These past few weeks, I have watched the numbers on the scales of injustice slowly rise, 1/4 pound to a 1/2 pound per week.
But Why?
Nothing obvious that I could detect, for I swear I did not dive into a vat of chocolate, nor did I devour a bag of vinegar & salt potato chips!
It Hit Me.
This morning, however, while brewing my morning pot of coffee, it suddenly dawned on me that in my deep morning fog, I was measuring a teaspoon of organic, raw sugar with the same scoop that I use to measure the coffee grains. In other words, I was counting the scoop, which in reality is the equivalent to two tablespoons, as one teaspoon.
Mindless Eating.
Talk about being unaware and sleepwalking! Which, by the way, I was, since I am generally making coffee somewhere between 5:30 and 6:00 a.m.
Calories In / Calories Out.
Nevertheless, here's the point - beyond my fog. I was thinking that I was putting in one teaspoon of sugar, approx. 15 calories, but in actuality I was putting in two tablespoons, approx. 100 calories. That's 85 extra calories. Some days I have two cups of coffee. That's an extra 170 calories. Multiply that by 7 days, and there you go ... the scales of injustice are going to move up somewhere between 1/4 and 1/2 a pound.
Lesson Learned.
If you hit a plateau, or start to gain for no apparent reason, your first step is to stop and look again. You may be doing something that you are not aware of!
And so I offer my Weighty Confession to Our Lady of Weight Loss.
In my morning stupor,
so mindless and unaware,
I sugared myself up,
by not beyond repair.
Awake and aware,
I move forward now.
with teaspoon in hand,
beyond the fog.
What would you like to confess to Our Lady of Weight Loss? Forgiveness automatically granted!
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Janice
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Forgive me for I have sinned ...
Dear Our Lady of Weight Loss,
Last night, I ate it ALL.
The crackers (salty), the chips (fatty and salty)
and the ice cream (sugar and more sugar).
Signed ... Stuffed beyond recognition.
Dear Lady of Weight Loss Yes its true I ate not just one dove individyally wrapped chocolate after supper..... but 4 thanks for he forgiveness I feel better already!
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