Thursday

I've been watching my calories now for three days, and I've lost 3 pounds. I know that's mostly (if not all) water weight, but on a whim last night I weighed myself. I had not gained a single pound! So I've kept it off despite eating. I'm very happy for that.

Today is a low food day. I have a hard time watching my calories with the food I have in my house. It's mainly pastas and such so the caloric intake is high with very small portions. But until I get more money I can't afford to go out and buy new stuff. So I have to make do with what I have. Wish me luck.

So far so good today: 1 cup of yogurt this morning with flax seeds, as much coffee as I wanted (yes, with cream and sugar, I wont scrimp here.), soup and some meat (no bread) for lunch.

I've also been trying to slow down my eating time. Normally due to work and such I wolf it down very quickly. but I'm actually counting when I chew as a means to slow down and let it process. For people that have had surgery, this is one area they cannot pass up. They are required to eat their meals over a period of 30-60 minutes. While I'm not there yet, I'm trying to make it at least 20 instead of 5.

We'll see how it goes when I do my offical weight Monday morning (april 30th). Hopefully I'll still have at least got the three pounds I lost kept off.