{"id":492,"date":"2015-11-20T17:02:45","date_gmt":"2015-11-20T17:02:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cluckeyo.com\/blog\/?p=492"},"modified":"2015-11-20T17:02:45","modified_gmt":"2015-11-20T17:02:45","slug":"analyze-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cluckeyo.com\/blog\/index.php\/2015\/11\/20\/analyze-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Analyze It"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_494\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-494\" style=\"width: 930px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cluckeyo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/think.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-494\" src=\"https:\/\/cluckeyo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/think.jpg\" alt=\"Allow time to analyze your situation. \" width=\"930\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cluckeyo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/think.jpg 930w, https:\/\/cluckeyo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/think-300x97.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cluckeyo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/think-768x248.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 930px) 100vw, 930px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-494\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Allow time to analyze your situation.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Last week there were 2 evenings that I went over my limit by about 500 calories or so. \u00a0It happened 2 nights in a row and after the second time I began to realize that I was not going to be losing weight anymore if I continued to do this.<\/p>\n<p>It was late, and I was tired. \u00a0So, on my \u00a0to do list for the next day, I wrote down &#8220;spend some time thinking about these last two evenings&#8221;. \u00a0I wrote it down, I would\u00a0not forget. \u00a0This is a really good practice to follow. \u00a0\u00a0And it helped me sleep better that night.<\/p>\n<p>The next day I set aside a good amount of time to just think the whole thing over. \u00a0I have come to understand that there is an analytical element to calorie counting. \u00a0So I began; Why was I doing this? \u00a0Was I bored, no. \u00a0Was I anxious or angry, no. \u00a0Was I stressed, not really. Was I hungry, yes. \u00a0Why was I hungry? Because I was staying up really late, both nights, and I had simply run out of fuel. So how can I prevent this from happening again? \u00a0Go to bed earlier. Or save some calories for late in the night. \u00a0Either would work!<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s really good to think things through. \u00a0Be the boss over your unruly child. Take charge of your calorie counting situation, with confidence and determination. That little exercise pretty much nipped the whole problem\u00a0in the bud. \u00a0And to my delight, this morning for my weekly weigh-in, I had lost 1 &#8211; 1\/4#. \u00a0This is the stuff that makes calorie counting doable for a lifetime.<\/p>\n<p>I have chosen calorie counting, as my way of controlling how much I eat. \u00a0If I&#8217;m not eating with some kind of control, then I am eating out of control. \u00a0And I really don&#8217;t want to do that anymore.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cluckeyo.com\">cluckeyo.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week there were 2 evenings that I went over my limit by about 500 calories or so. \u00a0It happened 2 nights in a row and after the second time I began to realize that I was not going to be losing weight anymore if I continued to do this. It was late, and I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cluckeyo.com\/blog\/index.php\/2015\/11\/20\/analyze-it\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Analyze It<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","hentry","category-calorie-crusaders","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cluckeyo.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cluckeyo.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cluckeyo.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cluckeyo.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cluckeyo.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=492"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/cluckeyo.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":602,"href":"https:\/\/cluckeyo.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492\/revisions\/602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cluckeyo.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cluckeyo.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cluckeyo.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}