So I am once again fighting the desire to have a drink. I am once again under the 1550 I can allegedly have for the day and still lose weight, I am thinking about the great workout I did today, and I am trying to justify it. It's 8:30. It would just be one drink.
But I know how many times I have done this. I know how mny times I opened a bottle of wine thinking I'd have 2 glasses...and the next thing I know Richard has kindly refilled my glass and so I say I should drink it since he poured it. And then there's only one glass (more or less) left in the bottle and we're still watching TV, so why don't I just have it.
It's ridiculous.
I made some FABULOUS fajitas tonight (shrimp, chicken and beef) and put it over salad with some cheddar cheese...instead of in a tortilla with sour cream. I am amazed by how such little things make significant differences. It should not surprise me - given that my calorie range is really not huge - but it is eye opening to consider what I would normally would have eaten. Just in today I would have had cheese in my morning omlette (I just have 2 eggs instead), maybe some OJ, a tortilla (at 210 calories!) and sour cream, and probably a drink. Or two.
The cheese alone would be another 50 calories, one rum and Coke zero another 100. 210 for the tortilla, conservatively say 30 for the sour cream and another 100 (let's be honest) for a second drink. Oh...and probably 2 Oreo cookies, and I would have felt all virtious about only having 2.
That would have added 600 more calories to my day....for seemingly small things.
Now, part of my frustration is that it's days like that that have kept me with 15 extra pounds on me. Yet, if I go on one of those calorie calculators...it says someone my height and age, etc. at a moderate activity level needs 2100 calories just to maintain weight. So if, on a daily basis, I am under 1500 and some days under 1400....why is the weight not coming off more easily?
This is what frustrates me about how confusing it is to lose weight. And, again, I'm not looking for a pill to fix this challenge....I just want someone to tell me what will work and give me a plan that actually does it.
Weight: 150
Exercise: 30-minute power walk with dog, 15 minute normal walk, 1st Episode of the 30 day Shred, 30 minutes on the Ellptical with a great interval workout.
Calories: 1342, if I can stay away from a rum and Coke Zero.
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Yay! Hope you stayed strong and away from the wine. Your workout does sound great ... was this your first time doing Shred? I have it and did it once or twice and it scared me off (and that's why I signed up for training at the gym).
Hope you have a good weekend!
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