This has been an interesting week, eating-wise. I've noticed that as the months go by on phentermine (over 5 months now) the volume of food I am eating has started to go up and up. At first, I was eating *very* little during the day... usually coffee in the morning, a Greek yogurt mid-day, and then a smallish dinner... all low carb. I've gradually had more of an appetite. Or maybe it's just certain times of the month, or when I am a bit stressed or overwhelmed, and I feel like eating more often. At any rate, that hasn't hurt my weight loss so far (-8, -8, -7, and -9 the last four months) but I am wary of it starting to slow things down.
I am probably eating closer to 1200 calories a day now, which is actually more realistic for the long run. I do think I'll keep losing weight if I am consistent with the *regular* exercise... which I have not been (yet). The weather's getting nicer for walks and yard work, but I really need to stop procrastinating the bike riding. I always feel so much better when I get into a routine, so why am I so resistant? I always have been.
This week I ate a lot more variety. I've added hot oat bran cereal with cinnamon and peanut butter to my diet, which I really enjoy. I've had a few keto sweets and breads, half of an actual (non-low-carb) biscuit with chicken and gravy, sausage patties with eggs, a bit more cheese than is probably mentally sound, and a couple sessions of Pizza Hut garlic Parmesan chicken wings. I am not sure if this is a good thing or a bad thing. Okay, the cheese was a bit much, and the wings should be a once-in-awhile choice just based on nutrition. But if I can manage to lose weight and eventually maintain while eating more of a variety of foods, that's going to make things much easier over the next several decades. But I also don't want to kid myself here and think those foods are ideal for health. Maybe it's time to start implementing my plan of "if I am hungry, add more vegetables." That's no doubt the wiser thing to do.
So let's get wise, and motivated, and more active. And thinner!
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