OLDARMYMED's Sep 2014 CalorieKing Blog
Travel Time
Sunday, September 7th 2014
I am about to embark on my first multi-day trip since starting in July. A week in Baltimore's inner harbor area for a convention. This will be my litmus test for luxury hotel food. My past experience is that the kitchen will do whatever you want as long as it is reasonable so a grilled naked chicken breast and some steamed veggies should be manageable. It is more an issue of overcoming temptation than of actually eating healthy foods. I should have internet access so keeping up with posting and...Another Goal - CRUSHED!!!
Saturday, September 6th 2014
I am doing the HAPPY DANCE!!! I broke 300 today, not only broke, but CRUSHED. Tipped in at 296, which also takes me past 10% from my starting weight. Killed two goals with one stone. I am MOTIVATED today. My next goal is 279. I have no idea why it is 279, it just is. This is the number that moves me from Silver to Gold. I want to hit this new goal by Halloween.
Reduced Waist = Reduced Waste
Friday, September 5th 2014
I have noticed a marked reduction in my food expenditures since I began this journey. I eat smaller meals even though I eat more often. Veggies and fruit are cheaper than meat. Leftovers become meals for the following day instead of morphing into a brown liquid in the bottom of the fridge because it is easier to eat them than it is to figure out the calorie content on another concoction. Plus, if I'm going to be charged 200 or 300 calories for something, I'm going to enjoy every single morsel of...Hunger is Weird
Thursday, September 4th 2014
Some days are nightmarish while others are an absolute joy. When I got up on Tuesday morning I was famished and had to fight with it all day. Today is the exact opposite. I just had my first bit of food for the day (it is almost noon) and have not felt the least pangs of hunger. I ate an apple. That's it, just one apple. I didn't eat it because I was hungry; I ate it was because I know I need the nourishment.I can equate my general attitude about my progress based on how strongly the hun...
Progress
Wednesday, September 3rd 2014
There are days when I feel like I am going in reverse even though my clothes are looser, my diary shows I am well within my limit, and the scale tells me I've lost pounds. I feel sluggish and flabby regardless. Then I have to ask myself how I actually measure "progress." Further to that, what is progress anyway?My purpose is to get healthy and live a fuller and longer life. So if I feel sluggish am I achieving that goal? Makes me wonder sometimes but I keep reminding myself t...