The question, "How bad do you want it???" keeps running through my head today...
Following my past marathon I have decided to begin to cut, or loose weight once again. I weighed in the other day and noticed I actually have about 25lbs to lose! I embarked on a low calorie, high carb and protein diet and cut the fat to nearly nothing. I know fats are essential, and important (it is also taught they keep you feeling full, but so does fiber and protein!)…and lets be honest, it is not good when your aim is cutting calories. You see there are 9 calories in a gram of fat as compared to 4 in both a carbohydrate and protein grams…but this post is not really about nutrition. It is about the struggle to plan and eat only what is planned for a given day!
I pack my food everyday…I load up on low calorie foods for example here is what I have had so far today:
date:
Total Calories: 958
Daily Total through lunch
124 g. Carbs 95 g. Protein 958 total calories
Breakfast 2 g. carbs 50 g. protein 270 calories
6 Egg whites omelete with 2 oz. Of Pastrami
Lunch 92 g. carbs 43 g. protein 568 calories
2 Angus pastrami sandwiches on whole wheat pita pockets
1 medium Fuji Apple
2 Navels Oranges
Snacks / Other 30 g. carbs 2 g. protein 120 calories
Texas Red Grapefruit
Water 60 oz.
I believe my body is still trying to adjust to the low calorie. I have had 958 calories and I remain a bit on the ummmm hungry side. I have heard and believe your body tells you when to eat, but hey lets just admit it, in the past MY BODY HAS LIED TO ME! I ate when I was hungry and gained weight, lots and lots of weight. There are many people who teach this theory…
What about stress? Stress and impulse eaters are probably thinking, I could eat all day long if I eat whenever I am hungry! Whenever I smell something good (walk by a Popeye’s chicken lately, oh I have…but haven’t eaten in one for over four years!) my body says feed me…
Counting calories, and telling your belly no when you smell Krispy Kreme may not be easy, but ultimately it is best, nearly every time! Call me extreme, call me whatever you’d like…all I am saying is resisting food when trying to lose weight and limit your food intake and calories is difficult! Just ONE bad mistake and you can ruin your whole days deficit.
This battle is not won day by day; it is won minute by minute!!!
Time to increase my daily vegetable intake!
The only thing I know is that failure is not an option…
Since typing this my body has now decided it isn’t hungry at all…interesting! Just like when we face other kinds of temptations sometimes the thing we need to do most is just make up our minds to do the right thing, then weather the storm!
BTW in case your wondering you need to eat/burn 3,500 calories in order to gain or lose a pound. Create a 3,500 calorie deficit and you lose a pound…eat 3,500 extra calories and gain a pound of fat OR MUSCLE (if you’ve been resistance training)
For those of you who believe in the power of God's Word REMEMBER:
Romans 8:37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.
We can do this!
