...travel down the road and back again. Your heart is true, you're a pal and a confidante!
Thanks so much for the comments, ladies! The support is great. I think you are right about snacks, Rischa (and Aebra, who mentioned it as well). I just have to portion them out to myself - because I have been known to eat a bag of baby carrots/box of Wheat Things/loaf of bread in one sitting.I am going to try your method of counting things out - because I do want to stick with this!
I avoided temptation today, which was good. I walked home from work down Steinway Street, in Astoria. If you've ever traveled down that road (and back againnnn), it's basically the United Nations of food. Besides your typical line-up of pizza places, diners, bakeries, and fast food, there's also Czech, Spanish, Mexican, Thai, Egyptian, and Greek. Yum. I was strong, however, and it didn't just affect my diet, but also my wallet. Eating out can really deplenish my bank account - and remember, I'm going to need that money to help bail out Wall Street!
Today:
BREAKFAST
1 cup of oatmeal
LUNCH
1/2 cup beans
1/2 cup (?) whole-grain spaghetti
Baby carrots
Diet Coke
Truthfully, that wasn't enough and I'm currently hungry. I'm going to eat an early dinner of salad and chicken, but I think when I come back later tonight (I'm going to a dance performance), I'm going to have to break my "no eating after dinner" rule and eat something else as well, because it'll be pretty late by then.
EXERCISE:
Walked home from work - 1 mile
(Plus, I plan on doing some walking in the city - possibly across the bridge)
I'll finish this post later! Thanks everyone!
EDIT:
So,
DINNER
1 Chicken Leg
1 Salad
White Beans/Tomato thing
DESSERT/SNACK
1 Orange juice soda thing (Pellegrino, fancy Organgina, I think - 180 cals)
1 small cone of nonfat vanilla yogurt from Baskin Robbins
Also, I walked from Union Square to 55th Street, which is about two miles (according to Google Maps). So I did 3 miles of leisurely walking today, which isn't terrible. Tomorrow I need to do some more hard-core walking and get my heart beating a little bit.