20-Days

Well I am 20 days in and I wish I could say “Hey! Look at my awesome waist line!” then give a great big thumb up… but I can’t and I won’t LOL! I’ve really not much to brag about. I have lost a solid 6 pounds even though my weigh in day isn’t technically until tomorrow. 6 pounds in 3 weeks isn’t bad at all. As much as I would LOVE to say hey I’ve lost 20 pounds and I could probably hit a fad diet hard and accomplish just that… in a few months I would be right back here blogging again about how sad I am that I gained all that weight back. It’s ok though, slow and steady wins the race. I’m slowly seeing the pounds come off and I’m seeing the results even more in how my clothes are fitting. My pants cut me in half no more! (Insert big smile here) in fact in case I didn’t mention it, on Friday I wore a pair of jeans to work that just a few weeks ago I could hardly button and guess what. Not only did they button but they were loose! I mean really loose, like, don’t have to unbutton me to pull me down loose… Like saggy butt in the backside view loose. That was a very exciting feeling. Sometimes it really isn’t about the number on the scale right. Ha!

Now about food, you know I’ve been annoyingly religious about my eating habits and so this week I’ve changed it up from all the grilled meats. Last night I made a pot roast for tonights dinner and I’ve also got a turkey meatloaf planned for this week. I’ve got some chicken to grill as well. I think it’s going to be a good week. I’m looking forward to some variety. Mike is also helping by looking for good snacks for me. This weekend we added pecans, pork rinds, and sugar free Jell-O cubes. They were all perfect for how I’m eating… I’ve incorporated these items into my menu in individual snack sizes. So before breakfast on my way to work this morning I ate one serving of pecans. Then I will have my breakfast at 7:30-8am as usual. This rids me of that starving feeling I’ve been having between 5-8am. Around 10:30 I’ll have a serving of my pork rinds and that should push me through to lunch and also help me regain some of the sodium I lose due to drinking so much water. (I drink about 124 oz per day) Then at 12 I will have lunch and around 2:30 I’ll have my protein shake as usual followed by dinner around 5-5:30. This puts me eating anywhere from 5-6 times a day… I’m told this is really good. I don’t know as I’ve not really eaten this way before. I’m going to see how it goes this week.

I’m also not going to put too much pressure on myself to exercise. There is no reason why I’m not doing it. I’m just not mentally ready yet. I know that might sound odd and you might say that well think about how much you could be losing if you were actually moving your butt. Well I will have you know I do think about that and it causes me lots of guilt… every single day. BUT, I can’t force myself to do it. I need to want to do it. Otherwise it will be something else I fail at. I don’t want that. I will do it when I’m ready. I really will. Until next time! Have a good week!