Being perfectly exact on a food diary is harder than I remembered! I've done it before-- back when I first started the diabetes plan and the nurses were picky about wanting to know every single bite I put into my mouth and when, but over the last five years I've gotten sloppy. Yesterday I really tried to pay attention so I could enter everything, but who wants to note down the 2 goldfish you popped in your mouth while getting a snack for your toddler? Or the single chocolate chocolate chip you snitched?
I wonder how much that all adds up to in a day? Is it significant or not?
I guess it depends on how often I'm doing it and how big my "snitches" are. Today I'm going to try again to be as exact as I can. Might help if I can keep from popping random things in my mouth.
Now, as far as weighing in . . . I've been weighing myself once a day for years now, so I think I'm going to continue to do that. It seems to be the most effective tool for keeping tabs on where I stand. But as far as my "official" number that I'm going to use here to track my progress, I think I'll use whatever number on the scale that comes up Saturday morning. Perhaps I'm cheating a bit, because Saturday morning tends to be my lowest number of the week (maybe because of my long runs), but I feel that as long as I'm consistent it will still be an accurate picture of my loss. (LOSS! NOT GAIN!)
On to another day of accountable eating!
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