I have been following this weight loss blog and it was my inspiration to kick start myself into being serious and purposeful in my weight loss path this year. She is issuing challenges each week as well as encouragement. I am finding it fun to have this kind of support. I have no friends in real life that I believe understand or are on the same journey. So I will continue to follow and post and link while I lose!
I have been recording my eating in a food journal. I just opened the notepad on my desktop on my computer. I made a little icon so I just click and type, save and I am set. It has been a great way for me to go back over the week and see what I have been doing.
My goal is portion control and eating whole, natural foods. I can't do weight watchers or calorie counting. It doesn't work for me. I have tried those methods and I feel deprived and ...well, I feel trapped. So, my focus has been for a long time on trying to incorporate healthy, whole foods into our diet while removing processed foods. I have decided that is my focus now, but with more portion control and control or "treats". Because lets face it, no matter how natural the ingredients, or how many "good" ingredients in a cookie, if I eat the whole batch in a day, I won't lose weight.
I think I will continue to write down what I eat. I think that keeps me accountable. This week as I was going to get something to eat I would think, do I want to write this down. and it stopped me a few times from eating something I shouldn't, or eating MORE of something then I needed.
that's what I'm doing this week.
I have the same focus as you! Replacing processed foods with whole foods as much as possible...and watching my portion sizes. My kids and I have regular conversations about what it means to "eat to fuel your body" vs. "eating because we like the taste of something".
ReplyDeleteTotally with you on the counting calories/points thing...doesn't work for me either!