Making progress

Yesterday I skipped my workout because of the fires in the neighborhood and spent my day lazying around the house. I woke early and also took a morning nap. It was almost great. Had it not been for the kids waking me up every few minutes for some simple reason, I would have felt refreshed. I almost gave in and ate early but I waited until my time frame. I wasn't necessarily hungry, I just felt like I should have eaten by then. I think that is another one of my problems. I tell myself "I have to eat, right?" And then I do. So I held out until 1 and ate some watermelon and tater tots. I know, breakfast of champions, right? I was very full. In thinking back I've decided that I may not have been getting enough calories in for the day and that is a mistake. I don't want to go into starvation mode and then plateau. That will do nothing. So I made an effort to try to "mix it up" a bit with my calories today and I may have gone a little overboard but it might have helped anyway. I didn't get enough water in, I know that. It was a hot day and we were outside in the late afternoon for a BBQ. I made cookies for the event so I had one before we left. I had some frozen lemonade again and then at the BBQ I had a beef patty and some strawberries. A neighbor asked if I was on a low carb diet because I didn't get a bun. I had to explain my allergy situation. Other than that, I mistakenly had an Otter pop one hour outside my window but I figured I'd be fine. This morning, much to my delight, I had decreased 1.5 lbs. Yay! I don't feel hungry and can go my full cycle without hunger pangs for the most part. I think most of my eating has been a mental thing. I am lucky that way. I am able to see what is wrong and be able to adjust without too much trouble. I am excited to change my ticker even though it may not change as much as I would hope. If I can keep this up, which I know it won't be like this always, I will be a good weight at the family reunion. I just hope that it looks that way. Sometimes my weight does not wear well on me. Here's hoping!