Today is day 2 of writing down everything I eat and keeping track of the calories I consume. I'm trying to stick to 1200 calories per day, but I'm not making it a hard limit. Yesterday I was over by a fair amount. I figured I was still getting used to counting calories. Today I'm right at my goal. The problem? I'm hungry. Not starving-must-eat-now hungry, but not as satisfied as I normally am.
I think I may have to modify my "diet". I'm not overweight, I just want to lose a few pounds that I've gained over the last year. I don't want to go about that by depriving myself and leaving myself hungry.
It's really eye-opening, however, to see how many calories are in the things I eat. Just writing it all down causes me to make healthier decisions.
I've never had a serious weight problem. I've maintained my weight by eating when I am hungry and stopping when I'm satisfied. I think I may try to combine the two in the coming weeks. I was starving by 4PM today and really wanted to eat something, but I didn't. I put it off until dinner. I want to be able to have a snack before dinner because I'm hungry and not chastise myself over calories.
So, 1200 calories might not work for me, but maybe 1400 will. I'll keep playing with it.
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BTW, I heard from Brian this morning. I emailed him last night figuring he'd check his email at some point in the next month. I got a short, sweet reply this morning. He says everything is going well which puts my mind at ease.
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Aw I am glad you heard from him! If you come up with a magic formula to losing weight and being full on 1200 calories please let me know, as soon as this baby is out of me I'm going to start watching that scale!
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