firefly030406's Journal

Second Week
Feb 14 2008 14:50

I've been off an on counting calories and watching my food intake for some time now.  I was always looking for a quick fix, an overnight success.  I think I'm finally realizing it's a long-run sort of thing.  I don't want to lose the weight overnight, because afterall, it didn't get there that way to begin with.  I know I want to form new long lasting habits that keep me fit and active all the days of my life.

This is the second week now I've been counting and staying within my limits.  I know my body can't survive on 1200 calories a day and when I calculated how much I would need to eat if I weighed 130 lbs. (my goal weight), it says 2000.  So, I'm staying somewhere below 2000/day, usually around 1500-1700 and I can manage that well.  I know it will take much longer to come off this way, but I'm tired of crash dieting where I lose five pounds in a week and gain it all back, plus some the next week because I can't keep with the strict regiment. 

Last night I even had Red Robin for Valentines day - a teriyaki chicken burger and steak fries, and loved every guilt free minute of it...I factored in my intake for the day and ate light (lots of veggies) most of the day to allot for a big dinner.  It tasted great and I also didn't feel a need to binge afterwards.  I'm realizing that a piece of pizza is okay, but I need to enjoy such things in moderation and make allotments for them in my daily expendeture - sacrifices here for little treats there. It's a lot like the self control needed for many other areas of life. 

I've always been such a black and white, all or nothing kind of person.  Being married now for two years to someone who is patient, works hard for the good pay offs and does things one step at a time.  It has been good for me being with him and I see it also in this area of my life.  It's helping me take one step, one day at a time. 

That's all for now - swamped at work and having to stay late.