[The Little Bowl] UP and Down

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Ack, the calories were zooming high for the last couple of days. My youngest grandson had a playground accident that had us in the hospital for awhile and food was out of whack. I refused to eat the junk at the hospital (shouldn’t there be healthy food at a hospital?) and I refused to eat at Mcs, which we stopped at because no one could wait to eat at home…but I just couldn’t bring myself to eat there again, after having a Mcs burger the day before and thinking it was just not what I consider a good burger. Because of the timing, we heated up the mexican meal left overs for dinner last night. Which are so carby. I was really hungry and although I could have made better choices, I found myself just eating too much. I thought about this later as my tummy started reacting. Just how much longer am I going to let my calories top out at 2000 when I am on the mission to loose weight? I am finding myself constantly making excellent choices, but sliding a bit here and there and suddenly I see the calories climbing to the point that I can indeed gain weight. Calories in excess of 1500 for too long, I gain. My average for the month has climbed to just over my target number, and the carbs are back up to previous levels of 80. I am struggling just a bit with which is more important, the calories or the carbs? It’s more of a struggle to get both into the correct range than concentrating on just one. I struggle trying to get my fat up higher and protein is harder with my circumstance of either visiting other people or living on the truck. I will have to adjust more to get these targets back into alignment. I told my daughter today that my carbs are too high and that I will eat some of the left over meat tonight with a salad and bow out of whatever she was planning for dinner. I felt good that I could be proactive and I think now I feel more in control of my choices and not feeling I am intruding. About two more weeks of my time here, I want to get this diet back in alignment with my goals. I feel pretty good otherwise, but I don’t have that wondrous glow and happy feeling I get when in ketosis. I am aiming to get there by the weekend. We are still waiting for the baby to be born, she will hit 42 weeks on Thursday! My daughter is determined to deliver at home unassisted, so I am hoping that there isn’t a run in with the doctor’s view of inducing if she in not in labour by Thursday. The excitement is mounting! --

Posted By elisaannh to The Little Bowl at 8/17/2010 11:37:00 AM