“Today I will do what others won’t, so tomorrow I can accomplish what others can’t.” ~ Jerry Rice
One day down, one day down! Yesterday went pretty well with the calorie counting. I was even faced with an “out to eat” situation! But over all, I think I did pretty well.
The only minor problem I had… I could not find nutrition information anywhere for the restaurant we ate at. I looked on-line forever and found nothing. It’s a smaller restaurant, so I guess I’m not too surprised. That was the only slip I had all day.
At dinner I ate consciously. I didn’t stuff myself. I didn’t eat it all. I left feeling satisfied. It was a good feeling. Before dinner, I had only eaten 757 calories, so I still had, at most, over 800 calories to be eaten. Now, I know estimating is not good, because we’re often not accurate, but I had no choice given the circumstances. I would say I am 99.8% sure I stayed under 1,600 calories for the day yesterday. Success!
Today is going good so far. And no slip ups today since I can actually FIND the nutritional information I need. 
August is coming up quickly and I’m currently planning out my workouts for the week. And I AM going to stick with it. I’m just going to do the damn thing. There is no easy way around this. To see the results, I must put in the work. That’s what I’m doing.
I hope you all are having a great day! Chat soon!
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Good job. Today I was able to eat healthy, exercise and commit to not bingeing tonight. May we both have a good “next day”.
I eat out a lot & most of the time at non-chain restaurants, so figuring out the exact amount of calories I eat has always been a struggle for me. It was like I always wanted to be *perfect*, so going to a restaurant that didn’t list NI would make me so anxious. The not knowing exactly how many calories I was eating, would spell disaster for me. I would either think, “Well, if I can’t know exactly how many calories I’m eating, then screw it, I’m just eating whatever I want because this restaurant has no healthy options anyway.” OR, I would be super diligent and throughout the meal overthink every bite. Neither way is a way to live a balanced life.
Once I let go of my perfectionist attitude, I let myself estimate. If I can’t find the calories for the exact food I eat, I log a similar food that I do know the calories for. This has worked great for me, but the key is being 100% honest with myself about my portion sizes.
Also, before I go out to a new restaurant, I look up their menu online (About 95% of restaurants post at least a dinner menu). This way, I’m not surprised about what they offer and I don’t feel like I have to figure out what the healthiest choice is while I’m hungry and the server is waiting to take my order. I usually have 2 options in mind before I’ve even walked in the door of the restaurant (just in case they are out of my first choice) and I have a mental list of questions to ask the server (what is in the sauce? is that soup made with cream? etc.). I used to think, “If I ask them questions, they’ll think I’m a total anal B and probably spit in my food!” Actually, the opposite has been true. I’ve never had a situation where a server has been rude about me asking questions or stating what I want.
Anyway, sorry this ended up so wordy! Good job staying within your range yesterday! I also really like the Jerry Rice quote today