Day 2--midday

So this is technically my post for day 2 since my earlier post was about yesterday.

Meals
It is 1:25 pm, I just finished lunch and I am still hungry. I had a yogurt in the car on the way to work, my two banana pancakes, a cup of coffee with skim milk, then another yogurt at 11:15 am. Lunch about 12:30 and hungry! Lunch consisted of some white meat chicken from the Costco roast chicken, some frozen mixed veggies and some kashi. I don't want to eat anything unhealthy. I have already eaten more than I did yesterday. Damn, I gotta shrink my stomach so my appetite shrinks as well. I had some grapes in my lunch box but that just wasn't hitting the spot so I put it away. I NEED SOMETHING!

My New Plan

So, I think it is pretty clear that I am not a true blogger. I am not witty on paper, I don't even bother to blog regularly, and I would so not share this blog with anyone. The only people that may read this are other bloggers who may stumble upon this while surfing the blogs. So I decided to use this as my journal of this coming summer. I have made a commitment to lose 20 lbs by the end of the summer. Started June 1st. So I want to log down daily what I have done for the day towards this goal. I want to do this sensibly, make positive lifestyle changes and even if I can't do everything right everyday, do at least something to work towards my goal. If I lose 2 lbs a week, by the end of the 12 weeks, I will have lost 24 lbs! I think that is a reasonable goal. I would love to lose more, but that is my goal for the summer. So let's log down what I did yesterday (I couldn't blog last night because I was so busy with my first actual paid slide show job--but that is for another post.)

Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Meals
--Cannot give up my banana pancakes in the morning from Richard's shop, but I don't put anything on it and spread two pancakes over 3 hours.
--Did not snack or pick. Wasn't hungry so made it to lunch.
--Ate my roast beef sandwich and fresh veggies with Ranch dressing. Yes, Ranch dressing is fat, but I am trying to make positive changes I can actually live with and not deny myself everything. I ate a whole bag of veggies (cherry tomatoes, broccoli, sugar snap peas and baby carrots).
--No chips all day
--Dinner was some lettuce and chicken. Wasn't all that hungry, but boy was I starved in the middle of the night!

Exercise
I decided to start jogging again. Ideally I would like to jog 3 times a week, but this is going to be one busy summer. Ryden has basketball practice Tuesday and Thursdays from 4:30-5:50. So I had decided I would get a jog in while he is at practice. But starting June 14th, Kyrie will be volunteering at SHA to help in the classroom during school then help in after school care until 5 pm. That means on Tuesdays and Thursdays, I have to drop off Ryden, run over to pick her up then come back. I don't think I can run on those days. The his basketball game will be Friday nights. That leaves me Mondays and Wednesdays. I doubt I will get a jog in on the weekend, so I'm not sure what I will do to fill in that third day that I wanted. So yesterday, Ryden had practice and Kyrie isn't in summer school yet, so I started running. I jogged from Ala Wai Elementary, down the service road behind Iolani to Date St., turn right on Date, head towards Kapahulu, turn right then jog as far down Kapahulu as I could before hitting 20 minutes. 20 minutes is my turnaround time. That will be my basketball practice route.
I Jogged for 20 minutes, walked for about 6 minutes then jogged the rest of the way back to my starting point which took 15 minutes 50 seconds. I was pretty stoked with the amount I was able to do. Yeah, I was slow, but I kept up the jogging momentum for 20 minutes and only walked for 6. My half time returning was only 1 min 50 seconds longer than my half time starting. That was pretty good considering I walked for 6 minutes on the back half. I guess my back half was a little faster.

So today, I brought my clothes, but I haven't mentally committed to jogging as my lower body is really tired. I may rest today and go tomorrow. We'll see. But hey, off to a great start.

Weight Loss Progress
--Lost 2.2 lbs since yesterday. I am 10 lbs heavier than I was on January 1st., and I know that the beginning is all water, but mentally it really helps to see the numbers go down. I know over this summer I will be so grateful for a digital scale, because even a .2 weight loss is better than nothing or worse a gain! And for each week that I lose more than 2 lbs., that would cover me on those weeks that I may not hit the 2 lb loss--and I hope there aren't too many of those weeks, or none at all!

So, I hope to be able to update regularly. We'll see. I am not the best at this, but I would love to be able to track and see my progress. On those days that I don't do too well, I can look back on all the good days I've had and not beat myself up. : )