Trina's move from maintenance to weigh loss

I was maintaining well for a while but recently noticed that I had let myself go overboard.  So, after seeing the scale jump 5 lbs I figured no time was better than the present to regain control before those 5 extra lbs turn to 15 extra lbs. *gasp*

I looked at what I was eating and figured my actual meals weren't too bad it was the excessive snacking and evening grazing. So, I cut 500+ calories by doing the following...

• ~80 calories: substituting coffee w/sugar & milk for unsweetened herbal tea
  
• ~70 calories: eliminating cheese on my sandwiches
  
• ~100 calories: limiting my pretzel snacking to 1 serving 
  
•   300+ calories: changing from an evening of constant grazing (cheez-its, gold fish, peanut butter, candy, ice cream) to having one relatively healthy evening snack 1 hr after dinner

This has brought my calories from about 1800 to about 1300.  It's been about a week and so far so good.  The scale has become my friend again.