I find journaling laborious. There’s no fun in it. Yes, it sucks! With that being said, writing stuff down is the best way to keep track of it. A budget. A gratitude journal. A prayer journal. The notes on my phone is a rockstar. Especially since I discovered you can make it read to you.
This isn’t my first rodeo with MyFitnessPal. A free app where you can log your daily calorie intake. This app will let you do a whole lot more. But I’m sticking to the free version. See my series called ‘Waste not. Want not’. I entered Ollie’s biggest cheapskate contest. But if they’ve ever named a winner, well it wasn’t me.
As with all problems in my life, the solution is me. My relationship with food is, I see it. I like it. It tastes good. I want it all. I don’t want that good feeling good food creates to end. Buying individual serving sizes is a waste of money. But I know me. If I have a 10 oz bag, I’m eating a 10 oz bag.
I have set goals in the past. I have used this app in the past. But as I get older, I know things are going to become more difficult.
I’ve adopted a now or never attitude. And this birthday is going to be a big birthday for me. No. I don’t expect my muse to fall out of the sky and land in my lap. 😔 But what if this happened. 🎉 Let’s just call it like it is, my crush. 🤭 Muse feels more grown up, more artistic. Crush feels like I’m back in high school with adolescent hormones raging.
Back to journaling. A friend of mine was encouraged to journal by her therapist. We discussed ways to get her interested. Okay, so with the 999 ways to journal, maybe I don’t dislike journaling after all.
It takes time. I have to guess at portion sizes sometimes. And I take breaks from doing a food log on the weekends. This isn’t a licensed to eat all the food. It’s a break mentally from the never ending food log.
I bogged myself down the last time I tried with ‘I’m going to be doing this the rest of my life’. If my best friend is a good example, no I’m not. She has gotten to where she’s content with her weight. Eats pretty much what she wants. And doesn’t worry about it much. That’s where I want to be.
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After over a decade of logging my food, I had to take a break from it. I feel you, and I wish you all the best.
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Thank you. 💕 Breaks are very important. Have an amazing day.
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I used to think “that way”. In the last two years, I’ve basically ingrained my cheapskate (that’s not changing) and my love for food (I STILL love food so much) and combined it! Think.. “I can snack on these m&m’s all week”. Honestly, with the way food prices have jacked up. I don’t think I could afford to be heavy again. 😂😂
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Oh how I love the junk.
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