Keep your hands busy

I have been really successful these past few days at my diet (my diet being I eat fewer calories.) I think a big part of this success is that not only am I trying to think about food less, I am thinking about other little things more. I am unemployed so I spend a lot of time at home by myself. I used to eat whenever I was hungry, or even thought I was hungry. This made it easy to overeat. But I am planning a little party at my house this coming weekend. This party is a crafting party, we are making Christmas tree ornaments. I wanted to make sure the party goes smoothly so I have been doing a lot of prep work. This weekend my partner and I spray painted pine cones. Tonight I took seven odd sized ones that weren't so pretty and painted them with glue and glittered them. They look a lot nicer then I thought they would turn out even. Having something to do with my hands when I not busy helps me avoid eating. It also helps when I eat a small snack and then wait to see if I feel full before I eat again. So far this combination has been working well. I am also really motivated to lose weight this time around.

How am I doing at my diet? Today for breakfast I had refried beans, a Carb Balance tortilla, salsa, light sour cream and Tapatio sauce. This was fine for me, I don't really mind having left overs for breakfast.

I had a zero calorie Fresca and a pear for a snack.

For lunch I had a whole can of light chicken and dumpling soup, I added Tapatio for spice, kinda good kinda weird.

I had a string cheese and sugar free hot cocoa in 1% milk for my snack, since my partner is getting home late from work.

For dinner we are having spicy tomato sauce with sardines, on whole wheat buns, with cheese on top. As well as some kind of salad.

This sounds like a lot, and really, it did feel like I had enough food all day. Just making better choices, and making sure my portions are small.
Yay!