59Carol's Journal, 25 Sep 21

I gained 0.8 pound this week. That ordinarily would be disappointing to me. The fact of the matter is that I ate above my normal intake literally every day this week. I have a colour coated way of looking at my calories. If I am a bit above I use yellow (caution) and a lot above is red (stoppp!). This week I had 4 yellow and 3 red. So a gain of less than a pound is amazing! I am taking the scale as a win and the calorie intake as something I need to attend to this up coming week!

There is no mystery as to where I need to deal with the calorie intake. Nuts, peanut butter and ice cream (one day only thank goodness!) I have put the peanut butter into the freezer two days ago so that should take care of that. Ice cream was bought as a single serving so not a home temptation. The nuts are really the place that I will need to be vigilant. I have done so in the past and I can in the future. If I don't get a handle on it, I will not buy peanuts for awhile and rely on almonds. I don't seem to overeat those in the same way.

I would have been out of the 'yellow' yesterday if I had better eyesight! I was in a health food store buying some stuff for my knee that has been working well. I spotted these little energy balls. I squinted at the nutrition information. I saw 140 calories. I could feel that there were two energy balls in the package. So I figured 70 calories each. This morning I enter in the calories. I put on my reading glasses to double check the information and discover 140 calories each not for both! Urghhh!

The stucco job continues. The base scratch coat is on the house and most of the garage. The stone work is slow going and finicky. It is looking good however I have to rein in my impatience. Today I think that it will be just the rock being done as two of the workers are not making it. It is supposed to rain Sunday and Monday so nothing can be done on those two days. Winter is coming....

75.3 kg Lost so far: 46.5 kg.    Still to go: 0 kg.    Diet followed: Reasonably Well.

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1150 kcal

Fat: 48.14g | Prot: 33.57g | Carbs: 157.91g.   Breakfast: Strawberries, Tea (Brewed), Honey, Spectrum Organic Ground Flaxseed, Oatmeal, Bragg Organic Apple Cider Vinegar, Synergy Gingerberry Kombucha (Bottle), Prune Puree, Planters Dry Roasted Peanuts. Lunch: Splendid Spoon Cauliflower Potato Chowder, Bragg Organic Apple Cider Vinegar, Tone's Ground Cumin, McCormick Ground Cumin, Apples, Signature Select Stir Fry Vegetables, Land O'Lakes Salted Butter. Dinner: Olive Oil, Hale and Hearty Mushroom Barley Soup, Whole Foods Market Nutritional Yeast, McCormick Ground Cumin, Ginger, Great Value Garlic Powder, Green Leaf Lettuce, Raw Vegetable, Great Value Dry Roasted Peanuts. Snacks/Other: Bounce Coconut Macadamia Protein Energy Ball, Strawberries, Kroger Dry Roasted Peanuts Unsalted, Green Tea. more...

1975 kcal

Exercise: Resting - 14 hours, Stretching (yoga) - 25 minutes, Dance (slow step) - 20 minutes, Sleeping - 9 hours, Walking (slow) - 2/mph - 15 minutes. more...