You know the drill - at the beginning, I was logging the calories, planning everything out BEFORE I ate it, and then I started getting good at it. I lost some weight, I started getting confident and thinking I could certain elements - sweets, extra portions - and the MOST dangerous, logging the food AFTER the fact instead of before the meal.
Fast forward 54 days and I was still logging my meals. But, instead of whole wheat pastas, oatmeal and veggies, it started to sneak into my life again. Fast food. Coke. Sweets. Garbage. But, I was still logging it, so I was resting on those laurels and thinking that "even if it's bad, I'm logging it!".
Logging bad foods are ALMOST as bad as not logging at all. At least when I shoveled all six of those oatmeal cookies on the way home from taking my kid to the doctor yesterday, I knew that each one of those cookies had 130 calories. I can tell you that a thin crust slice of Pepperoni at Pizza Hut is 180 calories instead of the 240 calories of the traditional hand tossed. But, instead of limiting myself to three slices and holding myself accountable, there were 3 occasions this month where we had BUFFET. And if you know me - when I do buffet, I get my money's worth.
So this weekend, I let the streak die. That kind of stung, but it was an intentional move. Why keep a "healthy eating streak" when you know gosh darn well that it wasn't HEALTHY eating.
Today, I had an apple and a pear for breakfast, oatmeal for lunch (and for snack) and whole wheat pasta with shrimp and risotto for dinner. I'm at about 1850 calories for the day. And as much as I want to go grab a bowl of the chocolate fudge ice cream that is about 10 feet away from me in the freezer, I am done for the night.
So the streak is gone. But a new one begins.
One down, many to go. But we're doing this one day at a time. So to me, day 2 is the most important day ever. I can't get to day 3 without mastering day 2. Ready, set, go.
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