OP
On Programme
On Plan
When I want to lose weight, I stick to a plan.
Except, of course, when I want to lose weight but can’t quite get up the guts to stick to a plan. It’s not that I don’t make a plan.
Here’s the plan now!
- measure portions
- write down everything I eat
- eat around 1400 calories and less than 50g fat – Nutracheck calculates – I’m not that crazy.
- move every day to the tune of around 200 calories
If I do this, I lose weight.
So what’s stopping me? God, (and this is a prayer, not a name in vain moment), please show me what’s stopping me.
People with no food/body issues will look at the “plan” and figure that the problem is obviously that people aren’t meant to measure and weigh and write down everything they eat. I get that. But I also get that it’s the right thing for me when I need restraint in my food life.
I can usually keep weight off without doing that stuff but I sure can’t lose weight without those little disciplines. And they are little. I don’t have to think about food all day long; I just have to be honest, on paper, about what I’m consuming. The food scale and measuring cups are right there under the kitchen counter. It’s not really an inconvenicne to get back into that habit. And all I have to do is type the results into my laptop or Blackberry. Again, what’s the hassle?
HABITS. That’s what this is all about.
So starting today, I’m going to add the habit of checking my portions and recording them in my food journal – not because I’m obsessed – but because it’s the best tool for losing weight.
I will do this until I’ve lost the 5lbs that I gained over the past few months.
Sorry for the boring blogging but it’s all I’ve got till I start taking care of myself again.
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