Breakfast Egg and Toast with diet jam
Snack: About three peppermints
Before lunch: Numerous baby carrots
Lunch: Salad with Ranch Dressing (40 calories for 2 Tbsp) and some Feta cheese sprinkled on it (Maybe 2 Tbsp)
Whole wheat spaghetti, probably half a cup and MEAT SAUCE, probably 3/4 cup anyway
Drink: Water with lime juice and artificial sweetener.
Everything was pretty good until cheese cake time came. One slice has 610 calories. And I had some sliced strawberries and real whipped cream with it. Also later I had two cups of decaf coffee with flavored creamer.
After church I intended to eat a boiled egg and greens, but the top broke off one of the eggs as I was removing it from the carton so I fried it. I ended up putting it (92) on one slice of bread (120) with a piece of cheese (70) and some leftover chicken breast (deskinned) with milk (about 100)
Probably if I could just not count the cheesecake my calorie count would be within the right range.
Anyway, I figured after TWO days of over the top eating, my weight would jump up. But when I got up and weighed Monday morning it was okay. I was 193. Still down 14 pounds.
By the way, I averaged out my calories over the time period I've been dieting and as an average my daily calories have been more in the 1400 range than in the 1600. However, I have not done that purposely. It's just that when I would look at how many calories were in various things I was tempted to eat I would realize I didn't want them for the "price" I would have to pay to get them.
I suppose it could be compared to going shopping without regard to the price of the items there. Who of us does that? We know we have a limit and we stay within it. From time to time we might splurge on something, but we know if we do that we have to make adjustments in other areas to cover it.
Eating without even giving heed to how many calories you're taking in is like going shopping with a credit card and not looking at the price. You end up in a mess financially. With calories, you end up in a mess physically.
