Yes I am still harping on the portion size of the food that is being delivered. Today I got scrambled eggs and toast. The eggs were plentiful, but the toast - well lets just say I couldn't put it in the toaster because I would never find it again. It would fall through the grate and become part of those pesky crumbs you have to periodically clean out from your toaster (or if you are OCD you would clean it out every day.) Yes it was about 1/8 the size of a normal piece of bread. More like a crouton than a piece of bread.
But with all that said - I wouldn't have been able to stick to the food they are giving me 5 months ago. I had tried over and over to buy those meals and just eat what they sent and I just couldn't. I would get way to hungry and then I would eat something healthy like oh a couple pieces of toast with butter - or a tortilla or three.
1200 calories isn't very much. Most of the time when you go to restaurants their main courses are about 800-1200 calories - and that is before appetizers, dessert and drinks. So five months ago dinner out would normally be about 1500 calories if I was being good, but normally it would probably be about 2000 calories if I got whatever I wanted. I would come out feeling so full that I hurt. Now I don't quite get that full, but I have learned to eat more often and so I am not as hungry as I used to get.
That is the biggest change with me is that I eat constantly. But now it is a cup of fruit or a pickle/cucumber or a optifast bar. Sometimes I feel that I am eating too much, but the weight still comes off and it appears that I stay within the calorie range so I guess it is right...But still their portion sizes are really really small.
But with all that said - I wouldn't have been able to stick to the food they are giving me 5 months ago. I had tried over and over to buy those meals and just eat what they sent and I just couldn't. I would get way to hungry and then I would eat something healthy like oh a couple pieces of toast with butter - or a tortilla or three.
1200 calories isn't very much. Most of the time when you go to restaurants their main courses are about 800-1200 calories - and that is before appetizers, dessert and drinks. So five months ago dinner out would normally be about 1500 calories if I was being good, but normally it would probably be about 2000 calories if I got whatever I wanted. I would come out feeling so full that I hurt. Now I don't quite get that full, but I have learned to eat more often and so I am not as hungry as I used to get.
That is the biggest change with me is that I eat constantly. But now it is a cup of fruit or a pickle/cucumber or a optifast bar. Sometimes I feel that I am eating too much, but the weight still comes off and it appears that I stay within the calorie range so I guess it is right...But still their portion sizes are really really small.
TSH needs to follow your lead.
ReplyDeleteI saw the piece of toast - it looked to be the size of a piece of "melba toast" - smaller than a playing card & a little smaller (obviously much thinner) than a pack of cigarettes.
Less is more
Hilarious about the toast!
ReplyDeleteI think constant eating is a good thing. Takes care of that oral fixation. As long as you don't eat "bad shit."
You *are* doing great. Just as TH says.