Okay, yesterday wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Don't get me wrong. I was tempted on day 1...big time. But my meal and snack planning paid off. Thank God, I had a substantial breakfast because the first thing that hit me was the smell of donuts, as soon as I walked into work. :-( And just as I was about to leave work, I was informed that it was a co-worker's birthday. So, that meant I had to stand next to a cake with buttercream frosting and sing happy birthday. To make matters worse, the receptionist asked me if I could bring her a piece because she couldn't leave the switchboard. :-( Somehow, I survived without eating so much as a crumb of cake.
The hardest thing about the day was how exhausted I was. I went to bed after 2am and needed to get up around 7:30am. Big mistake. I felt like I could fall out by 2 in the afternoon. I won't be doing that again. I was so tired, that I almost talked myself out of working out...at least 5 times. Hee hee. I didn't do as much as I wanted, but I did get in 30 mins on the elliptical on random @ level 9, a 5 min cool down as well as some stretching.
I was terrified to get on the scale. But I got it over with as soon as I put my things in my gym locker. I was expected to be at least 250 lbs because it's been months since I weighed myself and I've been eating crazy...CRAZY, dude. While I am horrified that I weigh a whopping 237.5 lbs, I am happy that it's somehow less that the 243 I saw the last time I stepped on the scale. I do work mostly on my feet, so maybe that helped a bit.
So, here's what I ate on day 1:
Breakfast: plain, instant oatmeal (1 pack) w/Splenda
6 oz Danon Light N Fit yogurt (pineapple coconut)
2 boiled eggs
(I actually only ate the oatmeal and yogurt at home b/c I was running late. I took the boiled eggs and had them at work when I had time, which made them kind of a late morning snack.)
Lunch: Sandwich w/chunk white tuna w/diced apples, red onion, reduced fat pepperjack cheese and mustard on whole grain bread
1 oz Ruffles Light
1 bartlett pear
can of diet pepsi
Late afternoon snack: nonfat greek yogurt (gross, next time I'll just have half a container of the regular version)
Dinner:
Baked boneless, skinless chicken breast w/half tablespoon of barbecue sauce
1 cup steamed Asian vegetable medley
1 cup broccoli rice au gratin
I managed to get in 9 8oz servings of water, but forgot my multivitamin. Since I'm off today, I'll re-up on the vitamins.
My eating wasn't perfect, but I'm definitely on the road to weight loss. My initial goal is 180, which means I have a whopping 57.5 lbs to go to get there.
Today is my day off, so I can lounge around a bit. I've got to do full-body weight training and cardio today. It's gonna suck, but the weights are a must. I plan to do weights twice this week, but I'd like to eventually be doing weights three times a week.
I'm getting hungry, so I guess I better get some breakfast in me before I do something stupid. :-)
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