[TXMary2]

I made meatloaf. I figured out the calories per oz and ended up eating 7 ozs. Sounds bad and I did feel a little bad, BUT it was within my calories and I ate bell pepper slices with it and drank water. That meatloaf tasted so good.

I am still under my calories for the day.....however on my fitday pie graph my fats are 59% because of that stupid meatloaf! Carbs only 20 something % and that is the lowest ever and my protein was about 18%. I expected higher protein with all that beef, but I guess it was more fat! Oh well. I am of the mindset that as long as the calories are right I am eating what I enjoy to avoid feeling deprived, which then in turn would set me up for a binge. I don't ever want that out of control feeling again.

I have been drinking water since dinner and I did pop some almonds (about 6) to help curb that desire to have more meatloaf. My dang family didn't eat the rest - which normally if I was going to go for more there wouldn't be any. LOL

Overall, today was another good day! I didn't stuff myself, I stayed under 1700 calories, I drank lots of water and I had veggies which is hard for me. I never get enough veggies as I don't care for them, but I had a salad and bell pepper so that was better than nothing. I didn't walk around the block today...time just got away.

[aliquot]

Was it at least lean ground beef? Like...93/7 or something?

[angelskeep]

Mary, I wouldn't fret too much over one day that is too high in fat especially if you are still on plan with the calories. Probably just dont make a habit of it, and EAT MORE VEGETABLES! LOL! Also, 7oz. is a pretty big portion. You might try just 4 oz. next time and make up the difference with some ow fat cheese, veg and cottage cheese, more veg and a protein snack later...you get the idea.

You'll be fine.

Barb

[TXMary2]

Thanks for the encouragement. I knew it was too much, but I justified it because it was meat and in my calorie allowance. Next time I will have more self control. For some reason I was just craving it - you'd think it was chocolate or something- which I have had no cravings for.

[susieyarb]

I feel like you're ok. You stayed w/in your calorie range and it will help keep you from thinking about meatloaf every waking minute. I think you'll do better next time anyhow on your amount.

Today is a new day. If you eat meatloaf today, just eat a small portion.

I truly believe the reason CC is working for me is because I can have some of the things I want every now an then and I'm still losing weight. If I'm going to keep it off for life, I've got to be able to have meatloaf (or pizza etc) every now and then!

[Karen925]

Howdy,
We all do the best we can do. For me, I have 2 unbroken rules, 1. is to record everything I eat and 2. weigh daily whenever I am in town. The rest of it gets sorted out. I sometimes have to judge the weight/size of something. I sometimes eat things with a lot of salt. Whatever the deal, I record to my best guess. So far, this has proven to be immensely successful.

No more isle of denial.