OLDARMYMED's Aug 2014 CalorieKing Blog
Another Three Bite the Dust
Saturday, August 16th 2014
I arose this morning feeling good about myself again.
Of course, the fact that it is Saturday and I did not have to go to work helps a lot with the attitude. It is also weigh-in day for me so I went to the scale with the usual fear that I might not like the result. 
It is a double-beam balance scale so I preset the weights to what I want before stepping on the platform. I was hoping to be down 1-2 pounds so I could add a second smiley (1 for every 10) to my forum signature. I stepped on and ...
My Belt
Friday, August 15th 2014
Progress is measured in many ways. Of course, the dreaded scale is the king of methods but there are others that can be just as, if not more, satisfying. Before I began this CK quest I purchased a new belt. It was a comfortable belt. Nothing fancy just a simple piece of leather designed to keep my pants where they belong. Each day for the past week it has seemed to fit a bit looser. When I buckled it on this morning it slipped into the next smaller hole without any effort on my part. I now fin...Thursday, August 14th 2014
This whole process is s two edged sword. One, I am replacing unhealthy foods with healthy foods, and two, I am learning to get by on a smaller volume of food. Couple these together and I am eating less of lower calorie foods.
Sort of doubles the benefit but presents the problem of not being able to consume sufficient quantities to hit my calorie target every day. I have manually lowered the target by 200 calories and am still coming up short many days. I am not starving myself, and I seldom if...
Serving Sizes
Tuesday, August 12th 2014
When I used to look at a package nutrition label and noticed how many servings it contained I was convinced that the resulting serving sizes would be insufficient to support life, let alone provide that warm feeling of a full tummy. However, after making a conscious effort to reduce the strength of my gravitational field, I decided to try just eating the serving size on the envelope. After my meal I was noticeably not full, but, neither was I still hungry. Over tha following few minutes, the fu...Mindless Eating
Monday, August 11th 2014
How often do I eat without even knowing? Well, probably never but there are times when I eat without thinking about it. I found myself browsing the cupboard for munchies last night. Shortly after dinner I was doing some stuff on my computer and just got up and went to the cupboard without a thought as to what I was looking for. I pulled a couple of things down and looked at the calorie content (at least I had the presence of mind to check it out) when it dawned on me that I was looking for a sna...