Oh man do I feel like a little oinker...I feel like all I did today was EAT. I found out today that my daily caloric intake is supposed to be 2,000 calories and they think I wasnt eating enough before. Now I feel like I am always full. I still have more veggies to eat tonight and I have no idea where I am going to put them. Strange thing happened today. I was pretty much forced to work over today and luckily I had my food guide with me and I was able to eat lunch (which I couldnt finish even though I thought I was ravenous). Then I ate a Soy protein bar on the way to my appointment with LA. These guys weigh you in everytime you walk through the door. For some dumb reason I got on the scale today after work despite the fact I cheated earlier this week and had only been on the diet one full day. My scale said I gained. So I was prepared for a gain on their scale as well. Since first walking into the center on Tuesday I have lost 1 pound. I havent even started the exercise yet! My counselor was even talking about my license picture to another client; telling them how much I had changed. She even said I was attractive. (I cant remember the last time I heard that.) "My guy" used to tell me that I had a pretty face. He aint seen nuthin' yet! I will talk about him later on. Right now I am hopped up on my diet. This is the first diet I have ever been on where they make you eat salt! I have to eat 1/4 tsp of Morton's Lite Salt a day because it contains potassium. I didnt want to eat too big a banana. Well I didnt have anything to pour it on. I dont add salt to anything anymore. So I uh, just swallowed it whole. I dont recommend doing this. Holy salt overload batman!! Amen it dissolved fast. Blech...I also bought 56 boxes of LA Lites Soy Protien Bars. They look like nothing, but folks they tame the hungries in a major way. I ended up with 1 box of Chocolate Mint and 2 boxes of Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough. Mmmmmm dessert! I go back to see my counselor again on Tuesday. During the weight loss phase they want to see me 3 times a week. I gotta keep myself in line.
Ace still doesnt want to come out of his cage. I should be more persistant in getting him out. He will sit on my finger for a few seconds and then jump off. He is very active and is constantly climbing the bars or his perches. He uses his beak as a third foot. He sleeps on one foot and can really squak when he wants to. I think my bird is a monkey with feathers and a beak. One of these days I will get some pictures. He's a "cutie patooty" as Rosie O'Donnell used to say.
Well my IPod is about fully stuffed. And tomorrow it will back to work while I head to the gym. When Season 2 of "Lost" comes out, I will be back on the bike. Although I do still have some dvds I have yet to watch. I would kill to be at my goal weight in under 22 weeks. I want to be the new poster girl for LA Weight Loss. (hehe).
Well I am rambling because of the food haze I am now in. Anyone want to eat my 1 and 1/2 cups of broccoli for me? I am stuffed to the gills.
~Carrie
