Week 2 begins: Exhausted, P.A., and goal update

For the first time since I started the diet, I feel physically exhausted. I did not want to get out of bed today and I'm definitely concerned about my ability to do anything that requires any kind of strength. Sleeping late today, however, was the not the first indicator that the diet is affecting my strength. The other day I was leaning over stuff (using my hand on the wall to support myself) to shut of my alarm and I fell... Like my arm couldn't support my weight against the wall. It was not a good start to the day... I'm assuming that as I exercise I will start to get stronger, but I also imagine that will take some time.

Also, in a similar vein, I'm trying to figure out how to get back into the groove of going to the gym. A few years ago, I used to get up early (6:30 or 7:00 am) and go to the campus gym. I'd spend an hour there 5 days doing weight lifting and aerobic exercise. I really need to start doing that again. I remember having a lot more energy when I did that. Though, I really wish the university had circuit training facilities like my undergrad did. Anyway, I figure that the summer is a good time to get back into that groove, but I just need to start going... Unfortunately, waking up at 6:30 or 7:00 am will be hard to do considering how tired I am... But I really want to start going again.

Oh, today I was doing some mental calculations to think about how much weight I should be losing to reach my goal. I calculated, that to meet my goal, I need to be losing 6lbs a week! As a result, I'm going to update my goal a little bit, to make it more attainable. It will still be a stretch, but more realistic.

Anyway, I've made it 6 days and offically start week 2 of the program today!

Day 3: Things are going a little better

I'm in the middle of day three now of this diet. The first day was particularly difficult. I ended up having 7 shakes that day and I had some serious cravings. I went to bed really early to try to keep myself from eating. NN was a sweetheart and tried to make me feel better. Yesterday went a lot better. I went a friend's baby shower, and I managed to keep away from any of the finger foods, though I left a little early because I was getting hungry and I didn't want to make a big deal of making another shake. Today is going reasonably well too.

Over the last three days, I realized that I really am going to have a hard time with eating, err drinking, sweet stuff all the time, and I'm definitely going to missing things that "crunch." Also, I'm a little worried about becoming the "center of attention" as I do that things that I need to do for my diet. I think that I will have a hard time going places with lots of people (esp. people I don't know) and having to go make a shake... I dunno... It's probably all in my head. Anyway... I'm looking forward to going to my friend's place for her memorial day bbq.

Day 1 - Photo documentary

I woke up this morning ready to get started. I made a coffee and chocolate shake, and Nick documented the whole affair, and took my "before" picture.

So, without further ado, Enjoy!

Before Picture

Coffee and ice

In goes the shake powder

Mmmmm Mocha!

Anyway, I've got my travel bag packed to take to work, so we'll see how my first day rounds out! Catch you later!

The countdown is over

I'm sitting in a coffee shop with a friend as I await heading to my Intro class for the HRM program. Tomorrow I start the diet.

This week has been fun, eating all the stuff that I think I'll miss and thinking about the consequences of being overweight that I'll be happy to be rid of. As the week has gone by since that initial appointment I'm getting more and more excited about getting started.

The greatest thing so far is the support I've been getting from my friends and family as I begin this incredible journey. I know that I'll have people to pick me up if I stumble or fall.

Anyway, here I go! Hopefully it'll be a good ride.

Test Post

I want to test how labels work. So... I'm going to put all the labels that I will use on this post :-)

go me!