A Little Sweet Goes A Long Way

The kids received some gift cards a while back for Dairy Queen.  Since my two oldest are out today, I decided to go ahead and take the 4 to DQ.  They've been asking for so long, and today, they won!

I am not a big proponent for cheats, because it is too easy to stop completely, but I do acknowledge that I want something 'special' every now and then.   So, the boys got their Blizzards and the littles got a kid sized cone.  While sitting in the restaurant, I decided that I would get a drink.  So I got the frozen cappuccino (a Moolatte).  And shortly afterwards, I was sorry I did.  I just can't do all that sweet anymore.  And I got the small!!  I don't know how people get those large drinks!  My boys, 10 and 12, got the medium blizzards and they both had some to bring home for the freezer.  (I bet it hangs out there for a couple of days.)  And the littles?  Nope - they couldn't finish theirs either.

Now, the good news is that it is one of the few places left where a small feels like plenty.  If you want a little treat, then get a 'little' treat.  Not the family size.  And then listen to your body.  If it starts talking to you (like mine), then maybe next time you want to take a friend to share something with you.  You won't eat too much, and hopefully the time with your friend will be plenty of treat by itself! 

A Word About Calories

So, we got on the scale this morning, and I was down 4 pounds and James was down 5.  Okay, not bad.  We both feel like this was real weight loss since it was a week, and since we took a break over the weekend. 

But we were surprised it wasn't a few more.  "Hmmm...maybe we didn't get enough calories", James suggested.  Really?  We felt fine.  I never felt hungry.  Except for that one day of fogginess I really thought everything was cool.

I decided to figure it out anyway.  Heck, with all the calorie counting websites out there, it should be fast, and then we would know - you know, just in case we were getting "too many".  It was easy enough since we stuck to 2 basic juices two times a day each (4 juices total) and a salad for dinner. 

We know how these things work.  Too many calories in, you gain weight.  Too few calories in, and your body holds on to everything thinking you are in a time of famine.  I couldn't believe the results.  And, I am very embarrassed to admit this next part.   Not only were we on the light side of the calorie count, we were incredibly low!  Most days, we were only getting 750 calories!  On the two days we added avocado, we got more, but not substantially.


Now, I was impressed with the weight loss we had.  Any weight loss with that few calories seemed like a huge success.  But I was more surprised at how I felt all week.  Like I said, I never felt hungry.  I had energy and wasn't falling asleep on the couch at night.  My skin was clearer, and had a much healthier look to it.  And all these things are true for James too.  


So, we stopped and re-evaluated what we were doing. We made some shifts, and new plans.  I look forward to what this week has in store for us.