Diet update
Sep. 23rd, 2002 07:17 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
yendiSo, two days in, I seem to be doing okay, diet-wise. I actually stayed below my Points quota yesterday (although above my minimum), mainly due to the fact that Amy's brand foods are damned low in points (the Veggie Loaf dinner I had weighed in at only five). And a big thanks to Melintur for pointing me towards Skinny Cow ; although the ice cream sandwiches I bought (the peanut butter cup ones) are three points instead of two, that's still damned good for a dessert, and they taste amazingly good.
My big weakness, alas, is coffee. Coffee iteself is free, the single-shot flavor creamers I use at home are a point apiece. And on the go, I dump about half a cup of skim milk and one packet of brown sugar in my coffee (along with some Equal). So my caffeine habit has a way of inching my point count up. Of course, there are obvious ways to balance it -- like eating a mostly point-free lunch at the salad bar (although chickpeas, my favorite salad ingredient, aren't free), etc. It's interesting how aware of everything I'm eating I've become, though (and it's not like I didn't obsess over food to begin with). The good news is, I haven't been excessively hungry, which means it's either a smart diet, or I'm cheating and don't realize it. :-)
Anyway, breakfast today was a 2-points bar (they sent two boxes with the at-home kit) and coffee with a creamer shot, so three points down, plenty to go.
My big weakness, alas, is coffee. Coffee iteself is free, the single-shot flavor creamers I use at home are a point apiece. And on the go, I dump about half a cup of skim milk and one packet of brown sugar in my coffee (along with some Equal). So my caffeine habit has a way of inching my point count up. Of course, there are obvious ways to balance it -- like eating a mostly point-free lunch at the salad bar (although chickpeas, my favorite salad ingredient, aren't free), etc. It's interesting how aware of everything I'm eating I've become, though (and it's not like I didn't obsess over food to begin with). The good news is, I haven't been excessively hungry, which means it's either a smart diet, or I'm cheating and don't realize it. :-)
Anyway, breakfast today was a 2-points bar (they sent two boxes with the at-home kit) and coffee with a creamer shot, so three points down, plenty to go.