Ugh, mine isn't working very well, because I keep cheating and eating M&Ms at the movies. Among other things. This dumb commute has really thrown me off my game because I can't take the time in the morning to eat, so I've been eating a bagel once I get to work. And those are just little calorie bombs. Apparently they're going to start stocking milk as next week, so I can go back to leaving cereal at work. That will make life easier.

According to LoseIt!, to lose a pound and a half a week at my current weight I need to eat slightly under 2,000 calories. Ideally, I have a lightish breakfast, around 300-400 calories, so either eggs, a bit of low fat cheese, and a piece of toast, or cereal, milk, and some fruit. Lunch I try to shoot for 600 calories or less, but that's harder, so sometimes it's 700 calories. Then dinner I keep to around 600-700 cals, and use whatever calories I have left over I use for snacks throughout the day. Which is hard to anticipate if I don't know what I'm having for dinner. Another goal is to stop eating entirely before 10pm, but I fail there a lot.

I've also been trying to chew a lot of sugar free gum, to give me the sweet hit I crave but not take in calories.

I'm thinking I might need to take a complete break from sugar altogether. It's a gateway drug for me, and clearly I can't handle it lately.