New year, same size.

I had been avoiding stepping on the scale for many days as I waded through platter after platter of holiday treats... Worse in fact, were the few days of non-social cave-dwelling days that hubby and I indulged in where I was bad [slaps self on wrist], allowing myself to eat chips and other fat/salty snacks right from the bag! (Hell, even allowing them to be in the house was a no-no as they are oh-so-tempting!)

Anyway, as you may have guessed by the title of this entry, I managed to maintain my weight at my pre-holiday level. This, to me, is no small feat! And so I return to the fat/sugar/calorie-consciousness** I had begun last summer in hopes of reducing another 25 lbs from my frame before my birthday (which is June 30th in case you wanted to know). I suspect that some of my habits have become such that I was subconsciously being careful about what I picked off platters -- and if so, that's very good news.

**Basically all I have done is to reduce my calorie intake to about 1800 per day (give or take 200). In doing so, I have made every effort to increase my intake of good calories (especially fruit and veg) reduce fat, and reduce sugar. I have not cut back my coffee consumption, though I have cut back on the pollutants (sugar and cream; often replaced by 2% milk and/or artificial sweetener). I refuse to eliminate anything absolutely (so don't even try to start that argument) though I can avoid a lot more than I thought.

For the new year, hubby and I are concentrating on avoiding convenience foods -- for financial as well as health reasons. We have done pretty well on the fast food front (sure we still crave and cave to the odd burger, but we don't eat at the drive through 6 or 8 times a month (!!)). Unfortunately, we still spend way too much on prepared foods like sushi or salad rolls which we can make much more economically ourselves.

Hubby is a good cook, so eating at home (or even eating home-prepped food) is not an issue. In fact he's good enough to consider applying to be Canada's next Superstar Chef. (OoooH! Could reality TV come to our house in 2005?)