My biggest problem when it comes to working out, counting macros and generally staying in any shape but round is snacking and feeling compelled to eat anything offered to me.  If they have an unexpected lunch at work… I’m there and I’m scrapping my own planned and packed lunch.  If there’s candy in a dish, my hand inevitably finds it’s way into that bowl after lunch at least once or twice.  I don’t count it on my daily meal plan either.  Why don’t I lose weight?  Other than the whole muscle weighs more than fat thing, it’s because I’m over eating in such small quantities that I just don’t bother to count it.  There you go!  My big admission and my biggest downfall.  When I’m home making dinner, I might shove 2 or 3 handfuls of mixed nuts and dried fruit in my face and not think anything of it.  If I’m cooking breakfast for the boys I might just eat a piece of bacon or take a sip of juice while I’m pouring it.

This week I got to thinking about how I can improve what I’m doing without killing myself at the gym for no reason.  This was the problem I came up with that needed solving and this is the problem I’m going to overcome.  This week, 3/3 days so far I have not dipped in the candy jar once, eaten any nuts that weren’t counted and in fact today there was a baby shower for someone where lunch was provided and I excused myself to go eat the lunch I brought for myself!  Way to go!  That’s the willpower I need to have more of.  getting over that may prove helpful to my personal journey to my goals.

We have another week before I take measurements again and I haven’t logged a weight in over a week but I have weighed myself.  I’m hovering at 171 and struggling with macros and calorie counts to find my perfect recipe.  That’s a work in progress as am I.  For now I’ve buckled down on oblivious snacking and chipped off one more block on the wall between me and success!