So it's that time of year again, the party season, the big bird day, super bowl , yada yada yada .I don't know how many of you have a hard time during these but I admit I do!
It's way to easy to graze through that dinner party or that benefit dinner , sigh btdt still screw up . Especially if its a late one , the need to just DO something can get to me and ITS easy to fall back into those old BAD habits and get a snack or some pretzels while you are waiting around .
So , now that we know a problem ,how do we FIX the problem? Back to the basics .That's were I am today, getting out the food journal and writing writing writing EVERYTHING !! After 20 months , yep am writing my stuff down again like a newbie .Why? you ask? Because it WORKS to get you back on track , to make you think of what am I actually eating today?
The couple of nuts you eat while waiting for supper to be ready, lets see. 1/4 cup of pecans 200 calories ?????? OMG that's a meal!! For a 1/4 cup???What the heck was I thinking!!! It's easy to overlook what we eat , a bite here , a nibble there , it's not a lot , but it adds up fast.
Hmm basics, can't get any more basic . WATER, need it , have to have it , got to do it. What can I say? Decaff counts as water , right? Ummm sorry , yes and no. It's water because its Decaff but........ what about the cream that's added? I might be a decaff latte light but ......it's still got calories
Iced Latte Lite Small
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 16 fl oz
Servings 1
Calories 80
Calories from Fat 0
% Daily Value, Calories: 2,000
Total Fat 0g 0%
Saturated Fat 0g 0%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 0mg 0%
Sodium 110mg 5%
Total Carbohydrates 13g 4%
Dietary Fiber 0g 0%
Sugar 10g
Protein 7g
Check it out 80 calories and 10 GRAMS of SUGAR
Make it a large that's 160 and 20!!!
versus
Coffee with Skim Milk and Splenda Small
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 10 fl oz
Servings 1
Calories 25
Calories from Fat 0
% Daily Value, Calories: 2,000
Total Fat 0g 0%
Saturated Fat 0g 0%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 0mg 0%
Sodium 25mg 1%
Total Carbohydrates 5g 2%
Dietary Fiber 0g 0%
Sugar 2g
Protein 2g
and just to really show how much we can not count
Iced Pumpkin Latte Small
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 16 fl oz
Servings 1
Calories 220
Calories from Fat 50
% Daily Value, Calories: 2,000
Total Fat 6g 9%
Saturated Fat 3.5g 18%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 25mg 8%
Sodium 150mg 6%
Total Carbohydrates 34g 11%
Dietary Fiber 0g 0%
Sugar 34g
Protein 8g
and there is a problem , transfer addiction. It's only coffee!! sigh but it was GOOD , and that was one of my big problems .Coffee and not counting it , some days I had 2 coffee so THAT was an entire meal . The solution for me, back to the basics, no coffee until AFTER at LEAST 35 oz of water and AFTER all caught up with vitamins and calcium . So that tends to slow down the coffee problem.
The other problem cold weather and slowing down. NO exercise!! SO , get of the butt and find something to do , I finally put my universal weight set back together , now its time to USE it.
