Thursday, 4/30/15, 6:30am
It's day 53 and this morning I woke up at 5:55am feeling great. I haven't told anybody I am trying to lose weight so it was really nice when two people asked me this week if I had lost weight. I have also noticed the changes. At first I noticed the changes in my face but now I am seeing it all throughout my body especially my stomach. Yesterday I was putting lotion on after getting out of the shower and I noticed how much smaller my stomach was feeling. Don't get me wrong, I still have a ways to go, but it feels really good knowing that my hard work at the gym is paying off.
Yesterday I went on a morning run (as planned). I usually run about 1.5 miles down Fifth Street in San Rafael and walk the 1.5 miles back. Yesterday however I ran the 1.5 miles like normal but instead of walking back I ran back!! It is great feeling my strength and endurance come back. Fifty-three days ago I was feeling weak, fat, and out of shape. Today I am feeling so much better both physically and mentally.
As I get closer to day 60 I keep reminding myself to stay focused. The next thirty days will be the real challenge because I have never been able to continue a healthy lifestyle for longer than 68 days (I just had to look that up). In 2011 I started a low-carb diet and lost twenty pounds in 68 days. Last year (2014) I started eating a healthier lowfat diet (while counting calories) and I lost about twenty-five pounds in 60 days. Both times I felt great, my confidence was soaring, I had loads of energy, and I was just feeling...happy. But then I would hit a bump in the road (lost my job in 2011 and got sick in 2014) and I fell off the wagon. The problem wasn't that I fell off the wagon, the problem was that I DIDN'T GET BACK UP!! This time around I am DETERMINED not to let that happen.
My plan for today:
Go for a run (after dropping my kids off at school). Come home and stretch/yoga for thirty minutes. Eat a protein bar. Do crunches and other ab exercises. Take a shower. Go to work.
I have skipped lunch two days in a row which made me way under my daily calorie limit (good and bad). It's weird because I feel hungrier overall throughout the dinner and before and after dinner when I eat lunch. When I skipped lunch these two days I didn't feel that hungry and didn't feel hungry at all at bedtime (when my cravings are usually at their highest). The bottom line is, if I am going to exercise I have to eat lunch.
I truly believe the steel cut oatmeal is working. I am feeling fuller longer.
I have to run...get my kids ready for school. I have some exciting news about a new challenge I joined so I'll have to come on later to post.
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