Having to write all these papers and being so busy is killing my diet.  I suppose I should be happy to maintain this week since dieting is totally not my top priority right now.  My worst snacky habit is eating when I’m having a paper writing marathon, which is what I’m doing.  Eating gives me nice breaks, and I enjoy it (which is of course what got me here in the first place).  Today was not terrible– the calories were still fairly low, but I was not OP, nor did I expect to be.  However, I had a snack in the late afternoon that added probably an extra 300 calories to my usual total.  I may add these up at some point, but no time for that this week, so I guess I’ll let the scale do the talking on Friday.

Breakfast: cheese toast, 1 egg white, HNS

Lunch: bar, HNS

Snack: 6 crackers (90), 1 oz. full fat cream cheese (100), 4 melba toasts (80)

Dinner: 2 oz. tuna (thought I should get some protein in there to hold the hunger at bay), 1 oz. cheddar, 6 crackers, 1/2 cup pear sauce, HNS, 2 melba toast (40), 1/4 choc. mini crisps (40)

I really need to get over this cracker addiction.  The first sleeve is almost gone so perhaps when it’s done I should stick them in the closet and not get them out again, lol.  Or, better yet, do it now so it’s out of sight.  I was genuinely hungry when I had the snack because the bars don’t fill you up that much, but I should have had protein so it would have stayed with me better because at dinner I was ravenous again, which then contributed to eating a bit more than normal.  I also need to get back to taking my food elsewhere to eat.  I’ve been standing in the kitchen lately to save time, but that just keeps me near the food before I have a chance to feel full, and I have been grabbing a couple extra melba toasts afterward for about a week now.

weight at home: 172– it’s basically staying the same, so at least I’m not gaining.