kingkeld's Journal, 19 March 2013

Good morning!

I'm 600 grams down in weight today. Not too shabby.

I did great yesterday - and I'm gonna do great today.

Yesterday, I saw a chance to go for an "intermittend fasting day". I ended up under 600 calories. I felt great, no hunger at all. It was actually pretty easy.

I didn't actually skip any meals yesterday - I even had two breakfasts. Not bad for a 600 calorie day.

Today is all planned out too.

Light - but filling - breakfast, two eggs.

No 2nd breakfast, as today is not a workout day.

Leftover chili con carne for lunch. TONS of that 10 minute burn chili (TONS is about half a drop in this case. lol)

Leftover chili con carne for dinner, before I go rock out with the kids.

That's the food I have allowed myself today. It should be enough. The chilis are nice, large portions. I should be good with this.

This will bring me to 610 calories. :)

I've started weighing in on my old scale - my smart smart scale of times past. It records the fat percentage through the entire body. I like it better. Besides, it's the same scale as I used when I reached goal last time, so the measurements that it does are fairly comparable.

I was shocked this morning, though. My fat percentage said 7.4. I measured 3 times to make sure.

Now, this is probably a temporary one, but I couldn't help comparing with my last weight loss journey.

Last time I reached 7.4 percent fat, I was at 82 kilos! So this essentially happens about 9 kilos earlier than last time. Damn.

So, how much of that is muscle? It's hard to me to fully see though all this, but that's okay. I see numbers that I'd like to be lower getting lower. That makes me happy.

So today, I'll just keep truckin'... I have my food planned, I have enough meetings to keep me occupied at work, and I have teaching to do tonight. I don't need to go to any stores and I won't have to walk by any places that trigger emotional hunger. I should be good. Now, it's just a matter to DOING it.

I have a few stressful cases I'm working on this week. This made me wake up over and over again last night. I had to turn to mindfulness (or my simple little version of it, anyways) and have that help me go back to sleep. I am dead tired this morning. I hope I will wake up during the next few hours, so I can get some work done. I have a meeting today, where I should be getting some help and insight on some of this, and I know this will help. I can't wait to have a good night's sleep tonight. :)

Anyways, I'm doing good. Seeing (and feeling) the differences is a great thing, even though the scale just stays the same. I can live with 90 kilos if the fat is gone. It's a sign that I'm working, not eating. That's good.

Today, I'm thankful for:
- Intermittend fasting today. And yesterday. :) This is a first, but I know I can do it.
- Morning coffee after a night with not enough sleep.
- A good, fun day planned out.

Life is good!

200.8 lb Lost so far: 140.9 lb.    Still to go: 13.4 lb.    Diet followed 100%.