Normality?

What is normality?

I haven't a clue.

After dieting for years, it seems practically impossible to remember the time before I tried to make all these changes. I can't remember if I had the little twin gremlins in my head saying "should you really eat that?" "Oh go on who will know?"

I think - think - that I just ate whatever I pleased.... but I can't remember.

So I have to find a new normality. One where I eat whatever I please... but remain within my parameters of control. I think that could work. It's trying to diet whilst live within those goals that is the hard thing.

Because I haven't been to the gym since January, it means at least that I have that extra tool in the cupboard should I need it as I start to lose weight. I know from prior experience that as I lose weight, my calorie goal on Livestrong.com goes down.

To lose weight everyone has to cut 500 cals a day, every day to lose 2lbs a week. You can do that through dietary restriction, or through exercise.

My calorie goal is currently 1597 on Livestrong.

Now coupled with the results of my Basal or Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR) test tomorrow, this might be perfect, good or bad. We shall see. 

Today's calories: 1160 

Meals
Meal	Item Name	Calories	Sugars	Carbs	Fats	Protein	Cholesterol	Sodium	Dietary Fibre
lunch	1/2 whey protein shake	87	…..	…..	…..	…..	…..	…..	…..
lunch	sauce-may/roots/tom sauce	79	…..	…..	…..	…..	…..	…..	…..
lunch	Steamed Prawns	100	0g	0g	2g	21g	133mg	156mg	0g
lunch	Wild Mushroom Cup Soup	87	0.9	11.8	3.6	0.9	0	710	1.8
dinner	cheese and onion crisp bakes	410	…..	…..	…..	…..	…..	…..	…..
dinner	Natural Greek Yoghurt	362.5	6.6g	6.6g	11g	4.5g	…..	400mg	0.0g
dinner	Sainsbury's Sweetcorn	25	…..	8.1g	1.1g	…..	…..	…..	…..
dinner	Salad Leaves	10	…..	…..	…..	…..	…..	…..	2.4g