JockoT's Journal, 09 Sep 16

Hold 'er steady, there, Jocko! 

Keep on keeping on Jocko!  

Just reading what you wrote here and your reply to your last journal. I totally empathise with what you're saying. Here's a suggestion, though. How about you set yourself an upper weight limit, over which you would have a rule that you cannot go? And if you do go over, you make a deal with yourself that there will be no treats till you've gone down a few pounds. There really needs to be a ceiling, I think, or else we will tend to go back to our old ways. We might even deny that we are doing it! And weight will go up and up. I'm sure, like me, you don't want that. Besides which, Christmas will soon be upon us again, and we all know what that means (in my case at least half a stone of I'm not careful). 

Also, I'm with you in spirit on liking to eat ready meals. I hate cooking, and live ready meals, lived on them for years. However I have largely stopped that this last year. The trouble is, the calories you are getting from them are largely from carbs, and sometimes fat, and relatively little protein. So they are not satisfying for more than a couple of hours, and tend to lower to snacking later. It is really much better, and not much more difficult, to buy easy-to-cook cuts of meat, such as pork steaks, sliced chicken breast, sometimes burgers, but good ones with a high meat content. Your protein count will go up, and your stomach will know that you've had a meal for longer. These things only need grilling or frying, and usually only take 10 mins or so to cook. Try it! Ketchup is allowed 😁