The Sixth Day of My Diet
I started off the day with a very
brisk dog walk and a healthy bowl of steel-cut oatmeal with agave nectar and 2%
milk. I’m thinking that some things are meant to stay steady and consistent.
Breakfast is one of those for me. I taught vocal lessons and had some
hypnotherapy clients today, so I was mostly sedentary. Before lunch I decided
to work on my Ab-Rocket for a few minutes of killer abdominal work. (It’s good
to do workouts before you eat, not after.) I also think that if you have a
particular area that is the problem with weight, you definitely should work on
that area, as I am working on my abs. I am working the sides, bottom and top of
the abdominals with different exercises.
For lunch I ate my typical two
poached eggs, two small pieces of toasted whole grain bread and no applesauce.
I decided, less food was better today. Here is the thing about less food. Every
day you eat less, your stomach shrinks a little. So, every day you have the
opportunity to stop earlier in your eating. The process takes some time, so you
have to be patient with yourself. You don’t want to feel like you’re starving,
so do the cutting away a small chunk at a time.
I didn’t have any choice about
dinner, because someone else was cooking, so I ended up eating a hamburger on a
bun, mac and cheese (a very small portion) and a small green salad with
vinaigrette dressing. My dinner disappointed me. I think it will probably put
me over the top for the day. But, here’s the thing. I ate until I wasn’t
hungry. I didn’t over eat, even though I ate a poor choice for a diet. That is
to be congratulated.
You have those days when you just
can’t help what you eat. I could have had no bun and less mac and cheese, but I
just wouldn’t have been sated. So, I ate until I was full and no more. The only
thing I ate in the evening was one cup of vanilla ice milk from (don’t hate me
gay people) Chik Fil A. It was the only place that had a small portion of
something tasty but diet-like. I’ll give more to HRC this week in repentance.
In the early evening I walked the
Cool Spring Mall twice, but not too vigorously. I walked up and down some steps,
which felt tiring, but that was all I could get in for aerobics today. It was
too cold outside to do anything in 29 degree weather.
I feel very full and it is almost
10 p.m. so I guess I ate too much. You almost know these things before you even
weigh in. So, if I had to guess what tomorrow’s weight is going to be, I’d
think that it is going to be about even or a couple ounces higher. (I’m writing
this the next morning. I guess I was wrong… Not good to be guessing what you
don’t know.)
I tried going to sleep without my
normal sleep meds, which is a small dose of clonozapam. I also take Tramadol
for chronic arthritis. This night I decided to try to sleep without both. I’m
not sure why. After, I did my normal relaxing yoga exercises with my round
cylinder to help loosen my back and IT band so I can get up and walk normally
in the morning. (Trust me, I have tried everything to NOT take meds, but
sometimes life hands you that prescription, and you have to take it to live a
normal life. Just be glad a medication works that helps you. I am.)
I had a very restless night of
sleep. I was up about five times. I don’t know how that contributes to weight
loss, but I ended up losing another 1.2 pounds yesterday.
So the weigh in is: A loss of 6.2 pounds in six days. I’d say I’m on track. I think I’ve
already lost one pants’ size. I can look in the mirror and see a major
difference in my stomach, where I put most of the weight on.
Onward and upward… errr.. downward,
I guess.
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Bo Sebastian is a Hypnotherapist and Life & Health
Coach, available for private sessions to QUIT SMOKING, Lose Weight, New
Lap-Band Hypnosis for Weight Loss, CHANGE YOUR MIND, CHANGE YOUR LIFE! at
615-400-2334 or www.bosebastian.com.
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