food journals are great

Well, so far today has gone well, my calories are staying within limits. I am back to keeping my food diary and I will be posting it on my site later this week. That is one thing in past times, people I know would encourage me to keep a food diary, however; I was lazy and felt it was a waste of time. But, I have done it almost everyday since I started my journey 9 months ago and it is the best thing I have ever done. It not only helps me to keep track of what I am eating and what I can do at night, but it also makes it more challenging. And I like a good challenge. If you think that work is in the way of you keeping your diary, then if you have access to Excel, that is the best thing to use. I started mine on a piece of paper, that was time consuming and hard to keep up with and then I decided that I am in front of my computer everyday why not set it up on the computer, so I did I set it up in Excel. At first, it felt like it took a lot of time, but once I got the practice down and got to know my calories a bit, now it is a breeze and it adds the stuff up for me. And it also helps me in my grocery buying, because I just go by my journal and know what I need to get at the store the next time. Anyway, that is one of the first things I open when I get to work. Just a suggestion from the minds of the weird. :)

time for more changes

I've been pretty lax in a lot of things in my life lately, I did really well last week getting my eating back on track. I had gotten back up to 332 from 325. Mostly because I lost that 7 pounds incorrectly. I've been depressed and stressed out about a lot of things going on in my life and about things I wish would go on. I sat down a couple of weeks ago and thought about what I've been doing and realized that gaining my weight back instead of losing the rest of it is going to only make life more difficult for me and others in many ways, so the best thing to do is put on my big girl panty, suck up all that is going on and just keep fighting for what I want in life and that is to feel good and live. I will be weighing on Feb 18 and will be going in to see my favorite doctor in the whole world and see what she has going. I look forward to sharing with all of you how that appointment goes.