LONG TIME GONE

I have not been here for a long time.  This weekend when the temperatures soared into the 90's I really felt the results of that long time away from paying attention to myself.  Aside from running to the internet to order some larger Spring clothes, I did make a more conscious effort to do more of what I started doing in the past few weeks.

One is that I pulled out the scale I "won" at the work gift exchange last year and weighed myself.  It is a different scale than the one at the gym, but I used that as the measurement I put on SparkPeople.  Next, I started tracking my meals again.  I had managed to get off sugar a few weeks ago and so far I have seen the benefit to the tune of 5 pounds gone.

I am so busy at the new job that I am finding it easy to stick to the portioned meals I am bringing and sometimes don't eat my snack until I am driving home which saves me from a ravenous arrival home.  As long as I don't taste test too much, I am usually good with dinner and I normally don't have a problem with wanting after dinner snacks.  So far I am running at an average of 1450 calories per day.

Activity is an issue.  The job is a bit of up and down, but not especially physical.  I haven't been able to get out to walk at lunch as I had hoped, I need to work on that.  The catch is I am tired when I get home so I don't get exercise in the evenings, either.  Plus there is the whole "second shift" thing with dinner, dishes, housework.  I will work it out.  Things will settle in with the new job and it won't take so much out of me.

So, I'm back. Plan to stay.

OVER IT?

Is it possible that I have eaten so many cookies, candies and cakes in the past months that I reached some sort of satiety?  Because I went off sugar 5 days ago and I haven't felt a blip of a craving.   Nothing. 

I cleaned out the pantry yesterday and tossed some really old stuff hidden behind my husband's sports supplements, some unmarked bulk purchases (I need to label the stuff from the health food department), some lingering crackers, 5 half consumed bags of tortilla chips, 2 half consumed boxes of cereal and a bag of beef jerky with an expiration date in 2009!

 I put the dangerous stuff up high and out of sight.  Maybe if I have to pull out the step stool to get to it, I will have time to reconsider whether I should eat it.

So it has been a good week so far.  I started my food log on SparkPeople and will get focused on calorie reduction this next week.  Monday is weigh in day.

CHECKING IN

Just a quick post to check in.

I am very proud of myself!  I have been completely ON.  I have tracked my foods everyday and kept my calories under 1500.  Been to the gym 4 times and have lost 3 pounds this week.

I treated myself to a mani-pedi and 1 cocktail when out to dinner.

More postings to come...but now I am preparing a nice dinner for my night off - salmon for the grill, broccoli salad and brown rice.

It finally stopped raining and I am going to take the dog for a long walk.