applewill’s BodyBlog

Well, Christmas parties and family gathering certainly were great - with the exception of all of the food in my face.  Maybe I should have waited to start my change on January 1st….oh well.  I did better than most years.  I worked out hard (weights and cardio), but did not eat very "clean" for about two or three days in a row.  Back to it today.  I will not weigh myself until this Wednesday morning….

Okay - probably not going to write in this thing every day, but I do think it helps.

I weighed myself when I got up this morning and just stared at the scale.  I got off, reset it, got back on…and repeated this numerous times.  I then figured there must be something wrong with the surface the scale was sitting on, so I moved it and repeated the process.  I have gone from 225 to 218 in three days.  Water weight?  I don’t think so - I have drank a gallon of water every day for the past week.  The only thing different I have done is eat much cleaner (not totally clean like some of the people on this thing, but pretty damn clean for me).  Amazing.

Ah - shopping day!  I think I took care of the snacking issue for now - raw almonds, fruit for smoothies, and some of those 100 calorie popcorn packs.  I am also going to start drinking a gallon of water every day.  That will be my first attempt at squashing the hunger pangs that I usually feed immediately (from the nearest vending machine).  This is so different for me.

Okay - I have a meal plan for the month and will continue to lift weights (push, pull, legs, rest, repeat) and do cardio (mostly stepmill HIIT)…here’s my first problem…snacks.  I love to snack.  What am I supposed to do about snacks?  Protein bars?  I am excited to finally have a meal plan, but don’t want to be derailed by snacks…

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