Speed up Time!

I would really like time to speed up right now. I want 15 days of dieting to go by super fast. Why is it when your trying to lose weight, time really slows down?

I'm having fasting success! Day 4 and I'm still on track making hourly and daily progress! It feels great to stick with my weight loss goals/plan. I need to keep it going for 11 more days.

My plan for food on Day 3, no breakfast, no lunch and No snacks! I did have plenty of 5 calorie flavored water and a low 30 calorie hot chocolate in the afternoon. I needed to warm up because its been super cold here. Plus, a good drink to keep me occupied and not think about eating in the afternoon was just what I needed. 

Dinner consisted of smoked clams at 180 calories. I love these little protein packed clams in cotton seed oil. I need to look up cotton seed oil and see if it's a healthy option. I made mushroom and cheese ravioli for dinner and of course wanted to have some. I ate one of each with a little tomato sauce. I made myself a small bowl of coleslaw, with a balsamic dressing. I kept the dressing to a minimum. Filled me up but I was kind of climbing the walls for a bit after dinner wanting to eat more. I stayed busy by cleaning up the kitchen and then washing towels, folding and then finally sitting down to watch some TV with my flavored water. I just kept reminding myself that I only had one hour to bedtime. I could do just one hour with out eating more. Its not that I was hungry, but I just wanted to eat something. I noticed when I get stressed, or want to have some relaxing down time, that's when I grab food or want something to eat as a stress reliever. I'm going to try doing some yoga and having a hot drink instead for a stress reliever. It's been working so far and now to make that my new habit so I won't go back to old coping ways. 

It's going to be a super cold day. I think it's around 11*F but with the wind it could be -25*F. We also got a little more snow, maybe an inch? Still not enough to ski and its far too cold this week to even venture out to ski. Zoey refused to go outside this morning. She backed away from the door when I opened it and the cold blew in. I can't blame her, I don't even want to go out there today! I have a busy work day too so I have to get out there! I'll be bundled up!! 

How do I feel on day 3 fasting?

How do I feel on day 3 of fasting? 

Great! A little hungry this morning. Losing weight isn't easy, Not losing weight is even harder. So I'm moving on and keeping on my fasting day. I was reading while fasting you can lose a pound a day. Not sure if that's true, but I'll go with that for now. At least the first 10 days. I'll weight myself again and see if its true for me. 

Day 2, I didn't feel hungry. I waited till 6pm to eat. Steve and I went out to Doolittles for dinner. Restaurants can be tricky to maintain a diet. I pre-thought out what I would be eating. Rotisserie chicken wings with out the skin only 3 wings. We shared a thin flat bread chicken, mushroom, tomato pizza. I had three small slices and I small slice of bread with butter from the bread basket. Drank water instead of having a high calorie cider. Plus, I did not dip back into the bread basket. I allowed myself one slice and ate it slowly. This way, I don't feel deprived and I still maintain my low calories for the day. When we got home I was pretty cold so I made myself a low calorie 25, hot chocolate. Tasted good and was a nice way to end the night with a tasty drink. 

 I've been adding 5 calorie flavored water packages to my water bottles. Its nice to have some flavor when I'm not eating during the day.

My shoe inserts are working great! I got up from a 2.5 hour movie yesterday afternoon and my heal didn't hurt at all. I could walk normal right away with out having to stand for a bit and then walk out in pain. This is working!!

We have snow once again.  Just enough to make everything white but not enough to cross country ski. I'd need another 3 inches. We might just get more on Friday/Saturday! Fingers crossed as I want to ski again!!! Until I can ski, I'll be doing some indoor biking at least 30 minutes. Plus doing my daily planks/dumbbell weights.

Today, I'll be working for three hours, burning lots of calories, finishing up our business taxes and staying on track to lose weight. Dinner plans are to eat some clams while everyone else has ravioli for dinner. I'd rather have protein at 160 calories then cheese and white wheat noodles.  Its all about choice! I'm choosing to take care of myself and feel good again!

Three pounds down and 12 pounds to go! I can do this!!!

Fasting update

Day 1 Success on my fasting diet. I did eat 1/3 of a slice of cheese quiche I made for dinner last night. I scraped off the crust so I cut out those calories. The rest of the day I sipped water with 5 calorie Raspberry Lemonade. The water helped curb my mind into thinking I needed food. In all fasting on day 1 was not exactly easy from 3:30 - 8pm but I did it. I just kept reminding myself that it's only a few hours and I can eat in the morning if I'm overly hungry. I think the small slice of quiche saved me from being overly hungry and lasting till the next day. 

Day 2, I decided I must weight myself to really know how much I'm losing. I didn't weight myself the last time I lost weight and went on a 100+ day diet. I just kept thinking I should have lost more weight then I actually did lose. Probably because I weighted more then I thought. Well, not this time. I know exactly where I am and what I need to lose. Starting with just 15 pounds. I would like to lose more but I need a closer goal weight right now. Just taking one day, one hour at a time on this fasting diet. Fasting is my idea of just staying under 500 calories for the day. This way, I still can eat and not feel like I was not successful. Its' unrealistic to think I can not eat for days and lose 15 pounds. I've tried other diets where I try to cut back but I have this afternoon down fall every day where I can't keep it together. This diet of fasting works best for me. I lose over 40 pounds in a little over 2 months doing this type of diet. I wasn't tired, and I wasn't hungry either. I was super motivated to take the weight off. I need to be that motivated once again. Summer is coming and I want to wear all my cute summer clothes, wear my swim suit, go biking and be happy with the way I look. I don't want to avoid summer fun due to being unhappy with my weight. I have plenty of time January, Febuary, March, April and May to drop weight slowly so I can reach my long term weight loss goals. Right now, just one day, one hour and one pound at a time to reach 15 pounds! I read, that it takes a 10 pound weight loss to drop one size and for anyone to start noticing you've lost weight. I think after I lost 20 pounds the first time people started to notice and at 40 pounds, everyone said I looked great! I'm excited and determined to get back to my pre- weight loss weight! I need to do this for me!