I am cautiously pleased with the low calories I've been consuming lately. Cautiously, because I don't want to get used to doing that for a few reasons.
I've read that eating "under" 1,200 calories is not safe because it's not enough to get the nutrients your body needs. And it might actually slow down your metabolism. So I've actually been trying to eat more, these last few days.
And the other reason is, I don't want to adapt a "diet" mentality, I want to be able to live with my plan for the rest of my life, which will mean going over at times. I am familiar with anorexia, and I don't ever want to go that route again. For me, it's a thin line between, eating healthy but less, and dieting. My eating has been out of whack for so long that it's hard to distinguish the two.
I haven't had any out of control cravings, and I'm trying to put into perspective what the reasons may be.
Let's see, I stopped eating the 100 Calorie pretzels, I haven't had any regular sweets, chocolate, cookies, cakes, etc., I've been eating 100% whole wheat bread, and virtually no pasta or rice. I've noticed that even eating the brown rice and whole wheat pastas, trigger me. I can't figure that out, it's supposed to do just the opposite. I suppose it could be one or all of the reasons I mentioned. Whatever it is, I will continue to eat this way for now. I will not look a gift horse in the mouth:D
Today we are going to visit my parents. Unfortunately, I can't stay as long as I used to since it's so hard for me to sit for several hours with my physical problems, but I'm looking forward to having them over on son's birthday.
I'm off to wake up son, he usually wakes up very early but yesterday he went to a school dance, his second, and went to bed shortly after, besides, I can't wait to hear all about it. LOL!
I will post my total later.
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PM Update: Total for the day, 1,213calories.
