Week 1 Update

March 22nd

Day 9

Weigh In:   349lbs

To goal:         99lbs

So, I'm one week in to the diet.  I already had to mess with my schedule a little bit.  Wednesday was supposed to be a fast day, but I had a family birthday dinner scheduled, so I tried to make sure I ate well below my calorie break even point (~3800 per LoseIt).  The party was fun.  I ate too much I'm sure.  Luckily, that’s not to much of a problem right now, as pounds are flying off.  The thing I tell myself, for better or worse, is that if I didn't make the decision to diet, I would have eaten just as much (if not more) and then done nothing special the next day.  By following the ADF technique, I can start to make drastic, visible changes in my diet that will impact change.  Even if I make some bad decisions on my normal days, it will all work out in the end.

At the end of week 1, day 9, I am down to 349lbs.  That's 6.5lbs lost.  I'm sure some of that was the initial pop you get when you make big changes in your diet.  I'll be interested to see how I do the next week.  I know conventional wisdom tells you not to weigh yourself every day when dieting.  It's easy to get distracted by the little movements that come from water and whatnot.  I just am to excited to not weigh myself every morning.  Even after a normal day, I like to see how I did with keeping to a reasonable diet.  I'm tracking everything on LoseIt.com with my phone, so it gives me a good history of where I've been.


Weekly updates:
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 5
Week 10
Week 11