Record Challenges

Things continue as they have been: I'm confronting diet challenges daily and making moderately successful efforts to meet them.  One of the challenges I continue to have is keeping my food diary--my performance has been spotty lately on this task.  So, this past week I decided to try an experiment--I would write down only those extras I eat, instead of writing down everything.  I thought maybe that would substitute for the total accounting.

I'm not sure there was much of a difference, since I still had trouble remembering to record even those few items.  The pared down recording certainly didn't stop me from eating those foods that were outside my diet plan, such as a cookie and a small slice of ice cream pie (both treats people in my office brought in).

So, I'm going to go back to writing everything down.  I did lose some weight this week, despite those deviations.  I think I'm at the point now where what I eat almost equals what I'm burning, so I have to eat less or exercise more in order to continue to lose.  And, more importantly, since I'm going to have to get used to a lower caloric intake when I reach my goal weight anyway, I'd better start working on that now.

This week I also looked at a weight loss plan devised by my insurance company that does seem to have some good suggestions, especially with exercises for gaining muscle.  I'm going to have to look at the plan more closely to see if I can start doing some of the exercises this week. More muscle tissue = more calories burned, so I really would help myself by doing more weight training.

The annual company picnic is coming up this Friday, so I'm going to have to stick with the diet plan every other day so as not to go completely off track.

I'll let you know how things work out next time!