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Today is day 3 of being on track. I hope. I'm getting ready to go to the gym, and barring I don't have some kind of attack, I will go to bed when I get home and day 3 will be successful. I am not hitting the RDI's of 1200 calories, but I'm coming in just under 1300. This is a victory for me. If I set the RDI at 1300, I will eat up to almost 1400. That's no good. So I set it at 1200, and I know I will pretty much "stretch" it to 1300. Still, if I can limit myself I know that will work. I have a dozen crazy little psychological things about food. I am getting ready to go back to the gym and run a mile tonight and see how that feels. I haven't been for a week and a half, I actually am really looking forward to it. I have a new job as a counselor for the Department on Aging, and the older people I am seeing all have similar health problems - diabetes, obesity, heart disease, COPD. They cannot walk, they cannot bathe, dress or cook, they are totally immobilized by their health condition. It's such a wakeup call. That could totally be me in 20 years. I'm 40 now, and if I can really make a lifestyle change and can really DO something about my habits, I will thank myself when I'm 60. I will REALLY thank myself when I'm 80 if I get there. So thing about it - "someday" is going to come for all of us - some of us sooner and some of us later. I don't want to be in my 80's, so obese that family members or even staff can't lift me or turn me, and so bad off I can't walk by myself, let alone the more personal stuff. I am the only one that can do this. I am really grateful that I am learning this lesson.
Diet Calendar Entries for 16 January 2013:
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1292 kcal
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Fat: 40.93g | Prot: 98.23g | Carb: 144.34g.
Breakfast: Oikos plain greek yogurt, Frozen Strawberries great value. Lunch: roma tomato, kraft light italian dressing, red onion, feta cheese, croutons, romaine lettuce, cucumber, chicken breast. Dinner: green beans, corn, chicken breast. Snacks/Other: fat free half and half, Blue Bunny krunch lite, Hunt's Sugar Free. more...
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3180 kcal
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Activities & Exercise:
Walking (moderate) - 3/mph - 35 minutes, Running (jogging) - 5/mph - 30 minutes, Housework - 20 minutes, Exercise machine (fast) - 28 minutes, Driving - 2 hours, Sleeping - 8 hours, Resting - 3 hours and 7 minutes, Desk Work - 6 hours, Sitting - 3 hours. more...
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