Healthy Eating?

I have been exercising like crazy with this Firm DVD and I'm stiff all over, but it's not doing anything. I'm actually gaining weight. It makes NO sense to me. So I sit and look back on my days and here's when I find. TOO MUCH FOOD going in and not enough calories going out.

So I'm going to start tracking my calories for a few weeks till I get a handle on what I SHOULD be eating. How much and of what.

When Jared and I were first married he did some work for a wonderful lady named Sue Randleman. She was Italian and would always feed us the yummiest food. I remember 2 incidents very clearly. Once she opened a can of olives and asked if I wanted a snack. She then gave me half the can of olives. That's about 20 olives. I remember thinking, "Oh my Word! That's a lot. My Mom only aloud us 5 each to make sure we all got an even amount." But I ate them anyway to be polite.

Next incident. She fed us spaghetti for dinner. I remember thinking, "Yeah, there's no way she could make spaghetti bad for you." Boy was I wrong. She dished up all our plates and my spaghetti and sauce literally was a small mountain covering my entire plate. I thought, "There's no way I can eat this much!" And Jared said out loud, "Great I'm gonna have to eat all mine and half of yours."

Problem is I don't eat like I used to. This is actually how I eat now. And Miss Sue was no small lady. I think to myself, "That small amount of food is not enough for one person. I need more than that. My body can't survive off that small amount of food." Well it did when I was first married. And it should be able to now.

1500 Calories a day, that's what I should be eating. I just had 2 slices of toast and 1 Cup of milk and that worked out to 280 calories. That's WAY!!!! more than I thought that tiny breakfast would add up to.

Small Portions, Healthy Choices. That's the goal today.