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11/18/2007: "1200 or bust!"

I was torn on what to talk about today. I was planning on sharing my Scrabble/Scrabulous strategy tips, because I'm starting to feel like a Scrabulous bully and I was thinking it might level the playing field if I explain how I play.

But really, what's freshest in my mind is my current calorie dilemma. As I mentioned two days ago, my caloric intake has been rather low lately--after some research, I've learned it's starvation mode low--and it's been totally by accident. The fact is, I'm horribly LAZY. Why does this matter? 'Cause I hate to cook, so I buy foods that require little to no cooking. And sometimes, I'm too lazy to go grocery shopping, so I just eat what few protein bars remain in the house. I don't feel hungry, but I do feel tired, which means an even stronger aversion to grocery shopping and preparing any food that requires, well, preparation, and it becomes a big ugly circle of SLOTH.

Ok, so I'm lazy. Which means my average calorie intake over the past week (excepting Friday, when I binged on a calorie heavy brunch) was around 800 calories a day--400 less than the recommended healthy minimum. Isn't that insane?! I mean, holy crap! I'm starving myself! I don't think I've ever felt more stupid.

I consider this a breakthrough, though. Now that I'm tracking this stuff, I'm aware of the problem, which should mean I can fix it, right? The first step is always recognizing and owning the problem. To that end, my goal today is to eat at least 1200 calories--without resorting to Chinese or pizza or a double cheeseburger. Sounds hard, and I'm not sure how to do it, but that's my goal.

Maybe tomorrow I'll give away my Scrabulous secrets. :-)