Stupid K-Cup
Just need a minute to vent. I started counting calories and increasing my exercise last March of 2025. I am 37, female, 5’3” and starting weight was 200 pounds. I work a desk job and have been going for 45ish minute walks during my lunch breaks, and was good for a while about going to the gym, though I fell out of that routine and need to get back in…walks still going strong though! Since then, I’ve lost 50 pounds and I’m really proud of that.
However, I’m feeling exhausted because I’m also trying to save money. I got a box of ten Lavazza espresso pods to try and make lattes at home instead of getting them out at like Dunkin or Starbucks and I just scanned the box…each pod is 60 calories and I’m so annoyed! I’m trying so hard to stick to what my calorie tracking app has me at, and not beat myself up over days that are a little over because I know it’s a marathon, not a sprint. But I don’t know, scanning that little coffee pod and seeing it come up at 60 calories just for that, actually got under my skin, when I’m really trying to stick around 1275 per day. Also, what could it possibly have in it to make it 60 calories?? Dunkin, Panera, Starbucks, all list their espresso at 5-10 calories so what the heck is in this! I should’ve done more research I guess.
Anyway, there’s no real point to this. I’m just at a point where I’m feeling a little frustrated with the process, even though I feel happy mostly with the progress I’ve made.
Any words of wisdom for when you feel a little burnt out? 🙏🏻 thank you for listening!