So here I am, 75 days into my new lifestyle choice and almost 12 lbs less
than when I started. Now anyone who knows me knows that my math skills are so
bad as to be legendary but now that the kids are home I can confirm the
/following. 75 days (roughly) equals 10 weeks (remember I haven't weighed in yet
this week so I'm not counting it. 12 lbs over 10 weeks equals 1.2 pounds per
week.
My goal when I started MFP was to lose a pound per week. And that, my friends, I have done. Feels pretty awesome... but it got me to thinking about all the tricks I used to use to "justify" my food choices. Do any of them sound familiar?
1) I'll only eat a handful and call it an ounce. Now I'm not one to measure every morsel, but I KNOW there are some constants. And a handful becomes a handful and a half... and before you know it, the bag is empty. These days I either buy single serve or use a scoop.
2) The salt I ate yesterday means I'm retaining water today... so I shouldn't weigh in. Ahhh... there's a tough one. On the one hand, if not weighing in is going to get you MORE motivated to get back on track, waiting a day is certainly not the end of the world... but I know for ME, waiting one day is going to make it easier to wait another and another. So I'll log it weekly, even if my weight goes up, just to stay honest. That's how I win that little head game.
3) Since I don't know EXACTLY what was in it, I will choose the lowest calorie option from the food database. Okay, I was out and a ate a Hamburger at the Dew Drop Inn. Now I know a McD's burger is only $#$#$ calories and a Fuddrucker's Burger is ($(*%($*%$( calories and there's the one little entry on MFP's database that just says Burger. 5 calories. YES, I CAN choose that one and then continue to eat the fries and drink my beer and convince myself I'm staying under... OR I can look for the burger with the HIGHEST number of calories and pick that and see what I really have a budget left for. I for one would always rather OVERESTIMATE on calories and UNDERESTIMATE on exercise. That way it's lose/lose on both ends and I get to LOSE more!
4) Well since I knew I was going to go over on my calories at this restaurant not listed in MFP I just didn't log it. Now this is totally a personal choice and I respect people on both sides of the aisle for handling it the way that works for them. FOR ME, however, I HAVE to log it. Because apparently I am incapable of seeing just how much food went down my gullet if I don't log it. And I am someone that could clean out a chinese buffet line, and if I didn't log it, then head to the movie theater and eat an entire bucket of popcorn. JUMBO sized. And not think anything of it. Because if I hadn't logged it, in my head, somehow, it wouldn't count. And I think for me it should.
5) That you HAVE to drink 8 glasses of water. There. I've said it. I have NOT been drinking enough water. I know it. I know I would lose MORE weight if I did. But I HATE water. With a passion that is beyond purple. It's actually more of a magenta. So I think you SHOULD drink it, but I am living proof that you CAN lose weight even if you don't.
6) That the broken cookies in the bag don't have any calories in them. Mythbusters should tackle that one professionally. Just saying.
My goal when I started MFP was to lose a pound per week. And that, my friends, I have done. Feels pretty awesome... but it got me to thinking about all the tricks I used to use to "justify" my food choices. Do any of them sound familiar?
1) I'll only eat a handful and call it an ounce. Now I'm not one to measure every morsel, but I KNOW there are some constants. And a handful becomes a handful and a half... and before you know it, the bag is empty. These days I either buy single serve or use a scoop.
2) The salt I ate yesterday means I'm retaining water today... so I shouldn't weigh in. Ahhh... there's a tough one. On the one hand, if not weighing in is going to get you MORE motivated to get back on track, waiting a day is certainly not the end of the world... but I know for ME, waiting one day is going to make it easier to wait another and another. So I'll log it weekly, even if my weight goes up, just to stay honest. That's how I win that little head game.
3) Since I don't know EXACTLY what was in it, I will choose the lowest calorie option from the food database. Okay, I was out and a ate a Hamburger at the Dew Drop Inn. Now I know a McD's burger is only $#$#$ calories and a Fuddrucker's Burger is ($(*%($*%$( calories and there's the one little entry on MFP's database that just says Burger. 5 calories. YES, I CAN choose that one and then continue to eat the fries and drink my beer and convince myself I'm staying under... OR I can look for the burger with the HIGHEST number of calories and pick that and see what I really have a budget left for. I for one would always rather OVERESTIMATE on calories and UNDERESTIMATE on exercise. That way it's lose/lose on both ends and I get to LOSE more!
4) Well since I knew I was going to go over on my calories at this restaurant not listed in MFP I just didn't log it. Now this is totally a personal choice and I respect people on both sides of the aisle for handling it the way that works for them. FOR ME, however, I HAVE to log it. Because apparently I am incapable of seeing just how much food went down my gullet if I don't log it. And I am someone that could clean out a chinese buffet line, and if I didn't log it, then head to the movie theater and eat an entire bucket of popcorn. JUMBO sized. And not think anything of it. Because if I hadn't logged it, in my head, somehow, it wouldn't count. And I think for me it should.
5) That you HAVE to drink 8 glasses of water. There. I've said it. I have NOT been drinking enough water. I know it. I know I would lose MORE weight if I did. But I HATE water. With a passion that is beyond purple. It's actually more of a magenta. So I think you SHOULD drink it, but I am living proof that you CAN lose weight even if you don't.
6) That the broken cookies in the bag don't have any calories in them. Mythbusters should tackle that one professionally. Just saying.
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