No prob! We've been working on figuring this stuff out for all of 2008 now and I think I'm finally finding things that work. The key for me really is making sure I have enough to eat that will still fit into my diet. I keep a small tub of fat-free cream cheese and a baggie of the lunchmeat at work, so all I need to do is bring a baggie of celery and - voila - instant low-calorie, protein-rich snack.
Oh and I forgot to mention that the reason I'm doing all the tracking now (I just started up again last week) is because the scale has been stuck at 145-146 for about a month now. It went down to 144.4 right before vacation but went right back up again of course. So I really need to hammer down on my calories if I want to lose the rest of this fat (about 7-8 pounds I think). And if I'm eating 1300-1400 calories a day, I want it to be nutritionally balanced. I don't want to be too low in carbs or fat, because I know myself - I will STARVE and be obsessive and really unhappy and end up cramming my face with a 500-calorie starbucks scone on a lunchbreak. I haven't done that yet, but I certainly daydreamed about it.
Once I get to my desired weight, though, I really hope to get away from tracking and just eat healthfully. Every so often I might weigh myself just to make sure i'm not creeping up. The whole tracking thing, IMO, should be temporary. I don't think I can live by the numbers long term!
