I just finished my lunch and am absolutely amazed at how little food I need to feel almost uncomfortably full. Opting for a proteinaceous menu I had lowfat strawberry yoghurt and two of the largest chicken eggs I have ever seen in my life. These suckers looked almost as large as goose eggs--the poor chickens that laid them! At any rate, I wasn't even able to finish the eggs, which I had scrambled in the microwave with just a couple of sprays of I can't believe its not butter.
It wasn't that long ago that I could go to our local chinese place and eat all of the enormous portion they gave me, plus dessert a little later. I'm a charter member of the clean plate club--after all, we can't have starving children in Africa because I wasted food. The rationale of that particular parental admonishment eludes me--its not as if my leftovers would be edible by the time they made it Africa. *lol* At any rate, if I go for chinese these days (and I rarely do) that one portion they serve now makes about 3-4 entire meals for me. My stomach has definitely shrunk over the last 6 weeks. The other day I really wanted some popcorn so I made up a bag--not even 1/3 of the way through the bag I was too full to even consider eating more, nor did I truly want to. That small amount satisfied the craving and my appetite. I can actually eat some of my meals out and be confident that I'll not only make healthy choices, but also eat realistic portions and not sabotage my hard work thus far. Now if only my waistline would decrease along with the numbers on the scale...oh well, for now, its nice to be friends with the scale again. Whoever would have thought I would be excited to be 213 AND would tell people my actual weight without batting an eye? In another 23 pounds I'll even weigh what my driver's license claims I weigh. Now THERE'S a concept.
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