Russ D’s Body Blog

Tis the season to eat candy.  I feel very proud of the fact that I can count on 1 hand the number of pieces of candy I had this year.  And they really didnt even taste very good.  I have been a little sloppy with my eating the last couple of days.  I will weigh in and measure tomorrow morning to see what progress I have made in the last month.  Here’s hoping.

I got on the scale this morning out of curiosity.  I wanted to see what the daily difference was between strictly watching my food and being a little lazy.  Sure enough I lost .6 lbs from Monday to Tuesday.  It just goes to show you what monitoring your eating can do.

Eating was controlled and done well today. I also just got home from a two mile walk.  I feel great.

Today was a good eating day.  I paid close attention to everything I put in my mouth.  If I keep it up this way I will make progress.  I also walked for a mile today.

This week has not been the greatest.  It wasn’t horrible but it wasn’t great.  One day at a time and I will make it through this.  Next week will be better.  I really need to pay attention to the night time.  That is where I get in trouble with my eating.  I can do this.

During the day when I am at work, I have no problem because my meals are planned and I have everything set aside.  Once I get home it is a different story.  Nothing is planned so I am having a hard time staying on track.  I know I can do this!!! I just have to get over this evening thing.

I got on the scale this morning and was still at 343.  I have not been as strict with my eating this week and it has shown.  One problem is that I added fruit to my meals.  Fruit is a good thing but instead of adding it I need to include it.  For example I usually have 1/2 C yogurt with 1/2 cottage cheese.  This makes a perfect snack.  But I added a banana to it and it is just too much.  It just goes to show you that deviation from the basics is never good.  This blog is very helpful because it forces me to analyze what I am doing which in turn makes it easier to change.

at work we have a tradition of decorating each others cubicles with Halloween stuff every year.  My cube was hit yesterday and a plethora of candy was left on my desk.  I cheated a little and had a couple of the little candy bars.  To be honest it didn’t even taste good to me but just that little bit of sugar made me want it more.  Processed sugar is evil stuff.  Well now I know. One more day down.

One day at a time my friends.  I will do this.  I will do this.  I will do this.  Thanks to everyone for their inspiration and support.

Today was a little harder.  I wanted to eat more.  My meals had considerably less protein than usual so maybe that has something to do with it.  I still ate pretty well and continue to lose weight.  IT is going to happen this time.