Friday, 17 March 2017

March 17

87.7kg

Today is Day 7 of the changes. Overall I have lost 1.6kg / 3.5lb. The biggest challenge is the hunger. While the volume of the food is nice, the body is use to portions heavy in calorie dense foods. The body misses the calories of the fried chicken & taters smothered in salty gravy and the heavy pasta meals, though my stomach is not missing them. I have had less indigestion this past week than in the two days prior to starting this.

I am finding the whole process is hard. Just grabbing a few things to toss together really does not work. You have to plan, consider, and think over choices - if I eat this much pasta, to balance the day I need to cut back on something somewhere else. The end goal will make the effort worth it in the end when this becomes an habit, but the transition period for the next couple months is proving challenging.

I have next week off from work on vacation; though it is more of a stay-cation. I am planning on:
·       major re-organization of home - especially the kitchen
·       adjusting my wake/sleep cycle 
·       start meal planning - just supper meals (lunches will be leftovers)

Saturday and Sunday I will allow myself more sleep time than I will be allowing in the future, but I have only had 36 hours & 51 minutes in the last 7 nights (average of 5 hours & 15 minutes per night). My sleep has ranged from 3 hours 41 minutes to 7 hours 8 minutes (weekend). Ultimately I want to get to work in the mornings early enough so I can take a full hour for lunch, so I can have 20-25 minutes for a walk.

Tomorrow is a full weigh in day with weight, body fat, body water, bone density, and BMI calculations. 

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