Got the exercise part. Can't get the eat less part.

[Squeaky]

Grog, I'm copying your pizza and burger recipes to a word document for future reference .

Lately I have been lazy about eating whatever I can get my hands on for dinner. I really am too busy to prepare stuff, but as others have said, a little more effort will go a long way. I'm good about what I eat during the day (during the week) as all my meals are scheduled and thought out in advance... gee, you'd think I could do that with dinner.

The problem (excuse ) with dinner is that by the time I get home, it's late and I'm tired and starving. That's if I can make it home without caving in and stopping for a fast food chicken sandwich or sometimes a burger. Although I need to loose weight, my problem with the fast food isn't the calories as much as the nutritional value, and lack of taste (and the thought of it lately is kinda gross). No reason I can't pre-make some of those yummy burgers instead. DH is supportive whenever I try to clean up dinner, but it's too easy for me to bail when he feels like "cheating" or I'm famished. I'm even the first to blow it alot of times.

My other, bigger, problem is portion control when we go out to eat. I swear, all control goes out the window and by the time I'm done eating, I can't remember enjoying any of it and I'm so full it hurts. That's when I remember that I was going to try to slow down when I eat. Funny how it doesn't occur to me before a meal.

Breakfast usually consists of whole cut oats mixed with either peanut butter or yogurt. Lunch is starting to get boring (packaged frozen meals), but it's easier to bring all my food to work at the beginning of the week so I can ride my bike. We have a cafeteria, but it's too easy to stray and I don't want to spend the money.

With all the excercise I get, if I could stop stuffing my face I'd be skinny in no time. I used to strictly watch what I ate and although I was at my lowest weight ever, I started to develop an eating disorder. Now, I refuse to deprive myself of eating whatever I want, it's that pesky portion control. I'm an all or nothing kind of person, so I can go weeks eating clean, but then once I stray that's it. For instance, I can go without eating chocolate and then once I do, say goodbye to the whole bag... oh, and since I did that, I may as well have a whole pint of ice cream for dinner. I've come a long way since having the eating disorder, so I do try not to beat myself up too much. I know I need to learn to eat just one piece and move on, but after 25 years of trying, it's not looking good. Makes me mental.

Wow, that got long. Guess I needed to vent.