The only times I ain't hungry are when I'm working out, or when I'm actually eating. It's much more difficult than the training itself. I find myself tracking the passing of the day by the amount of time til I can eat again. On top of the physical aspects of hunger, I'm afraid that eating is also still an emotional event for me. I find it especially difficult in the evenings to differentiate between the two, and I don't want to err either way. Sometime I go over my calorie allotment a bit and I think that's okay, but I need to focus on getting any extra earlier in the day.
But as much as it hurts I'm confident it will be worth it, and confident that it's working. I think I can officially declare myself half way to my commitment, one month after making it. I have consistently been at, or near, 165 pounds for the last week. That leaves me with 2 months for the second half so I feel pretty good. Maybe I'll even manage a few extra, although I need to be very careful not to over reach. The worst mistake I could make would be to compromise my workouts in an unhealthy pursuit of lower numbers on the bathroom scale.
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I'm back! I had to take a time out to eat my supper. I had 300 grams of fish, 350 grams of broccoli, 1/2 litre of milk, and 1/2 litre of water, for a total of 670 calories. I have 400 calories left for my bedtime snack. I can also tell you that my dinner weighed a total of 1650 grams, or more than 3 1/2 pounds! Which explains why I need to check the scale regularly over a period of time to determine that I actually lost 5 pounds. I don't actually keep note of what the scale says, but I just have a sense of what it's regularly telling me.
And as I mentioned the other day, it's also of utmost importance that I keep doing my strength workouts. After all, the goal of the weight loss is to lose fat, not muscle. Believe me, the easiest way to lose weight, (short term) is to just starve away your muscle mass. It weighs more than fat!
So that's it for today. Believe it or not I had another easy day, with a swim and my weights. Tomorrow looks fairly good for my first bike and run of the year. It won't be hot by any means, but it looks dry, with not too much wind. Wish me luck because it's not really optional at this point.
swim 2000 metres, weights
"A lion runs the fastest when he is hungry."---Salman Khan
Love
Peter
But as much as it hurts I'm confident it will be worth it, and confident that it's working. I think I can officially declare myself half way to my commitment, one month after making it. I have consistently been at, or near, 165 pounds for the last week. That leaves me with 2 months for the second half so I feel pretty good. Maybe I'll even manage a few extra, although I need to be very careful not to over reach. The worst mistake I could make would be to compromise my workouts in an unhealthy pursuit of lower numbers on the bathroom scale.
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I'm back! I had to take a time out to eat my supper. I had 300 grams of fish, 350 grams of broccoli, 1/2 litre of milk, and 1/2 litre of water, for a total of 670 calories. I have 400 calories left for my bedtime snack. I can also tell you that my dinner weighed a total of 1650 grams, or more than 3 1/2 pounds! Which explains why I need to check the scale regularly over a period of time to determine that I actually lost 5 pounds. I don't actually keep note of what the scale says, but I just have a sense of what it's regularly telling me.
And as I mentioned the other day, it's also of utmost importance that I keep doing my strength workouts. After all, the goal of the weight loss is to lose fat, not muscle. Believe me, the easiest way to lose weight, (short term) is to just starve away your muscle mass. It weighs more than fat!
So that's it for today. Believe it or not I had another easy day, with a swim and my weights. Tomorrow looks fairly good for my first bike and run of the year. It won't be hot by any means, but it looks dry, with not too much wind. Wish me luck because it's not really optional at this point.
swim 2000 metres, weights
"A lion runs the fastest when he is hungry."---Salman Khan
Love
Peter
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