So two days back into the diet and I seem to be back on track. One nice thing about all of this has been that the changes that I initiated back in October really have become standard. When I pigged out a bit last week I generally felt uncomfortable with it. Mind you that didn't stop me from enjoying the hell out of the junk food, but even a week of lazy sluggishness didn't undermine my new habits. Then on Saturday I still managed to get out and run 7.5 miles. So overall it does seem like continuing the diet for another 5 or 6 months is plausible.
Food today: english muffin, peanut butter and milk for breakfast (300 calories), PB&J for lunch (600 calories), snacks included a granola bar and a cookie at work (200 calories), dinner was salmon, noodles and green beans (900 calories). Exercise today was a lunchtime walk and an hour of kickboxing (600 calories)
Today's Results:
Daily Food Total: 2000
Exercise: 600
Points Earned: 1600
Total Points Earned: 3100
Points to go: 196900
Showing posts with label Day 2. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Day 2. Show all posts
Monday, March 26, 2012
Friday, October 21, 2011
Day 2
The big challenge with a diet at any time is the shift in how I eat, particularly between meals. I'm used to simply grabbing snacks at work, like chocolate, or chips. If I get hungry I don't worry about it. As a result of that I tend to eat my lunch a little earlier in the day.
Going into the diet though, means cutting back on that a lot. I did go grab a snack size Hershey's bar from a co-worker today, but I limited it to just the one snack. Even so I was very hungry when I finally got home (had to do some stuff at my parent's house before making dinner). As a result I was tempted on two levels. The first was simply to stop at a McDonald's or some other fast food. Getting home, I was tempted to make a really big meal and pig out. Luckily I'm only two days into the diet, and was able to maintain the focus. Going forward though I do need to identify some healthy snacks that I can have that satisfy the cravings, without adding to calories.
Cheerios for breakfast (300 calories with milk), a turkey sandwich for lunch (500 calories), a chocolate bar and a slice of cheese for snacks (call it 200 calories again), and whole wheat penne with four cheese tomato sauce (Classico brand) and two slices of garlic bread (Pepperedge Farm) (about 900 calories total). I also took a walk at lunch time, and then later took my sister's dog for a walk (the online calculators vary, I'm guessing 200 calories of exercise).
Daily Food Total: 1900
Bonus Exercise: 200
Points Earned: 1300
Total Earned: 2800
Points to Go: 197200
Going into the diet though, means cutting back on that a lot. I did go grab a snack size Hershey's bar from a co-worker today, but I limited it to just the one snack. Even so I was very hungry when I finally got home (had to do some stuff at my parent's house before making dinner). As a result I was tempted on two levels. The first was simply to stop at a McDonald's or some other fast food. Getting home, I was tempted to make a really big meal and pig out. Luckily I'm only two days into the diet, and was able to maintain the focus. Going forward though I do need to identify some healthy snacks that I can have that satisfy the cravings, without adding to calories.
Cheerios for breakfast (300 calories with milk), a turkey sandwich for lunch (500 calories), a chocolate bar and a slice of cheese for snacks (call it 200 calories again), and whole wheat penne with four cheese tomato sauce (Classico brand) and two slices of garlic bread (Pepperedge Farm) (about 900 calories total). I also took a walk at lunch time, and then later took my sister's dog for a walk (the online calculators vary, I'm guessing 200 calories of exercise).
Daily Food Total: 1900
Bonus Exercise: 200
Points Earned: 1300
Total Earned: 2800
Points to Go: 197200
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