This week I’ve been doing my best to not eat out for breakfast, lunch, and/or dinner, and no surprise, I already feel better after just three days of eating at home.
I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t missing my Burger King/Rush’s/Hudson’s Barbeque fix, but it’s worth, I think.
Last time I posted, I mentioned a starting weight of 247, I’ve maintained that, for the most part, so that’s where I started from this past Sunday.
My official goal now is to lose 40 pounds by Christmas, and to maintain (and maybe lose some) through the holidays. No doubt it’s going to be difficult, but that’s the goal.
Things that I’ve recently changed about my eating habits:
Lean Cuisine Paninis! - Love these things. Out of all the day’s meals, lunch is my biggest downfall. I’ve pretty much always eaten out for lunch because I don’t like packing my lunch in the morning before work. But these little paninis (each somewhere between 280 -340 calories) are perfect for me. I can grab ’em up, right out of the freezer and I’m gone.
No More Sweet Tea – All right, this one hurts. I’ve never been a big fan of carbonated sodas. So, whenever I go out, it’s either tea or water… and 99% of the time, it was tea. But tea’s loaded with sugar and terrible for your kidneies, so I’m cutting it out of my diet. For now, at least…
I’m now drinking lots of water, Diet Coke (which I understand is also bad for me, but for a whole other set of reasons), and coffee. None of which are terribly satisfying, but you can’t go thirsty, right?
I’ve been doing Special K for breakfast, or all-natural Quaker oatmeal, and those have been pretty good… so long as I don’t go back for seconds.
I’ll be getting back on the scales tonight to see if I’ve shed anything since Sunday – I’ll post the results tomorrow.
