Set Back on Diet

I've only been tracking what I eat and trying to keep it at or around the 1.260 mark that my program says I should be at.  But I've been going over about 50 calories the last couple of days.  I added 1.2 pounds of the last 2 days.

I guess either I'm not getting a good spread of carbs throughout the day, like on the military diet, or I'm just eating to much fat or carbs.  I did notice one thing.  We had run out of sun tea (made with only Lipton Tea and drank with no sugar or Splenda) and had gone back to the Crystal Lite sort of tea, already sweetened.  I think artificial sweeteners are my downfall.  If it's not sunny here today, I'll boil some water and make tea.  I need the UNSWEETENED type.  No more sugars.

I may also take the advice of my one commenter....eat a lot less for breakfast, and possibly only a small protein, like an egg.  If I totally skip breakfast, it makes me not lose either.  It's funny that the only thing that has worked is this military diet.  But if I lose 7 pounds and then gain back 2 in my 4 off days, it won't do much good.

My goal is 145.  I felt the best at 145 pounds.  I was a size 8 when I was 145, but that was on a anti-seizure med that caused weight loss.  I ended up at 135 and close to a size 4.  I looked like a Holocaust survivor, you could count my ribs.  That's why I like a size 8 better.  Right now, I'm in 12, sometimes a 10.  They have "vanity sizing" now at Walmart.  They went through and labeled everything a size smaller so you think you're smaller than you are.  So, if you buy from Walmart, you're a 10, but if you buy anywhere else, you're a 12.   I personally hate jeans with Lycra in them.  I'd rather have 100% cotton denim.  But they're hard to find at a price I can afford, so I hit the thrift stores.

We'll see today, about my diet, with cutting out the sweeteners and just having fruit for breakfast.  Yesterday I had an apple, walnuts sprinkled with cinnamon.  It was great.  I may lose the nuts today, though.