Day Thirty-Eight - Don't Let the Weekends Ruin Your Progress...

So here I sit thirty-eight days into my journey.  I am encouraged that I have made it this far.  The days at work have gotten easier.  I always take my lunch with me, so that I know exactly how many calories I am eating each lunch.  This also helps me turn down any food my coworkers offer.  Bekah is a huge help with all of my food.  She has been separating egg whites for me to make low calorie, delicious breakfasts as well as delicious (and healthy) dinners.  The hardest days for self-control are still on days off.

When I am home, I tend to mindlessly snack.  There have been a few different times when I caught myself going to the pantry or looking in the fridge.  I am trying to snack very purposefully.  What I mean by that, is that I give myself a max number of calories for my snack, and then choose one thing to eat.  Today I had a very small amount of Zapp's Chips (if you haven't had them, you are missing out!).  After I put them away, I turned to see what else I could eat.  Even though I had enough calories, I reminded myself that for that snack I had already eaten what I needed to eat.  Now I allowed myself to have more snacks later on, but I was very happy that instead of mindlessly eating more at that time I was able to make a conscious decision to walk away.  So here is to a successful day at home!  Six Saturdays down.  Forty-six more and I'll have lost my butter half.

A great day of calories, and I even exercised this morning!  Here is to tomorrow.