Not counting calories this week
I didn't sit down and plan out every morsel I'll be eating this week. I didn't enter everything in FitDay and try to get the carbs and calories low enough, so I won't be beating myself up if I go over that level. Like I said last week, I think it's time to stop dieting and start living.
My loving hubby hates seeing me so frustrated as well. He loves me just as I am, but of course wants me to be healthy. He sees me working out regularly and planning menus and cooking healthy meals, and he supports me in that, even helping cook. But he also sees when I eat off plan and beat myself up and gain weight and feel like a failure. He thinks I should just work out regularly, eat healthy as much as possible, and don't worry about anything else; certainly not the scale, he thinks I should get rid of that. Maybe he's right.
So this week instead of counting every morsel, I'm just going to make meals I enjoy, but adjust my portions sizes. If I could get 5 servings out of a dish I usually get 4 servings from, that will help. I'd not only get used to smaller portion sizes, thus naturally lowering my calories, but it would also mean having to cook less often. That would free up more time for walking the dog or hanging out with hubby. What could be better than that?