One of the hardest thing about losing weight is switching habits. Food is such an integral part of everything I do that I need to change some of the habits that make me eat.
For example, at coffee break at work I'm usually ready for a bag of popcorn or pretzels or an occasional cookie. But those are all high carbohydrate and highly concentrated of flour and sugar. In the vending machine we have these little salami sticks - all meat, all protein, and very flavorful. The switched habit? Salami instead of sweets.
Another switched habit? Toast. I love toast. I especially love peanut butter toast, with the toast still hot to make the peanut butter liquify. Mmmm....mmmmm... :-) The habit, of course, is breakfast and bedtime. The switched habit? At breakfast, I'm eating higher levels of lean protein: peanut butter is protein, but definitely not lean, and loaded with sugar and salt. I'm dipping my bacon in the egg or cooking it in the eggs rather than using toast. At bedtime, I'm so satisfied with the high proteins through the day that I'm not feeling like a snack at bed time.
Yet another switched habit? Church. We are a doughnut Church. And a baked goods Church. And a cookies Church. I haven't had a doughnut at Sunday School for over a month. What is the changed habit? First, I eat a good protein laden breakfast before Church, so I'm less inclined to want a doughnut when the box is opened. Second, I don't go near the doughnuts... I wait until everyone's had their chance at them and then realize that all the good ones are gone. I wouldn't want the jelly filled ones even if I were still eating lots of sugar, flour and carbs.
Switching habits is hard, though. I've missed a few evenings posting my progress on this blog. Some of them have been the computer's fault - I don't know what caused the slowness, but I'm glad it's over. Sometimes it's my own fault... I wait too late in the evening.
In order to lose weight, switching habits has to happen.
Here's today's journal:
Weight - 232.6 up a pound from yesterday
Breakfast: Two fried eggs (down from three) and five strips of bacon
Snack: Two packs of salami sticks (four little sticks)
Dinner: Low carb burger at Hardee's (no mayo, no cheese)
Supper: 1 and 1/2 boneless pork chops, spinach salad with bleu cheese crumbs, 1T bleu cheese dressing, hard boiled egg and a little tomato
Didn't jog/walk today - need a rest day.
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