Counting calories

It seems that there’s a definite advantage in counting calories. I was in a meeting the entire day Thursday. Around 10h00, they brought in snacks … muffins. Hummm I was really tempted but I kept telling myself that these “muffins” are more like cake and that they were probably averaging 300 calories. So, I didn’t want to screw my diet and didn’t have any, I just took a bottle of water. At lunch time, the meal in itself was ok, they brought in chicken or ham wraps with vegetables, cheese, crackers and soft drinks. I had 2/3 of a wrap with vegetables and a diet Sprite. The though part was the dessert: chocolate cake. I’m not a huge fan of chocolate cake but this one’s really good. I always used to have a piece when it was available and there is was, staring at me. Well, I pictured a big 500 calories in place of the cake. The trick worked and I didn’t have any. So, knowing the number of calories for some foods really helps keeping you strait.

Regarding the weight loss, it’s funny but I seem to be losing more weight that usual. I don’t think that I’m really losing muscle mass. Instead, I believe that by not working out extensively, I do not gain as much muscle mass as I used to and that this is why that I seem losing more weight. Beside this, my knee is slowly healing and I think that another week or so should close this episode of my weight loss journey!