Day Five and still Alive!

Here's the link to the visual food diary.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/crobin11/sets/72157619773592202/

This first week is really still more of a base line of what I eat on the regular. Next week I'll really start experimenting with newer, healthier foods and be bringing my lunch in with me more often as a cost saving measure too. Though those five dollar foot long subs are a good bargain in my book.

I can't explain my ability to eat almost anything at any time, I just can. The same dinner three nights in a row, meh. I would do really well in prison where you eat bologna sandwiches 7 days a week. Don't get me wrong, I love variety and am more than willing to try new foods and new restaurants, but give me a plate of lasagna and I am a happy camper.

Breakfast still proves to be the biggest challenge. No motivation for getting up early and making anything fancy and no desire to plan out meals. I still think it's important to load up on protein early in the day, but most quick and easy breakfasts are not protein heavy. Can you eat a workout bar for breakfast and not workout? Is the calorie count worth the lack of taste and possible lack of satisfying fullness? Definitely looking for better options at the Kroger this weekend.

Lunch is too easy. Many fast food (fat food?) options in Forest Park, and as proven they do have healthy menu items. I still don't like rocking the boat in the drive thru, so I have avoided that because I don't really like French fries and yet will eat them but I also won't try to order a side salad instead of fries in the drive thru. I really hate people who try to get complicated in the drive thru orders with special requests or multiple orders. You get one number choice and an add on and that is it. "I'll have the 6, Large size with a Coke and a double stack." Boom, done. I went thru only one drive thru so far at the BK and just got the salad (no dressing) and it was quick and easy. Anyway lunch should be easier next week when I bring in my own.

Dinner has been the best of all. Cook up a heap of pasta. Usually that is two meals but I broke it out first into four containers and thereby saved myself from trying to judge on the plate. I also cut down the bread with dinner from 4 to 2 to 0 slices by the Thursday repast. I little bit of sugar as I ate a Milky Way last night, more calories than the Snicker with Almonds (I knew that was the healthy candy bar).

Not feeling too hungry or any odd cravings and I think a big key is eating early, between 6:30-7:30pm, and not snacking afterwards. As I run out of the sodas I will replace them with non-sodas and see how I feel about that. Water, fruit juices, teas and I wonder what else? Maybe, Gatorade.

I also finally sucked it up and walked to the mailbox and back last night. It only took about ten minutes even though it felt like an hour, so I'll need to add more distance to the trip around the apartment complex. As soon as I can make it once without crying like Sally Fields at the Oscars. Only more with pain than with joy.

Lost a bit more between Thursday's weigh in and Friday, about 1.6 pounds. Still not that impressed, but when I get down 16 from where I started on Monday I will be whistling a happy tune.