I’m taking the weekend off from blogging about weight loss.
On the bright side – when I got on the scale this morning I was down 1.5 pounds. Finally!
I had a few food challenges to overcome today: Pizza with family members and then a trip to the movies, which meant popcorn. Movie theater popcorn is very, very high in calories and fat. The Center for Science in the Public Interest found that a Regal theater medium popcorn, about 20 cups, contains 1,200 calories and 60 grams of saturated fat. So although I had maybe 1/3 of a medium popcorn (sneaking handfuls from the kids), I am still looking at 400 calories and 20 grams of fat – for a snack. And this is in addition to the 1.5 slices of cheese pizza I had for lunch and the brownie I just had for dessert. My total calories today were probably around 2,000 – not low enough for weight loss but not enough to gain, considering I burned at least 500 calories at the gym this morning. It’s so hard to burn calories and so very easy to pack ‘em in.
I didn’t continue eating junk after the dessert brownie. When you finally reach this point of control – you know you are on your way to success.
It’s about looking at the week, not one particular day. Eating more today means that tomorrow will be a lighter day to compensate.
Onward and forward.
Until tomorrow.
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