The Great Experiment: Day 3
Well, the last couple of days have taught me a couple of things -
1) I can't just cut down the food. Can't do it. I HAVE been smarter about it, tho - I need husband to pick up those 100 calorie packs w/the chocolate in them, for example, because I do find I need something sweet after dinner. I have cut down on portions and I've been TRYING to drink water all day long - makes me pee a lot but hey, that's what water does. I'm already feeling a little tiny insy teenie weenie bit thinner. At least, healthier.
2) I've realized that I can't just start doing 30 minutes of biking right off the bat. However, I do know it's easier when I don't look at a clock for the first few minutes then go out about another 10 minutes. It's sort of one of those existential kind of situations.
3) I can't obsess about WHAT I'm eating - but take it as a meal-by-meal, step-by-step basis. If I obsess about it, I want to eat MORE. You know? Weird thing is that I'm addicted now to watching the food shows on the Travel Channel. And throughout those shows I keep saying to myself, "I want that, but I can't have it. I want that, but I can't have it." Ironically, I think it makes the denial easier. I know, I'm a weirdo.
We'll just have to see how everything looks on Sunday morning re: my weight. :)
On another note, I've FINALLY found another job! I start that on Monday! :D I'm very excited. Mostly because it's something new, different and will earn me some money. What I'm also excited about (weirdly so) is that there are more than 50 people working at this company - so many, in fact, that the vice president of the division I'm working for (Ad Comparisons - and yes, there's a VICE PRESIDENT of the DIVISION I'm working for - OMG) didn't remember that he emailed me TWO days ago and sounded confused that I was asking what time I was supposed to start! Oh, and what the dress code is! (OMG, IT'S CASUAL.) Needless to say it was kind of an odd conversation. -.-
Either way, it gets me up and off the couch again - something which I'm VERY excited about!
Anyway, I hope everyone is doing well. So far, so good, right? :)
1) I can't just cut down the food. Can't do it. I HAVE been smarter about it, tho - I need husband to pick up those 100 calorie packs w/the chocolate in them, for example, because I do find I need something sweet after dinner. I have cut down on portions and I've been TRYING to drink water all day long - makes me pee a lot but hey, that's what water does. I'm already feeling a little tiny insy teenie weenie bit thinner. At least, healthier.
2) I've realized that I can't just start doing 30 minutes of biking right off the bat. However, I do know it's easier when I don't look at a clock for the first few minutes then go out about another 10 minutes. It's sort of one of those existential kind of situations.
3) I can't obsess about WHAT I'm eating - but take it as a meal-by-meal, step-by-step basis. If I obsess about it, I want to eat MORE. You know? Weird thing is that I'm addicted now to watching the food shows on the Travel Channel. And throughout those shows I keep saying to myself, "I want that, but I can't have it. I want that, but I can't have it." Ironically, I think it makes the denial easier. I know, I'm a weirdo.
We'll just have to see how everything looks on Sunday morning re: my weight. :)
On another note, I've FINALLY found another job! I start that on Monday! :D I'm very excited. Mostly because it's something new, different and will earn me some money. What I'm also excited about (weirdly so) is that there are more than 50 people working at this company - so many, in fact, that the vice president of the division I'm working for (Ad Comparisons - and yes, there's a VICE PRESIDENT of the DIVISION I'm working for - OMG) didn't remember that he emailed me TWO days ago and sounded confused that I was asking what time I was supposed to start! Oh, and what the dress code is! (OMG, IT'S CASUAL.) Needless to say it was kind of an odd conversation. -.-
Either way, it gets me up and off the couch again - something which I'm VERY excited about!
Anyway, I hope everyone is doing well. So far, so good, right? :)