FACING Reality: Where Am I Going Wrong?

If you find you’re not losing, and you think you should be, try writing down everything you eat. Look up the calories and total. Last time, I plateau-ed one of the problems was Mochas. They have 400 calories.

Yesterday I had 1470 calories:

• Naked Juice - 150
• Yogurt – 100
• 2 slices of toast with sugar-free jam - 150
• International Coffee - 60
• 6 caramels - 200 cal (Some idiot brought in their left over Halloween candy.)
• Healthy Choice ... 360
• Diet Coke - 0
• Apple -100
• Tuna Sandwich (2 slices of bread, can of tuna, dab of fat free ranch) 250 calories
• Banana – 100
• Diet Green Tea – 0

A healthy diet is 2,000 calories a day. According to Quack Watch, if you eat 500 fewer calories per day than you burn, you can expect to lose about a pound per week. In addition, I did an hour of Pilates and 20 minutes on the treadmill yesterday. (Normally it’s 40 minutes, but I get a break on Pilates' night.) I should be losing.

This morning, I weighted myself this morning and I was down to 193. This was been happening. I'm lower on Friday and higher on Monday. I think weekend eating is the problem.

I need to watch it this weekend and go for a walk both days. I haven’t been exercising on the weekend, but it’s time to start.