Shame Diet

So, I went out with my girls on Friday and it was great to sit and laugh and stuff, but of course they had to tell me about their new fitness app that helps you create and track your diet. I swore to myself as we were talking that I would not get into this. I used to have a similar program, but it just got to be too much work to keep up with, but they say this one is so easy and it has a barcode scanner. What?!?

I am known for my willpower. So, I made it to the next morning. This app is ridiculous. I love it and I hate it. I am sure that I will lose weight because I am too Christian to lie and too ashamed to write more things than necessary. There go all my extra snacks. I am apparently never going to be under the sugar limit of my personalized plan. I am over that limit before lunch having only eaten a Greek yogurt and a peach. We are going to have to chalk that up to the game and call it a loss.

I did put in my exercise to create some balance. I have to say that it felt good to win back some fat grams and it was nice to find out that I eat way fewer carbs than I would have guessed. I do, however, need to drink more water. I am willing to work on that. The good news is that according to the program, I can lose almost 10 pounds in the next 5 weeks if I keep eating like I did yesterday. The bad news is that I was struggling to stay on track yesterday. Hopefully, that will get easier with time.

I am willing to endure the shaming food tracker and share my story here for some accountability if it means that I will be able to close out this year having completed at least one goal and getting a good job with a normal and rationally thinking, supportive boss is seeming more and more like an impossibility.

As a side note, I think that I would eat way less if I were not angry at work all the time. I Che o tat I won't be expected to talk. It is my take on the idea about not saying anything when you don't have anything nice to say, but I may have to start talking so that I can drop a few pounds.