Some Thoughts about Food (and a weigh in)

Since I last posted, I took a family vacation to Disneyland where we walked a TON, and ate not so great. I had a decent breakfast at the hotel every morning, but from then on it was a struggle to eat well. I packed decent stuff in a backpack, but even that didn't help. At night it was pizza, pork ribs from a restaurant called "The Jazz Kitchen" (AMAZING!!!!!), PF Chang's, and then travel food along the road. I only got one real workout in that week. However, when I got back, it was time for a weigh-in. I didn't gain any weight!!! I stayed the same. And, my waist was almost two inches smaller. Seriously. I didn't expect that. I have since gone back to my eating regimen, which is good. I was pretty worried that I would get back and fall into old bad habits. Some of that is happening at work though. Staff dining is evil. There is a tray of cookies that gets put out every day and they are really good. For a while I was allowing myself one a day as desert after dinner, but in the last couple of weeks, I have been eating them as pre-desert. And pre pre desert. This is where I have to get serious again. My old patterns are beginning to present themselves now. I have worked out pretty hard for a couple of months, got great results, and now I'm starting to relax. I don't want to do that. So, I'm going to make a few hard and fast guidelines for eating:

1. Always eat a good breakfast.
2. If I want junk food (ie cookies), I have to make it. Then eat sparingly.
3. Sundays are a day to pay less attention to what I eat. Not a free day, but not as strict.

I'm sure more will come to me before too long, but that should be a good place to start.