digitalBush

Two weeks into my 2007 resolution and I feel good.  I'm eating around 1500 calories a day.  By using sparkpeople.com I've been able to see what it means to eat reasonable.  I try to log everything that I eat as soon as I eat it so that I can see how I've impacted my diet for the day.  So far I've lost 9 pounds.  I think I could have done better, but we went in to see my family last weekend for Christmas celebrations.  I ate more reasonable than usual, but I still blew it big time.  So I spent last week re-losing the weight I gained back from my 3 day hiatus to dieting.  My energy level has remained acceptable thus far, and that helps with the motivation.  It's hard to stick to something when you feel miserable.

It seems my problem all along has been portion control.  Namely, I just ate way too damn much.  I've found a few things that I ate on a regular basis that just weren't worth the calories (General Tso's Chicken!).  For the most part, however, I've been eating things that are perfectly fine to eat IN MODERATION.  I've been concentrating on eating smaller portions of everything.  I've also held back on seconds. Most meals involved me going back for another full plate.  The other day I managed to leave some food on my first plate, so there is a little progress on the eating less front.

Right now my goal is to get a handle on my diet.  I haven't been exercising because I'm trying to go at this with baby steps.  Before I've always just barged into this whole deal.  I was always hungry and lacking energy.  I'd get frustrated and give up.  I'm convinced that slower is better.  I have decided to wait until I lose 16 more pounds before I start introducing some exercise into my daily regime. 

Here's a recap:  9 lbs down, 16 more till my first milestone.  I screwed up, but got right back on track.  I feel good.  Rock On!