Oh the power of logging your daily food intake!!! Holy moly. Today I decided to write down everything I ate. Wow. No wonder the scale isn't moving very much.
This isn't a new concept to me, I have tracked my food intake before. I fully admit that I got way too obsessive about it. I would take one grape off the top of the bowl to get to an even 3 ounces of grapes. Yeah, that is a little too crazy. This is why I have stayed away from tracking because it becomes a very tedious thing on my mind nonstop throughout the day. It is effective, yes. Yet, too much for me at times.
THAT BEING SAID! It's time for some accountability, so today I took the plunge. I am not at the stage of weighing my food yet or even writing down calories. Instead I am trusting myself with the ability to control my portions so that when I write down what I ate for a meal, I will know that it was a "normal," portion. I am not limiting myself to writing down, "I ate an entire cheese log," if the situation calls for it. Yet, I don't want to hassle with one or two calorie difference.
I want to keep it simple. I want to keep it accountable but not over-thought. I'm a thinker. I over-think a lot, so it's only natural that I can go a little wild with things like this.
Focusing on today, I can tell you with 100% certainty that I have been over-eating. I knew this! Of course I was aware of my snacking. I am aware of my weight not budging very fast. I was beginning to blame my increased appetite on my increase in physical activity. Yet, I was justifying it, or not thinking it was as bad as it is. If I'm going to work my ass of exercising I would like to make sure it counts. I don't want to starve myself and limit to XXXX calories per day. Not yet, perhaps soon. But right now I am too damn sensitive to tipping my whole world upside down to unrealistic standards.
I feel really good right now as I write this. I consider my first day of tracking a success so far. If I can resist the urge to pig out tonight before I go to bed then I will have had a successful day! (kidding, sort of) I have that slight "hungry" feel but not really hungry. It's more like I am in the habit of going and getting something to eat when I feel like this. But the idea of writing it down on my log?? No. No, I will not eat a Reese's peanut butter cup because I DON'T want that on my paper for the day. That's what I call motivation. Boom.
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