Day 7 is winding down. It has been a pretty successful day. I started off the day with a turkey and cheese tortilla.....technically not a breakfast burrito but it tasted amazing. I was trying to change it up a little bit because I would hate to get tired of the breakfast burrito because it is so good.
I did not exercise much today. I did a little work with some dumb bells. I intended to run this evening but I could not talk myself into it......I hate running. I would much rather do something fun like play some basketball or something to where I am enjoying it. My wife says once I get used to running it will be fun but I don't know. It would make sense that once I get some of this weight off me I might enjoy running.
I went and got a hair cut today. Right before I left I was really hungry. I was not ready to eat lunch yet so I grabbed a pineapple fruit cup. When I got back I had a ham and cheese sandwich for lunch on some really healthy bread. The bread has like 12 grains and a lot of fiber. The good thing is that I am hungry a lot more these days. I am only eating when my stomach tells me I am hungry and I am not going overboard on the intake. For example, instead of eating two sandwiches with a ton of chips, I am only eating one sandwich by itself.
A couple hours after I ate the sandwich I was hungry again. This time I treated myself to a little debbie brownie. It was very good.....it may not have been the healthiest thing but it is nice to have sweet things if you are not over doing it. I will be able to better gauge things as I go. I am monitoring my weight loss to see how my body reacts to the things I am eating mixed with the exercise I am doing. I am not sure what my body will do if I throw in some unhealthy foods mixed with little exercise. We will see if I gain any weight, stay the same or lose a little. I am not in a race to see how fast I can lose the weight. I am trying to live a normal life. But at the same time I know I will have to do extra until I get down to where I want to be.
For dinner I had a hot pocket with about 6 chips and it was very good. a couple hours later I was hungry again and had a turkey and cheese sandwich. I am not sure if me being hungry more often means my metabolism is a lot faster or what. I am waiting until Saturday morning to weigh in so I guess we will just have to wait and see. It would be nice to be at 275 lbs. 5 lbs a week would be really nice but I do not know if that is practical. I want to find a happy medium to where I will not get burned out. I know it is going to take some guess and check. That is part of the excitement about this thing though....I am making up the rules as I go and I will learn to adapt to how my body reacts to the different things I try.
My main thing is that I do not want to over eat. If I watch my portions and one week I do not lose any weight....I would not call that a failure.....it just means I may need to adjust what I am eating as well as maybe add more exercise. I will just have to see as I go......it is only day 7 of a long journey ahead. Stay tuned! I will see y'all tomorrow!
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