The time has come the walrus said...

It's almost been a week since I set these new rules and so far I've been doing pretty well. I only drank water during the weekdays, and while I drank other things over the weekend, I still had a good bit of water as well.

Portions have been going decently. Not amazingly well, but a good change. It helps that the program I'm working with provides a late lunch where the meal is well portioned out.

I haven't increased the amount of veggies yet, but that's because I'm still looking around for good recipes. I have been able to stay away from awful foods, so this is a plus.

I have also successfully stayed away from super sugary foods as well. And I've been taking vitamins and have managed not to forget the entire week. So things have been going well. I've been to the gym everyday this week with the exception of Sunday. This may or may not have been due to the extreme frustration I have to deal with at the program I'm working at. I have found it's a lot easier to find motivation to go to the gym when you are angry/frustrated and want to burn off some steam.

Hopefully, weight will be easier to lose now with these new rules as well as the added aggravation which leads me to go to the gym more.

Rules.

Ok, it's been an amazingly long time since I last updated. This is due to numerous reasons and none of them good. However, I'll be trying to update more often from now on.

Some things that I have decided recently about diet and eating right I'm going to be starting tomorrow.

1. Portion control: I'm going to try to get a LOT better at this. I may be eating things that are good for me and not incredibly high in fat, sodium, calories, but there is no reason I should be eating 2-3 helpings.

2. Drinks: From now on, I hope, I will only be drinking water on weekdays (not including milk for cereal), and the occasional Diet Soda or Alcohol on the weekends ONLY.

3A. Food: I will avoid sweets during the weekdays pretty much at all costs. Saturday and Sunday are the only days I'll have sweet things.

3B. Food: I will be trying to eat more vegetarian meals.

4. Caution. Though I give my self allowances on the weekends, I have to be careful not to over do it. One or two sodas will not turn into six or seven one day and six or seven the next. One candy bar/bowl of ice cream will not turn into two King-Sized candy bars and/or one MASSIVE bowl of ice cream.

5. Vitamins. This one is some what more difficult because it's a small item and I frequently forget to take them. I'm not adverse to taking them, I just need to be smart and actually remember to take them. (Tips would be awesome for this).

I figure if I work on these points and exercise with weights at least three days a week I should lose weight slowly enough and healthy enough so as not to have extra skin by the time I'm near/at/past my goal for weight loss.

As a side note, I have still lost weight even though I haven't been updating. But very very slowly due to slacking off in a major way. However, one good thing is that I'm still losing weight and I'm most definitely getting stronger.

Hopefully, I'll remember to do these things and remember to update more often.

Day eleven. (Hardee's now has a footlong cheeseburger!)

Sorry that this is being posted so late!

The Lovely Fiancee and I have decided that Sunday will be a day of rest from now on. This is a good idea because now I can workout and do cardio and lifting Monday, Wednesday, and Friday and not mess up my rotation. So not only will I be updating here on those days, I'll also be doing an intense workout with cario and lifting. It also seems that Wednesday is also going to be the personal trainer day.

In other news I appear to be losing weight. I know that in the first post I said I was 300 pounds. Well, when I went to the gym and used the scale there it said 302. However, when I weighed myself today I was at around 298. A loss of about 4 pounds in about a week and a half.....this pleases me greatly. I hope to keep it up. Eating right and going to the gym as well as listening to the trainer has really helped and I'm starting to feel better. I've pretty much stopped going to fast food places. At least for the past month or so I haven't been to one. My snacks are no longer fattening or unhealthy items like cookies. Instead they have been replaced with yogurt or a piece of fruit. And the food I make tends to be filled with flavor caused by spices or food combinations and not fat or grease.

I'm also doing really well at the whole eating in the morning thing. I'm also not eating huge huge meals and am instead having smaller meals supplemented with health snacks. Any sodas I drink are now diet (hey, let me have this one, at least I'm not downing chocolate with fruit and claiming it to be healthier than regular chocolate because of the fruit part). I did not realize that regular sodas had so many calories. I'd rather drink something that has 0-3 calories in it than 150-180 in it per can. And while I still drink soda (diet...we've been over this) I'm not really craving sweet things. I don't drool over Snickers ads on tv or get a dreamy look in my eye when a Dairy Queen commercial comes on. I feel that after a week in a half this is a good sign. While this may not last, I'm still glad that I have no sugary cravings. Meat on the other hand....oh boy. It's probably good that I cut back on the red meat anyway.

Recently my mom sent me a cherry pitter that I was having trouble finding. This now mean that I can have fresh cherries, maybe with a small scoop of ice cream, without looking like I just left a murder scene due to pitting them myself with a knife.

Maybe tomorrow I'll pick up some cherries. They do sound tasty.