Awareness - revisited

It's funny how once you become aware of something, it can slap you in the face so hard that you wonder why you didn't notice it before.  It was sort of that way for me yesterday.  After my mid-workout epiphany about eating too much, I was became aware of all the calories I was eating that I wasn't really "counting". 

• Several hundred calories of cookies and bread at Whole  Foods
• Substantial amount of nut butter straight from fridge to spoon
• Calorie rich veggies like beets, sweet potatoes, etc. - sure  they are veggies - but they've got calories!
• Bites here and there while waiting on other things to cook
• Milk in my coffee and coffee-like beverages

I doubt anyone would look at what I ate yesterday (except maybe the Whole Foods stuff) and say I have a terrible diet.  Even I wouldn't go that far.  But I would bet that I eat enough stuff that I'm not counting to add up to the weight gain I've seen over the past 6 months (about 6-8 pounds).  If you think about it, gaining a pound a month only requires eating an extra 100 calories a day.  Certainly possible given the list above.  If you think about it, NONE of the stuff above was in my diet when I was running lean, immediately following my first purification. 

I think that's a meaningful correlation.  Meaningful enough to do something about. 

On the other hand, it also seems that once you think you've put your finger on why you've gained weight, your weight goes down.  Maybe not fat loss but just enough scale-based weight loss for Mother Nature (or whoever runs this stuff) to remind you who is boss.

Today's Measurements:


Weight = 143.5
Chest = 37"
Waist = 29" (relaxed)  (-1 inch)
Hips = 37" (-1 inch)
Thigh = 22.0"
Love handles = 34"

Some of the variation in the measurements from last time could be due to my taking them immediately when I got up - before eating or drinking anything.  But the weight, while the same as 3 weeks ago, is lower than I've seen during those three weeks. 

Probably just luck - but I'm (re)fired up to make it a trend.  Hope the motivation lasts.