I realized I hadn't defined goals...so how do I know if it was a successful day or not?

My goal is to lose 4%- and the way I plan on doing it (because I already exercise a lot) is to eat less, limit carbs, control my portions, eat regular meals instead of grazing, limit junk food and stop picking at my kids food.  Some of those goals are more general than others.

So today I am going to try to be more specific and then I can realize if I reached them...

  1. Lower carb intake: I plan on doing this by eliminating wheat for the month.  I often find myself snacking on crackers, tea buscuits, or other carbs that my kids leave around.  I think if I stick to buckwheat, quinoa, rice etc it will be easier to consume less carbs and less calories.
  2. Replace certain "trigger" junk foods and high calorie junk foods- gummy candies and dried fruit are triggering for me. I plan on replacing those with sugar free jello. I also am going to keep eliminating chocolate (even though I barely eat it and don't usually crave it) and limit my ice coffee's to twice a week.
  3. No eating kids food- ever at all.  No exeptions.
  4. Snacks- trying to limit since I am a grazer.  Only fruits, fresh veggies, jello or deli meat. This includes when cooking- no snacking while cooking!
  5. Eat regular meals- breakfast, lunch, dinner - and not a lot in between. This is hardest for me when I first get home with the kids.  But I need to do it!

 

OK so if these are my goals...

  1. Was moderately successful. I didn't plan on doing this but in general my food choices were low carb and healthy/ veggie based.
  2. I was 100% successful at this today.  I didn't have any junk.
  3. I was mostly successful...had 2 tea buscuits in the morning.
  4. Snacked a bit in the evening.
  5. Was good with breakfast and lunch...dinner was more of a graze.

Aiming for 100% in each one tomorrow!