good & bad

The good news is that I’m slowly making progress, but the bad news is that I’m slowly making progress. I did my fast 5 yesterday and it went really well. I wasn’t hungry at all, which was probably due to the fact that I ate so much junk over the long weekend. Gross. I was back at work which also helped a lot. When I have structure/my work routine I’m able to stick to a plan better. I drank coffee, water, and one can of no-calorie seltzer water. Then I did some shopping after work. When I got home I ate grilled chicken with grilled peppers and onions, some grapes, and carrots with hummus. After that things went downhill. It would have been a great day food-wise if I had stopped there, but I had plans to go to a baseball game with my friend. I didn’t eat any food (which was good! She hate an individual pizza) but I did drink two light beers (not so good). By the time I got home I was starving, so I ate low-fat string cheese, a sugar-free fudgesicle, more carrots and hummus, and more grapes. It was all healthy foods, but it was too much food. I think I tapped out at 900 calories (including the beers), which is a lot for a fast 5 day. UGH.

So on to the scale: when I got home after shopping yesterday I was down -1.8lbs. I was really surprised to see, but I hadn’t eaten all day so I guess it made sense. I weighed myself again this morning and was down only -0.6lbs from yesterday’s morning weight. This was after I ate dinner last night and all those snacks and the beer. So, making progress… but it is slow progress.

My plan today is to eat a light salad for lunch then a healthy dinner (maybe grilled chicken again). I’ll have a snack or two in between, but I’m aiming for 700-800 calories. I’m going to the gym too and plan to spend 2 hours doing cardio and weights.