Taking Control

I can't believe I'm wide awake at 5 am on my "weekend". There's something very wrong with this picture!

Anyway, the other day, I went through ALL the food in my pantry, in the fridge, and in the freezer. I learned something about myself:

I know how to eat properly. I know what's healthy. I know how to put that stuff together to keep it healthy. I just don't DO it.

As such, I've come to this conclusion:

Knowledge is power ONLY if you use that knowledge.

In other words, knowledge is just like potential. If it's not put to use, it's useless.

So, with that list of food items in hand, I made a menu for two days, and learned something else.

I don't eat enough. With Weight Watchers Flex plan, I'm alotted a certain number of points per day. (36 because of my physically demanding job - which I decided should be lowered to 30 on my days off.) The menu I made for yesterday, 3 meals with 2 snacks, only gave me 21-25 points. WHAT??? Sheesh. You mean I have to eat MORE???

So, instead of buying light butter, I bought regular. Instead of buying fat free milk, I bought 2%. These two little items will only give me a couple more points a day, but hey...I need all I can get!

Ugghhh. I learned something yesterday too....I ate the breakfast I planned, the snack, the lunch, the next snack... And always by the time the next bit of food was due, I was hungry. It's strange, because usually I can go the entire day after eating breakfast without anything. But I made sure to stick to the plan, and drank a lot of water. And I was consistently hungry. The only thing I can gather (without formal nutritional counseling or schooling) is that if I'm fueling my body with healthy things, and fueling it consistently (i.e. not taking 12 hours off), my body is consistently burning, therefore, getting the whole "feed me semore" thing going every few hours.

And wonder of all wonders...I had an amazing amount of energy at the end of the work day. Enough to go straight out and see "The Secret Life of Bees" (which is the best movie I've seen all year, btw.) And usually, I'm coming straight home and going immediately into a lethargical state.

So, we'll keep it up. And see how it goes. :o)