Day 41

Yesterday was a fast day.  It went very well.  I was busy at work, so I ended up skipping lunch.  My first meal of the day was dinner.  I had a Health Choice top chef steamer dinner.  They're pretty good for what they are.  The quantities are low, but they taste alright and are much closer to a balanced meal than anything I would be able to cook quickly.  When I get home, I'm typically pretty beat from work, and I don't want to stand around cooking too much.  The meal was 280 calories.  I rounded the day off with a half cup (before being popped) of popcorn (air popped).  That got me close enough to 600 for the day.  My wife and I went for a walk in the neighborhood since it was so warm out.  We were walking for about an hour.  I get a good laugh sometimes looking at my phones pedometer, because I often burn more calories walking than I ate for the day on my fast days.  I know some people will allow increases of calorie allotment based on calories burned on fast days, but that seems like a slippery slope to me.  I'd rather just loose more weight.

Today was a regular day.  It was a little more difficult.  I was considering skipping breakfast, since I wasn't too hungry, but I decided to compromise with myself and eat a banana.  I made it to lunch without too much hassle, but I ended up going out for lunch.  The only place that's close to my office is a Wendy's.  They've got a nice coupon/promotion going on for a free chicken flat bread sandwich if you buy a small fry and drink.  Unfortunately, they wont let me trade the fry in for a baked potato.  I was pretty hungry, so I went with a large fry and a small diet coke.  I had them ditch the honey mustard that they normally put on the sandwich and replace it with regular mustard.  That alone saved at least 100 calories from my meal.  After the fries, ketchup, and sandwich I figure I ate 800 calories.  It left me feeling full, so I can't complain too much.  For dinner, my wife had been planning an outing with my Grandma.  They wanted to go to Red Lobster.  I'm sure I'll never know exactly how I did, but let me just say that those biscuits are not diet friendly.  I figured my meal should have been around 1000 calories if they made it properly.  I think I had 4 biscuits, which would equal about 600 calories.  All in all, not too bad, but I never know what to think, because most restaurants undervalue their calories.  Either way, at an estimated 2500 calories for the day, I should be all right.  With my weight, I can eat 3500 calories and break even.  For the most part, I think I'll do really well if I can just stay away from the big five C's, (Chocolate, Cookies, Candy, Cake, and ice Cream).

I weighed in this morning at 335.  That puts me over the 20 lbs lost mark.  Still not seeing too much of a difference in the mirror myself, but I know it takes time.