Monday, February 22, 2010

Food Diary, Day 1

So, the only way I have ever lost weight and/or kept it off was when I have kept a food diary. Very Weight Watchers, I know. I have food diaries from back in the 6th-8th grade, and they are very humorous (in a sad way) to look back on. I would give myself a daily grade based on overall eating (it was very simple: the less I ate, the better the grade...). But as an adult, I have been able to record what I eat in a sane way, and use it to lose weight in a reasonable and healthy way.
Today was a not so good day. It might have been okay, were it not for the 4 Reese's peanut butter eggs I ate after lunch, and the 3:30-I'm-freaking-out-and these-kids-are-driving-me-nuts bagel I ate. I was not hungry when I ate that bagel, but it did calm me down. Here goes:
Breakfast:
1 bagel with margarine
coffee with milk
Snack:
1 nonfat tall latte
2 shortbread cookies
Lunch:
Leftover Chinese vegetable lo mein
4 Reese's peanut butter eggs
Snack??
Bagel with margarine (totally emotional eating, not hungry at all...)
Dinner:
WW Smart Ones entree, 5 points.
How many points would this be on a WW plan? 10+8+2+3+5+8=36 points... or about 14 points too many. If I had not eaten those eggs, that would have shaved off 8 points. I am so glad they are all gone... or I would go eat them right now because I am upset with myself for having eaten them earlier. As I type this, I realize how crazy it sounds... Maybe tomorrow I will make better choices. At least I will be at work for most of the day, with no access to bagels or candy. I am coming off of a crazy cake and soda and candy filled weekend. I swear if I eat a ton of sugar for a few days in a row, I crave carbs like crazy and I feel really irritable if I can't get them. And now I can feel a headache setting in. Really, when will I learn, my body can't deal with chocolate or Chinese food?

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