Portion Control

The key, I think, to my weight loss is portion control.  Ever since I started using myfitnesspal I've really been paying attention to how much I am eating.  It amazes me how misleading packages can be!  For instance, on a jar of peanut butter it says there are 120 calories, but that is in only for 2 tbsp!  When is the last time you measured how much peanut butter you put on a sandwich?  When is the last time you only had 2 tbsp on a sandwich?  It gets even worse with things like cookies and chips.  Not to mention restaurants!  The normal amount of food you get at a restaurant is actually enough for 2 people!  2 PEOPLE!!  So, I have started asking for a to go box as soon as I place my order.  I get weird looks but I only eat enough food for one person.  If I have learned anything in the past few months about weight loss it is this, I must control now necessarily what I eat but how much I eat. Portion is important.

Over

I am defiantly over.  Overweight, overindulgent, overeating I am just plain over.  I use to overeat.  I say use to because I really don't feel as though I overeat like I did before I really got serious about this trip I'm on.  I've been using a website called www.myfitnesspal.com to track my food and now I notice that even on days I don't go on and track I still pay more attention to what I am eating.  Now I really think about what I eat before I eat it which I didn't do before.  I was also big on overindulgence.  My philosophy was eat it all now cause you don't know when you will ever get it again!  I don't do that as much now because I realize that I will get it again, maybe not tomorrow, but I will get it again.  And, sometimes having something less often can actually make it taste better.  What a concept.  I think I really hit a milestone last night when I actually turned down a piece of Red Velvet cake.  Those of you who have known me for a long time understand the significance of this.  I would bathe in red velvet cake batter if I could.  It is my favorite cake in the world.  Now, I still indulge myself, I did end up having a piece today :)  If I had been hungry last night I probably would have had some then to but I was full and didn't push myself.  I didn't overeat!  I defiantly am overweight too.  This is something that I have been my entire life, for as long as I can remember anyway.  But now, finally I am on my way in the right direction.  I am not overeating as much, I am not overindulging as much, and I am not as overweight as I was when I got started.  So now I am over being over!