Some thoughts about dieting...

I've been watching my nutrition now for a week. I have officially been on Meredith's plan for 7 days as well as I have been running regularly at respectable distances. The nutrition is coming much easier for me this time around. I have Melissa for support throughout the day, and Chad is being great, too.

Since the last time I blogged about my weight, I have lost 4 pounds. Really. I have not been overly hungry, except for a few times where I was forced to go further between meals than I intended.

Here are my post-week 1 thoughts -

• I had developed too many bad eating habits.
• When I am focused on my diet, it is really easy to eat well.
• Healthy food can be hard to find when you are eating out.
• The general public's view of healthy food is drastically different than mine.
• 4 pounds of weight loss feels pretty good.
• Water consumption helps me be less irritable.
• I am sleeping better now that I am eating better and exercising more.
• Chai tea (made at home, not the sweetened, pre-prepared stuff) is a comfort food for me.
• I am a grazer in the kitchen.
• It is really easy to consume a lot of calories if you do not intentionally count them. I can guarantee that the great majority of people in America have no idea how many calories they consume in a day and that it is not even close to 2000-2500 that is on all of the nutrition labels.
• Sweet potatoes are good if you are a sugar-holic trying to lose weight.
• Kashi GoLean Crunchy bars are really tasty---some other nutrition bars are packed with calories from sugars and fats.
• I like knowing what time I am eating and monitoring the amount of time that passes between meals and snacks. Sometimes it is hard to stop what I am doing to eat, just because it is the right time.
• Sticking to my time schedule prevents me from getting hungry.