Day 6: Back to the Grind
It is January 6th, and the kids are back to school today. Technically, I am back to school, too, though my classes don't start until next week. Routine is good, but the routine of school and all its demands cause stress for my 15-year-old, so I am already feeling more anxious. This is an ongoing problem, and one I hope works itself out as said son matures. All that being said, son was up on time (early actually, as he hadn't slept well), made himself breakfast, and was overall pleasant. I need to learn to appreciate each day as it comes, and I will take this pleasant morning!
On the "healthy me" side of things, I was pleased to see the scale notch down again this morning: 167.8. Not bad. I know that weight loss WILL slow down, as that is inevitable, but I am happy that I was able to eat relatively normally yesterday, while still maintaining the intermittent fasting. I had a smoothie around 1, chili around 2:30, and a big salad for dinner. I even had a small serving of my mother-in-law's certainly highly fatted lentil and pork dish. So, overall, my calorie count (estimated, as I have no idea the amount of fat Veronica uses when she cooks) was about 1100 calories.
I don't know if other people are like this, but when I'm trying to lose weight, I become a bit nutty about calories. I get so discouraged when my weight notches up or plateaus that I become a bit restrictive sometimes with regard to what I eat. I am going to try to stop that. My New Year's resolution was to lose 5 pounds/month, which seems reasonable. Though I've lost 8 already, I still think 5 a month is realistic, once the initial rapid weight loss is over. And that way I should not have to be cuckoo about calories all the time.
On the "healthy me" side of things, I was pleased to see the scale notch down again this morning: 167.8. Not bad. I know that weight loss WILL slow down, as that is inevitable, but I am happy that I was able to eat relatively normally yesterday, while still maintaining the intermittent fasting. I had a smoothie around 1, chili around 2:30, and a big salad for dinner. I even had a small serving of my mother-in-law's certainly highly fatted lentil and pork dish. So, overall, my calorie count (estimated, as I have no idea the amount of fat Veronica uses when she cooks) was about 1100 calories.
I don't know if other people are like this, but when I'm trying to lose weight, I become a bit nutty about calories. I get so discouraged when my weight notches up or plateaus that I become a bit restrictive sometimes with regard to what I eat. I am going to try to stop that. My New Year's resolution was to lose 5 pounds/month, which seems reasonable. Though I've lost 8 already, I still think 5 a month is realistic, once the initial rapid weight loss is over. And that way I should not have to be cuckoo about calories all the time.
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