Sometimes I get so frustrated when I see foods around me that I know I love- but know I shouldn't eat. But the thing is, I am not going to deprive myself of something. I can't... or I'll just get fed up and eat like I used to. For this week I have avoided all binges, and every time I went to eat something... I tried to find a healthier version. I love my Thai Food... and I usually get Kai Kaprow- a ground spicy basil chicken with rice. I know it isn't a particularly healthy meal, but I refuse to ban myself from it for the rest of my life. I figured out the calories for the entire meal... what I usually would have eaten in 1 sitting... 1544 calories. Not to mention, Usually I would have 2 slices of bread and butter with it... thats an extra 320 calories probably. This time I got the meal, but measured out 1/2 cup of chicken and 1/2 cup or rice at a time... so I can get 4 servings out of what used to be only 1 meal. Pretty good I think. And I leave out the bread and butter because I don't really need it. So 1 meal that used to be 1864 calories... is now 4 servings of 386 calories. I made it work!
Another method I use in my diet is "give and take". I only allow myself a certain amount of calories. Right now I set that bar at 1600 calories. Usually I try to keep it around 1300-1400 though. If I want to eat something "not so healthy", I try to make sure the rest of my day is spotless (eating wise). For instance, On school days when I have classes all sorts of weird hours, I really like getting a chicken patty sandwich. It is fast, easy, and convient. Fried chicken is not healthy, but I only get one sandwich, with just lettuce on it. It comes out to about 310 calories- not too horrible. I could even take the bun off if I needed to spare the calories...or just eat the sandwich with 1/2 of the bun. For the rest of the day I will make sure not to have any high calorie foods, eat plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables, and stay away from fried foods.
The following is just a ramble of my thought process for dinner
Tonight for dinner the family is making ribs. OMG I love ribs. I need to figure out a way not to eat 30 of them! lol. I want to be prepared and knowledgeable before I go to eat. A 1/4 rack of BBQ pork ribs (4 ribs) is 280 calories. Baked Beans (something else that is with dinner) is 238 for a cup- I will probably eat a 1/2 cup because that is enough for me, and not too much fat either. (so that is 119 calories), and hopefully they will have a salad first..which will fill me up so I don't want to eat a lot of the food that is bad for me. So my dinner will be about 400 calories, plus a salad.
Anyways... I see that my calories are going to be low for the day, but that means later on tonight I can have a snack to take care of my sweet tooth... which will probably just be some Cinnamon Life cereal. (better than a 7 layer chocolate mousse cake that I want. lol).
I can definitely reach my goal. Its not a hard goal, and getting started is going to be the hardest part. 190 pounds here I come.
