Day 16, 17, & 18 w/weigh-in

I'm still going. Two weeks are now officially down. That is twelve workouts there. It is tough, more mentally than physically. The workouts get easier and I am able to push out more reps each time. But it is hard to keep eating like this and getting up to exercise. It it totally a mental game at this point for me.

I have been playing around with the diet a bit. I've been hungry a lot between my meals/snacks, so I bought a big jug of trail mix to snack on at work. It has low calories and fat calories. And I felt I needed to step up my calorie intake a bit. I counted and I was hovering around 1500 a day.

Even with such a low intake, my weight loss for the week was not as drastic as I hoped. I lost two pounds. That puts me at 10lbs since I started. I was hoping for more after my big loss last week. And with all the effort I'm putting in, I really wanted to see some solid numbers again. Still, it is a loss. And a healthy one at that. And maybe I have had some muscle development during that time. I just have 80lbs more I'd like to lose and at two pounds a week, it feels like it is going to take forever. I just have to keep reminding myself that weight loss is never easy or fast or no one would be fat.

As they say at Team Beachbody, I just have to keep pushing play.

Day 13, 14, and 15

I'm 3 days into this week and still going. I'm not quite as gung-ho about it as I was in the first week. I think that is to be expected. Yesterday was especially tough waking up. I had gone to bed later than I wanted and had to do cardio. I dread the cardio because it kicks my butt. But I know I really need it.

I'm still sticking to the diet. It is a bit repetitive at times. And I'm starting to be hungry ALL the time. Like between meals and snacks, I'm starving kinda hungry. I hope that means my metabolism is increasing.

To me, it looks like my stomach is getting smaller. But I'm not feeling lighter lately. And I've felt weird in my stomach. Like I'm full, even when hungry. I'm wondering if I am just feeling my ab muscles under all my fat from doing my crunches. I'm hoping that is what it is.

Personal Progress 11/29/09

My pants are definitely fitting better than they used to. It's amazing what a few pounds lost can do.

I've noticed that I tend to be really hungry in the mornings. I think that is because I only have a Slim Fast shake for breakfast. And those just aren't that substantial. I'm thinking that I may change that to be a meal bar. It's the same amount of calories and seems to be a bit more filling.

Personal Progress 11/23/09

Another day down. I had school this evening so I didn't get a chance to exercise. I did, however, stick to the diet. It was pretty much the same as yesterday with a banana added in for an additional snack. I've gotta admit that I am hungry. It was really bad between my mid-morning snack and lunch. And now in the evening, I am pretty hungry. I'm just gonna bear through it. I figure I will have a few days like this until my body adjusts to my new eating schedule.

I used to just wait until I was really hungry and then shovel down a lot of empty calories. I'd usually only eat two meals a day with some random snacking mixed in there. So my body has to get used to less food and spreading it out more evenly. It is taking a lot of will power to not go eat something right now. I just keep thinking about my goal.