Losing it - week 1

I had forgotten how time consuming it is to track everything you eat. Eye opening and time consuming! I found this week a challenge, mostly because I didn't shop with eating healthy in mind. When I was hungry I had to search for snacking alternatives. Since I am nursing I didn't let myself starve, not that I would anyhow, I seriously LOVE eating.

I used Myfitnesspal religiously all week and I liked it. It helped me keep track of what I was doing. Due to the nursing i am not worrying if I go over on calories or fat. This tool is helping me be accountable to me. If I eat a granola bar and an hour later feel like cookies I can look at what I have already eaten and rationalize to myself that a cookie isn't the best choice. So far it is working for me.

I had one seriously bad day. Two things conspired to make it a bad food day.

1. Festival of Pie: On the weekend M decided that he wanted us to have a pie making contest in which he would judge and chose a winner. I made an apple blueberry pie. Kevin made a chocolate pudding pie with graham cracker crust.

2. Due to scheduling conflicts I let my husband go visit his best friend (who was visiting from England and leaving the next day to go back) instead of going to the Post BlogHer get together. I spent the evening reading @spidergrl's tweets and drowing my sorrows in pie, 2 large pieces of pie.

Oh yes, my calorie count for that day was over by more than 500 and my fat had an extra 47 grams... but dam that pie was good! And I was sad, that evening sounded like so much fun!!! :(

I had spend Tuesday walking up and down hill for the better part of 6 hours at Storyland. So the way I see it, it all balances out...

The final tabulation for week one has me very happy. I am down 2lbs.

Thanks Losing it in Ottawa ladies for letting tag along on this journey. It feels good!