One bite at a time. I have fallen off the radar for a few weeks mostly because I have a horrible confession. I could not, would not write down what I was eating. It probably had a lot to do with the bag of Andes mints and Carmel cups that I kept eating one at a time all day. I was stressed and it was PMS week.
I occasionally read my husbands "trade" magazines. He is a credentialed "school nutrition specialist"(he's a lunch lady with an education). Anyway, one of the articles in his magazine from the School Nutrition association was about how askew our ideas of "portions" has become and that they fight this even in the school. My husband was also sharing how he had a few parents insisting that the portions of food were insufficient and they felt their children needed double lunches. Although they are allowed all the veggies and fruit they could want, they usually just want a second main item. For others of you this might not be an issue but I realized it is really one for me. I want a nice big portion of everything! And especially the good fattening stuff. It's all in my perception. So this week I have worked on adding veggies. I am trying to focus on keeping the size of my portions on my main item down. When I want more I try to go for veggies. I have noticed I eat less if I hurry put dinner away and let myself have fruit awhile later for dessert.
So now to the great news! I have been keeping up the walking/running and after a few weeks of only being able to run 1 full lap around the track and walking 5, I started really pushing myself to run a little farther ( my husband broke 7 miles Monday, I really hate him for that) and today I was able to run 3/4 mile without stopping! No small feat for a big girl like me! My plan is to be up to a mile next week.
I got on the scale and had a pleasant surprise too. I lost about 4lbs. Woo Hoo!
So how is this elephant eating away at herself? One bite at a time!
