mtcampbell1's Journal

Merry Christmas!

Later today I'll do my weigh-in...can't wait to see how I've done!

The food has been a challenge, but not nearly as bad as I thought it would. I have a couple of issues:

1. I sometimes get ravenous for food. The good thing is that I think I've narrowed down the cause as a low calorie intake the prior day. I've had a couple of really low calorie days...like under 1000 cals. It seems that I've become crazy for food the day after. So...I'm anticipating that I'm going to have another struggle with food tomorrow (today, it's 0105!) because I had a very low calorie day today.

2. My other issue is that I'm craving fast food sometimes. And I tell you...the only thing that keeps me from going to Taco Bell or Jack in The Box at this point is this challenge! Every time I crave fast food, I think about this challenge and how we're not supposed to have fast food. It really has prevented me from messing up...and saved me money as well!

I've had a really good last couple of days with just a few challenges that I've overcome relatively easily. I'm very thankful for that. I half expect that it is going to become much harder here in week 2. We'll see!

So had a pretty difficult day yesterday as far as eating goes. I didn't eat poorly just had a lot of food. I was ravenous again. Think I ended up eating almost 2000 calories. The only reason I didn't eat more was because I logged everything and saw that I was almost to 2000 calories. The journal saved me from myself!

Thinking back, I really did eat some snacks just to eat. It wasn't because I was hungry or because I was trying to eat something every 3 hours or so. It was because I wanted to snack. Hhmmm. Why do I do that? Maybe because my calorie consumption has been really erratic. My goal is to eat 1,800 cal/day. I've been really fluctuating...1200, 2000, 1300. Probably not eating consistently hasn't helped at all. Not to mention the emotional/psyche issues I still need to deal with!

Today is a new day. Putting up some more decorations inside the house (I know it's late!) It's 10:30pst and I still haven't eaten breakfast...I need to get on the ball! I'll continue to track my calories and try to pause before I put something into my mouth.

Hope everyone has an awesome Monday!

Just got back from the gym a little while ago. Did you some bicep and tricep work, then did a little hamstring, glut and quad work. Trying to get myself together enough to eventually start running again. That won't be for another 4 weeks or so probably.

I had some real bad cravings today while I was out shopping. I wanted to run by Taco Bell really bad. I think the problem was that I let myself get too hungry--my stomach was growling like crazy. I <i>>almost</i> stop by on the way home, but told myself that I had food at home to make.

The same thing happened tonight after the gym. I wanted fast food so bad but again I told myself 2 things: 1. it's past midnight and way to late to eat anything since I'm going to bed shortly and 2. you don't need fast food, you can't afford it and you have stuff at home!

That worked well for today, but I have a feeling it's going to get harder before it gets easier. I'm glad one of the mini challenges is no fast food. That actually really helps to remind me not eat out so I don't fail out of the challenge.

Alright, well heading to bed now. Need to get up early for class tomorrow.

Michael

So, I'm feeling pretty good today. Did a weigh in and lost quite a bit of weight. I have to say that's it's getting easier to eat well and make better choices everyday. I'm becoming more conscious of what I put into my mouth, what I'm thinking about, the exercise I should be doing. It's kinda weird how I'm kinda gaining some kind of clarity. I've been on the wagon for a couple of weeks now. I hope this isn't some fleeting clarity and that it decides to stay with me... I guess I have to make that decision.

This morning I was pretty ravenous. I had a pita bread with mustard and deli turkey and then grabbed a english muffin with margarine. Thank goodness the muffin is high fiber, low cal and the margarine is not half bad either. I guess looking back I should have dealt with that differently. I should have sat down and thought about why I was just thinking, "food food food!" and then planned out the meal instead of grabbing something. Something to think about and work on. I guess my moment of clarity became a little murky. It's ok though.

Writing in a journal kinda helps you think about stuff!