Oh, yak barf!

'Tis a frustrating thing, People, knowing that your appetite will always be a hearty one and your metabolism a shitty one! I must have done some dreadful things in a former life to have been born a person who loves food but for whom even thinking about food can cause me to put on weight!
Let's face, it, this eating several small meals a day bit is tough on someone who was raised to eat three really hearty ones. And in my family food was love. If you didn't chow down like a starving horde, you insulted the cook!
I still have a hard time, especially at dinner. And this week I've been having a hard time keeping my intake at 2100 calories or below. It's been an average of 2400. In part due to craving the infamous simple carb. And then not being able to stop at the recommended serving amount. 7 Ritz crackers??? You gotta be freakin' kidding me! I can easily eat a whole one of those stacks. Especially with sharp cheddar. This was the sort of lunch I had today. Not good. Well--tasty, but not wise. Let's put it that way.
So whenever the diet plan suggests something like hummus and crackers?
Hummus is good for you. But too many crackers, even Triscuits, really stack up the calories. Knowing that I will eat the whole tub of hummus (340 calories) and that I also have a tendency to OD on crackers, I won't put the two together. I'll get a bag of vegetables such as broccoli and carrots, add some celery and cucumber, and have the vegeterian chow-down. Even a huge amount of vegetables isn't damaging. They're damn good for you, so go for it!
I'm learning. But sometimes it's damn frustrating. Probably the last thing to go will be the large dinners. But perhaps I can at least make less fattening choices.
Peace,
The Cheesemeister
Who Will Never Cease Consuming Cheese