Wednesday Check In - Day # 3

My goodness! Wednesday already! I warned my husband yesterday that today could be bad because it always seems that third day of a campaign to rid my body of sugar and (most) caffeine is always pretty close to Hell! Trust me ... I don't use that term lightly. On Day # 3 I usually have a wicked headache, nausea, and grumpiness to spare! So far today I'm doing alright but the day isn't over yet! :)

I have been staying off my scale since my weigh in on Monday morning so I cannot give you a minute by minute update on what the scale is saying. I also cannot tell you that my clothes are hanging on me, or falling off me, but this is only Day #3! I may get on the scale tomorrow morning because I have an appointment with Dr. Morgan tomorrow and I don't know if her scale goes over 350. If there is anything on earth more humiliating than being unable to weigh on a doctor's scale, because you are too fat, I don't know what it might be! Public nudity might top it (yeah ... pretty sure it would) but not by much!

I made a chocolate banana smoothie for breakfast this morning. It was good but not earth shatteringly wonderful. I prefer the ones that I make with strawberries and raspberries! Yum!

I'm drinking LOTS of water (and freezing to death) and very little Coke Zero. I was allowing myself 2 bottles a day this week but so far I have limited myself to just one. And the one I drank yesterday afternoon didn't even taste very good. I may kick caffeine to the curb more easily than I thought I would! But if I keep drinking this much cold water (which I fully intend to do) I may have to start fighting back against the air conditioning in my office by using my (illegal) space heater!

My calorie deficit goal for the weight loss program I am engaging in at the moment is 1500 calories. In other words if I eat 1500 calories less than I burn I should theoretically average 3 pounds a week of weight loss. We'll see how it goes. Day 1 I had a deficit of 1804 calories. Yesterday, Day 2, I had a deficit of 1672. And today? Well ... that remains to be seen! In the meantime I am becoming nauseous because my stomach is so empty! I will be glad when it does that shrinking to a smaller size thing!

You will be glad to know that I packed my swimsuit, etc. into my bright pink Reebok duffel bag and brought it with me so I can keep my commitment and go to Water Aerobics after work. I KNOW I will enjoy it as I thoroughly did so on Monday but at the moment I would strongly prefer to go home and curl up in my recliner with a big bowl of cookies and cream ice cream!

Yeah it's Day 3! And did I mention a tendency to be just a bit grumpy?

Tuesday

Well ... looks like we have lost one of the few over here on the Journey! I suspect this is due in part to the fact that I have been spending much time and effort on growing my other blog and not so much in this little corner of my world. Anyway ... I'm here now ... and if you're reading this so are you! And I'm grateful!

Water Aerobics last night was such wonderful fun! The water supported me and allowed me to truly stretch and move in ways that I haven't done since before I injured my knee! It felt amazing! I think the instructor thought I was in pain at one point as I was expressing a sigh of deep contentment "Ahhhhhh" and she told me not to do that if it hurt! LOL! I assured her that I was feeling quite fine indeed!

I did have a miniature almost wipeout as I stepped into the shower before going out to the pool that made me wonder whether or not this was truly a good idea. But once I got out of the shower, down the steps, and into the pool I was reassured that it indeed was!

After stretching and exercising for an hour in the pool I ventured back through the locker room maze and into the ladies hot tub! Ahhhhh! Pure unadulterated bliss! I have so missed being able to just sit and soak in a tub! And the bubbling cauldron of the spa is even better! Such an excellent reward for the discipline of exercise!

I called Josiah when I was on my way home to see if he wanted fried chicken because I was too tired to cook and I thought Bert would be in Claremore spraying for bugs. Bert was actually home (because of the rain) and wondered why I was getting fried chicken when we had a fridge and pantry full of just purchased groceries! I was being lazy honey! It happens! ;)

I did eat 2 pieces of chicken and 2 biscuits which fit nicely into my calorie allowance for the day even if it wasn't the best of all possible diet choices. Trying to live in the real world this time rather than getting incessantly hung up on diet foods and feeling deprived thereby!

After a quick shower when I got home I snuggled up in my recliner with my fried chicken and biscuits  and watched a little TV but soon realized that I was feeling wearier than the hour would seem to be responsible for so I headed to bed about 8:30. First time in over 2 months that I have gone to bed without a pain pill or a muscle relaxant. I did wake up in mild pain frequently throughout the night but never enough to make me get up and take a pill. It is a blessing to see evidence that I am healing!

See you tomorrow!

Monday Afternoon

So far so good aside from a wicked headache which I assume is coming from caffeine withdrawal except for the fact that I am also having intermittent chills. Then again it could just be cold in here! I have faithfully logged all consumed nutrition in my little BodyBugg journal. I am wearing said BodyBugg. I have managed to drink 2 full quarts of water and only 1 Coke Zero. I have made at least twice as many trips as usual to the Ladies Room and have usually taken the longer route on my return. (Not such a good idea to take the long route on the way there if you get my drift.) And I still plan to go to the YMCA for the Water Aerobics class even though I have a headache, the temperature (outside) is dropping like a rock, and it's raining.

Thank you very much!

Monday (Morning Check In)

Current Weight   395.80 lbs Goal Weight 365.8 lbs Current Body Fat 57.6 % Body Fat Goal   54.12 % Current LBM 167.82 lbs LBM Goal   167.83 lbs Goal Date Jul 5, 2010 Weight Loss Rate 3.0 lbs. per week Fat Loss Rate 3.0 lbs. per week Muscle Gain Rate 0.0 lbs. per week

My goal for the coming 10 weeks is to lose 30 pounds (3 pounds per week). I'm not sure what a reasonable muscle gain goal would be. I may look into that later. For now I will be happy to see body fat go down and Lean Body Mass percentage go up.

I got everything done this weekend that I needed to do to be ready to hit the ground running today. I'm terribly sleepy because we were up a bit later than normal watching a movie but I still set my alarm for 6:30 and was up by 6:35. I had a mixed berry smoothie for breakfast and I am drinking water. Also wearing my body bugg and I have my duffel bag packed with pool gear so I can go to Water Aerobics after work.