Everything is going really well. I’ve got lots of energy, my sleeping cycle is good, even my sense of smell is more acute. I think most of it has to do with never eating to capacity and not eating beef. It’s an unscientific opinion, but it feels as if I’m less inflamed somehow.
Yesterday I did a 1.75 hour hike in Hollywood’s Runyon Canyon and only ate 1400 calories, most of it sushi at 5pm. I was ravenous for the sushi but after that I didn’t feel hungry until the next morning.
The only chain link I missed yesterday was meditation, which is a bummer, but nothing to beat myself up over. The goal is not perfection but maintaining direction and momentum.
Today I went over my alloted calories by 200, but again, I’m not going to sweat it because yesterday was a low calorie, high workout day. Three days ago I weighed 244lbs. and today I’m 241 so I’m doing something right. If I were starting this diet over I would allow myself one splurge day a week, as is recommended by sensible fitness and diet professionals.
Tomorrow I’m going snowboarding for the first time. After 26 years of skiing this should be a fun challenge. I’m already loving that the boots are comfortable and lightweight.
Feb 11, 2008
Breakfast:
- Kashi, yogurt, blueberries: 400
Lunch on the road
- Clif bar: 250
- Carl’s Jr. 4 chicken strips: 500
Dinner (Went to Giovanni’s in Mammoth. Oops.)
- Small antipasto salad: 350
- Small Supreme Pizza: 1200
Total
- 2700 Cals
Feb 10, 2008
Breakfast:
- Kashi, yogurt, blueberries: 400
Snack
- Almonds: 100
Dinner
- Sushi: 900
Total
- 1400 Cals
Feb 9, 2008
Breakfast:
- Kashi, yogurt, blueberries: 400
Lunch:
- 8 chicken deli slices: 90
- 16 wheat thins: 130
- 3 Large wheat crackers: 60
- 1 serving cottage cheese: 60
- 1 piece laughing cow cheese: 35
Snack
- 2 oz fine cheese: 200
- 7 crackers: 120
- 5 small olives: 20
Dinner at Los Arroyos
- Sope:500
- Taco: 400
- Guacamole: 100
- 8 Chips: 160
- Black beans: 125
Total (may have gone slightly over 2500, it’s hard to know calories when you eat out, but I was pretty hungry before going to bed and actually lost weight for the day, so I checked it off in Making the Chain.)
- 2400 Cals
