Week 6

I’m feeling good this week. I had some time off and while I really wasn’t great when it came to following the new eating plan fully, I did keep many of the new strategies in mind:

I’m making sure to plan ahead for my meals (especially lunch and the mid-afternoon snack).

 

• I’m making sure to plan ahead for my meals (especially lunch and the mid-afternoon snack).
• I’m getting more exercise in, both with and without my family. (Thin in 10’s 10-minute cardio workout is a killer!)
• And I’m making sure to contain my snacks – no more open bags of Lays Baked Chips for me.

 

I’m back to working my way through The Beck Diet Solution, which is a book our expert nutritionist Elizabeth DeRobertis has recommended. The book isn’t a diet, but is about training your brain to think like a thin person. I haven’t gotten far into it yet, but I like the point it makes about how thin people will tell you they never diet, but in reality they’re always moderating their eating after a big meal to make up the difference. They do it naturally, while I just never do it!

I’ve also some new firepower to my food diary. I recently added MyFitnessPal to my smartphone and have begun using it to track my eating. I especially like the ability to scan barcodes for easy inputting.

That said, MyFitnessPal suggested I set a goal of 1,900 calories a day, but Elizabeth quickly cut me back to 1,400, noting that most people underestimate the amount of food they’re actually eating. Setting the bar at 1,400 should give me a cushion of sorts of the food lies I tell myself!

Oy, must I always be so honest with myself?

Week 6