Snacks in progress

My mission from last week was to get my after-work snacking under control, and I found a technique that worked for me.  There's a million and one studies out there about how people who log their food do better than those who don't.  There's a very simple reason for this, you see what you've eaten in plain black and white, staring you in the face.  If you see that you've shoved 3 pieces of pizza and a slice of cake down your gullet you may think twice about that ice cream sunday later....and it really does work, it gives you a moment of pause and reflection.  In that vein, what I did this week as part of my after-work snacking habit is I sat down with my tracker.  When I got home from work, I made myself a cup of tea or poured a glass of water and sat down at the table and went over my tracker.  Did I write everything down that I had eaten thus far?  Sometimes I didn't so I had to add foods in.  Where are my daily values?  How many points do I have left (I like the points, tracking all the individual numbers just gives me a headache...I AM NOT a numbers person, if you like keeping track of the cals, protein, fat, carbs, fiber...etc...be my guest)?  After a drink and sitting and looking at everything, I could decide if I was in fact still hungry and it gave me focus to make the best decision possible for an after work snack.  So I think I created a new habit/tool for myself this week and will continue to use it to help my absent-minded snacking.

I lost 2 pounds this week, so that's almost all the weight I put on over the holidays so I'm happy with that.  What is my mission this week?  I'm going to get my butt back into the gym.  I am no longer a one-person household which now means that I will have help doing all the things that need to be done.  Part of that means that I have to take time to focus on me and that means taking time to go to the gym.  I need to practice for that 5K and I have the membership so I need to use it, especially because the sidewalks are still too narrow/dangerous to try running with the dogs outside.  My mission this week is to get my exercise in, through a mix of gym time and wii.  I also want to log my steps and average HR using the awesome pedometer/HR monitor watch my parents got me for christmas.  Of course I'm very sad at it's dramatic decrease in price after the holidays...if I'd have known I would not have asked for it for Christmas because I'm afraid to find out how much my awesome parents paid for it....

Here's to an activity filled week my friends!