I track my food on the MyFitnessPal app.
It helps to enter what I eat before I eat it, otherwise I tend to “forget” and not log everything.
Especially the “little things”.
The “little things” are biscuits, ice cream, cake at work morning tea, dressings…and all these “little things” add up. A lot.
Once I started tracking properly, I learned that, quite often, I was eating more calories in the “little things” than I was in my main meals.
This is why you hear OA people say “three meals a day… and nothing in between.”
It’s not usually the meals that cause the problem. It’s the rubbish in between.
For example, one day last week I had my usual smoothie for breakfast, then shrimp and veggies for lunch, and chicken and vegetables for dinner.
All good…and coming to about 1400 calories, which is my goal for a day.
BUT…I then had an ice cream sundae from the corner shop in the evening. Which I estimate at about 800 calories.
One “little treat” ruined a whole day of great eating.
So now I log food before I eat. Especially the “little things”.
That makes all the difference.
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