Live Long And Prosper: Day 8 (End of Week 1) = Monday Weigh-In Day!

My 3:00 p.m. snack today:
a medium green apple and six almonds...yummers

So it's been an entire week since I started this blog and my life style change. Consequently, with the close of Week One comes Monday-Weigh-In-Day! I've decided every Monday I am going to weigh myself and post the results on here. Oh lucky you! So, stepping on the scale, this somewhat delightful Monday morning, I was a bit apprehensive. I kept thinking of all the food I had eaten during the interesting and surprising festivities of this past Friday (click me) and Saturday (click me). But I stepped on anyway and found I weighed 124 lbs. - I had lost one pound. I should be happy about this, I mean, I lost some weight rather than staying the same or even gaining and yet, I was a bit upset - I wanted to loose more. One stinking pound does not sound like very much when compared to how much I felt I had to give up on Friday and Saturday. It makes my resolve waver over the doubts on whether or not I can really do this for three more whole months!

But then, reading back in my first entry for this blog (click me) I reminded myself that my original plan was to loose exactly that - one pound per week. So, in reality I guess I should be glad that I carried out my original plan. I suppose for me, having this mindset is super crucial. As I think about past, failed diet plans, almost all of them were blown to smithereens because I became too impatient or over-zealous about losing the weight; I tried to loose too much weight in too short a time. And this always would cause my body to crave high energy, sugary foods which inevitably lead to massive binges on my part. My mental resolve would be completely broken down by my insistent, insatiable urge to eat and feed my body the foods I was denying it, foods my body would insist were urgently needed - cakes, cookies, apple pie - anything that allows your body to gain back the weight it lost, quickly!

Therefore, I need to be patient. I need to be happy when I've reached my goal, even though it is one in which I will not see changes immediately, and I need to not be upset when I do not exceed my goal's expectations for each week. I need to be careful not to cut back on the amount of calories and foods that I've resolved to eat each day in hopes of loosing more weight in the same amount of time. Why? because I know that those cut backs, in the long run, will only set me back further in my desire to be healthy. This is a life change - it's a marathon not a sprint! :) Eventually, 14 weeks from now to be precise, I will be the weight I desire to be now. Interesting.

Day 8
(7:00 a.m.) Breakfast: 1 green apple, 6 almonds, 1 cup 2% milk
(1:20 p.m.) Lunch: 2 scrambled eggs, 2 pieces toast, 12 oz water
(3:20 p.m.) Snack: 1 green apple, 6 almonds, 12 oz water
(5:00 p.m.) Snack: 1 cup sliced carrots (raw), 12 oz water
(7:30 p.m.) Dinner: 1 cup salad greens, 1 cup vegetables (steamed), 1 cup 2% milk, 4 oz protein (not sure what yet)