By evih on Skatehive
My food diary is all over the place. Breakfast: breakfast burrito, coffee/milk, granola bar, thin mint. Lunch: sardines, orange, popcorn, rice crisps, okara brownies, granola bar, more coffee, multivitamin. Last night I felt as though I hadn't had enough food. So today I changed my calorie allowance to maintenance instead of losing, so I allowed myself to have extra food (without planning ahead of time). Breakfast+lunch was 1,350 calories. It was enough to where I wasnt hungry for dinner until later, and I'm trying not to eat after 7, so I'm fasting dinner. I am proud of myself for listening to my body and allowing myself to have bigger portions earlier in the day. If I had tried staying in a calorie maintenance, then I probably would have binged dinner. I am also proud of myself for not having dinner, because I am guilty of eating "because it is time or available" as opposed to actually being hungry and fueling my body appropriately. Part of my journey is learning to listen and trust