So I am discovering one of my big problems since I stopped journaling my food! See, I thought I was being smart by continuing "healthy" choices... buying foods that should be alright for me and making sure I was eating all meals. Today I picked up my food journal again off my bedroom floor and decided to count points
For starters, I'm actually EATING breakfast. Which is a very good thing. A very very yummy Aunt Jemima's frozen pancake and sausage breakfast "platter". Oh is it good. I just throw on some syrup and a small bit of butter and mmmm... man. I just finished it and I'm feeling pretty good. =)
I get 44 Weight Watcher points a day at my current weight. I need to spread those points evenly through-out the day, and I need to make sure I do use all of them, but don't go over. If I do happen to go over, I get 35 extra points to spend for the entire week. Any exercise/activity I do can potentially earn activity points, which will give me back some points to eat. Activity points only last for one day though, and can not be banked.
So. That being said. I thought these pancakes weren't all that bad. Turns out that the shortstack, two pieces of sausage, syrup, and butter come to 13 points. Not fantastic. To put it in perspective, my mom gets 23 points in a day. That would have taken up over half of her points. But I have 44... so I'm still ok. For the moment.
I decided I'm going to bring lunch with me to work today because I really don't have much money and I don't feel like having to figure out what all the points are on the deli food I would eat. So I am bringing a flatbread chicken bacon ranch sandwich, lemon weight watchers yogurt, and a diet coke. Caffeine free. I found out that the flatbread itself is 10 points! I had no idea. Way to go Jessica for eating healthy! haha. I went the wrong way... from not eating at all to eating a lot of really unhealthy stuff. Crazy!
With the yogurt and pop, I have spent 24 points by the time lunch is finished. I have 20 left to use for two snacks and supper. Not too bad. I hate feeling like thats not a lot, because it is. It's silly how my brain works. Just like how for years if I had to work on a certain day, usually at night, I never felt like I could do anything for the rest of the day except sit there and get ready for work. Even if I was in class I would be thinking about having to go to work and would feel pressured. It's almost like that... I have so much time (points) left, but I feel like I have no time (points) left at all. I just need to work past that. Just takes practice.
I have to leave for work in 10 minutes and I'm not even dressed yet! I should probably do that. Maybe. Yea, I should. =) I'll try to post again tonight.
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As long as you're making these realizations, that's what is important. That's what I love about food journaling. I really got to keep track of what I was eating and when I was eating it. Kind of eye opening.
ReplyDeleteAnd I slowly learned to wean those foods out of my diet. For example, I started out obsessed with buying the cheap Wal-Mart bread. Just because it was cheap. However, it was like...150 calories for two slices. Well, by not buying one snack food (Cheez-Its) at the grocery store, I splurged a dollar more for the "Sara-Lee 45 Calories and DeLightful" bread. Not only did I save a ton of calories for each sandwich or piece of toast I ate, I also stopped my crazy addiction to Cheez-Its. :) Since July, I think I've bought...2 boxes. Maybe 3? And I went through them really slowly. I used to go through 1 a week.
Okay, enough of my crazy rambling. Hope to see a post from you tonight to hear how your day went!
My gosh, counting calories sounds difficult. x.0 It sounds at least very useful to know how to do such things. So far I've just tried to vary my diet as much as possible, I really love fruit and veggies and the more I've eaten those kinds of things, the less I crave sugary and high fat things.. most of the time. ;D (Do you know many Jennifers? 0.0 Maybe I should identify myself when posting.) That breakfast thing sounds amazing! :o And YAY for breakfast!! :D It's my favourite meal of the day, heh. ;)
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