Would you put “some” gas into your car or do you know either how many gallons or how much money goes into your tank?   If you know how many dollars you put into your gas tank, you need to know how many calories you put into your body.

Do you have direct deposit into your bank account?  What would you do if your employer put “some” money into your account on the first and the fifteenth?  I know I’d go ballistic.  What if my clients only put $10 each month into our bank account?  I wouldn’t have this computer to be typing to you right now.  I think you get the message.  You owe it to your body to know exactly what you are putting into it.

When I’m stressed, I will walk to the cabinet that has the really bad, sinful stuff, like Harry and David’s Chocolate Covered Moose Trail Mix.  At the end of one really hectic, out of control day I reached for the bag and found it was 3/4 empty.  Wow.  I had inadvertently eaten most of it myself.  My husband was on a road trip and I couldn’t even blame him for it like I normally do.  So what I do now is measure out my “cheats”.  If I am going to cheat, and it’s not a zigzag day where legitimately I can eat more (see your plan), I will measure out my junk in a little baggie and know exactly what the damage was.

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