaining two weeks in a row is not heading in that direction, though. It is sorta scary to be gaining again. It shows me how easy it is to get off track. I've learned a couple of other foods that I should not have in the house. I love eating granola. It's my favorite cold cereal. It has a bunch of points. I think 1/2 cup is like 5 points. Wow! Who can stop at half a cup? And it's sweet and the fat in it is what hikes up the points. I do better if I avoid sweet things. Once I get a taste of something sweet, then I want more and more of it.
A second food that I seem unable to control eating is graham crackers. Last week that was the major part of the gain. This week, I ate them once. By once I mean, I ate a whole package at once. I can't seem to get the idea that one serving is not the whole package. So the best thing there is to not eat them at all, and to not eat them at all, I need to not have them in the house.
The problem there is that Keith really likes graham crackers. So I said to him, "I love graham crackers," and he immediately replied, "You want me to go get you some." That's the problem. I asked him not to buy them anymore. Then I reminded him of foods that I don't like --pinwheel cookies, Reese cups, chocolate-covered cherries-- that don't tempt me at all.
The real solution is to make a menu ahead of time. When I did this, I did much better staying on track that I've been lately.
I haven't had an appetite lately. I got sick the other night with nothing in my stomach. After all the vomiting, I didn't want anything in my stomach. This is the second time this month that I've had an episode like this. Sorta reminds me when I was pregnant. Anyway, nothing sounds good to eat. Then I get so hungry that I have to eat something. Then it's the first thing that is easy to eat, which is usually not a low-points food.
Goals for this week:
- Write down everything I eat.
- Make a menu for the day (preferably the night before).
- Keep tempting foods out of the house.
