(from Bobby)
For about a month, I have been dieting.
Dieting as in trying to rein in this gut of mine that has developed over the years.
So far, so good: I have dropped about 12 pounds.
I started out counting Weight Watchers points but mainly have tried to adopt an approach that might work long-term: Eating at meals and cutting out snacks in between. Stopping the habit I had developed of following every lunch with a brownie or Snickers bar. Replacing my daily sausage biscuit at McDonald's with either an Egg McMuffin or a homemade egg muffin (trust me, Tamie's version is 10 times better and just as healthy as the fast-food one).
As the diet continues, I offer my top 10 lists of the best and worst parts of this weight-loss experiment.
BOBBY'S TOP 10 WORST PARTS OF DIETING
10. Too many trips to Subway to eat a sandwich instead of a burger.
9. No cake and ice cream at Kendall's birthday party.
8. No Doritos nacho cheese tortilla chips.
7. No boxes of Milk Duds, Ding Dongs or Sugar Babies.
6. Growling stomach in the afternoon.
5. No going back repeatedly to pile more macaroni and cheese on my plate.
4. No brownie with nuts after lunch.
3. No sausage biscuit drenched with grape jelly every morning.
2. No cheese and chips when eating at Ted's (my favorite Tex-Mex restaurant).
1. No eating for entertainment purposes (i.e., popcorn at the movie theater, hot fudge sundae at Braum's, etc.).
BOBBY'S TOP 10 BEST PARTS OF DIETING
10. Rotisserie chicken tastes pretty good with a reasonable amount of barbecue sauce.
9. Still embarrassed to take shirt off at swimming pool, but not as much as before.
8. Caffeine-free Diet Coke (what's left when you remove the sugar and the caffeine? I don't know, but it has grown on me).
7. Lack of that sickeningly full feeling after pigging out at any given opportunity.
6. Win brownie points with wife (even if no actual brownies are allowed).
5. Cupcakes made with diet soda instead of eggs and oil are awesome.
4. Diet Dr Pepper (much better than regular Dr Pepper).
3. Jello sugar-free chocolate pudding with Cool Whip Light.
2. Homemade egg muffin or Egg McMuffin for breakfast (THIS IS DIETING!? My wife claims it is).
1. Seeing the number go down on the scale.
1 comments:
Congratulations on your eating healthy! Enjoyed your Top 10 lists. Are clothes getting looser? I've had weight loss on my mind lately and a couple of quotes have come to mind. You might be familiar with them already: "Nothing tastes as good as being thin feels." and "(wish I could remember the first part of this). . .when the pain of staying the same is greater than the pain of changing."
While in the States, ran across an interesting little book at some bookstore, "The No-S Diet." No seconds,no snacks, no sweets . . .except on Saturdays and Sundays. Gotta love the weekends. =)
Just wondering, have you added walking or lifting weights or increasing physical activity? Just 15 minutes at a time does help. Myself, I do lots more walking here in Russia, just part of the routine. (25 min walk to the church building, etc)
Keep us posted!
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