Up and Down

Besides busyness, I think dieting's next biggest enemy is lack of money. We have been extremely poor this month. It's one of those months where you choose which bills to pay and which to hold off until...someday. Sigh. As a result, we have been eating as cheaply as possible. Let's be honest, there is just nothing diet friendly about raman and frozen pizza.

My biggest success comes when I have lots of veggies as fillers. For instance, I'll have a main dish even of something as unhealthy as macaroni and cheese. But before I eat my mac, I eat a large serving of my favorite vegetable. Half-way through the mac I'm full. The food last longer, is higher quality, and I'm taking in fewer calories. However, when you can't afford veggies you end up with a side of carbs followed by a main dish of even unhealthier carbs!

As a result, I have seen my weight slowly creep back up. So discouraging! Out of necessity, I kind of gave up for a few days...ok week.

The last couple of days I finally decided to at least try to stop when I was full. I haven't been perfect, but apparently I'm making some progress. I got on the scale this morning and it looks like I've lost a pound or so! I will wait till tonight to decide if that is official. I've found that I'm exceptionally light in the mornings and bigger in the evenings. I tend to take the average of both and go by that. Or when I'm feeling defeated, I honestly take the heaviest weight.

This week in general:

4

Today after seeing my weight:

6