Monday, Monday and more

Not making ice cream on the 4th of July this year had its benefits. I was not exhausted at the block party. I am more rested today. No one even missed it, so I probably won't ever go to the trouble without some help in making the ice cream.

Now, for my eating habits, I lose weight best when I eat often. On some of my posts I just have a list of food. When I list breakfast, lunch, and dinner, I am trying to conform to others' expectations of having meals and snacks by plugging foods into proper categories.

The truth is that I eat sometimes once an hour. Over the course of a day this looks like meals even if it is a long list.I am hypoglycemic and eat when I must. To adapt that condition to weight loss, I just eat often to stave off hypocglycemia.To stay healthy I eat what I should be eating for a meal but at different times.

If I have slaw now, I might have green beans later, then a small piece of chicken later. I might follow that with a banana or apple. That makes a good meal even if it were eaten over a four hour period. Sometimes, I really do eat it all together. Well, maybe the piece of fruit will follow a bit later.

A friend once told me, "Linda, you don't eat, you graze!" He was not accustomed to eating this way. At the time, I was losing weight daily. He was impressed not critical.

Listing what I ate and the time might be more of an eye-opener for people! I really have "snacks" all day long! The difference is that when I eat healthy snacks, I lose weight.

When I list a salad, I really did eat that all at once. Yes, I was really hungry!

breakfast: huge glass of milk
lunch: boiled egg. brownie square (60 cal)
snacks: 1)apple, 2) cheese and coke, 3) Coke and chips
dinner: salad greens, shredded cheese, tomato, diced chicken, shredded carrots
smoothie snack: banana, strawberry, mango, blueberries, yogurt, oj

The cooler weather, humidity, and a breeze made it possible to get a little more exercise today. Hanging out the laundry is not a miserable chore on days like today. How many people are hanging clothes outdooors to dry?

Tomorrow is the day--weigh-in!

I am not particularly worried about tomorrow being my first weigh-in since joining. Although I have eaten foods I should not have, I have also passed by many foods. I do believe I will lose weight.

Chocolate will remain on my daily agenda. However, even with keeping chocolate in my life, it will be limited. I can keep chocolate around and give up fried food and junk food.

Two little Krystals were my only lifestyle faux pas. Oh, yeah, I discovered Combos. In a moment of weakness, I tried them and kept eating. They are out of my life now. Okay, a bit of ice cream. But, this is such an improvement from the weeks before.

Losing weight or changing a lifestyle is more than denial. Changing a lifestyle cannot be done overnight nor can losing weight. Anyone who says differently is just......oh well. I am not going to pay attention to naysayers who only have one way to live or want to prescribe a way for me to live.

Sunday, I bought a beautiful head of leaf lettuce. Not only was it very fresh, it was huge and beautiful. That whole head may be consumed by me tonight.

Keeping a food diary is so annoying, but I do it for the TOPS group.

My next post will be crucial. Weight loss will be posted.