The scale was kind again to me this morning shedding 2 pounds from two days ago... 427, total weight loss 7 pounds. I've changed the standard post title to reflect the ongoing tally of weight loss... the -7 being the total pounds lost since I began.
For the past few days I've been ingesting 2100 calories per day. It's plenty of food. If I space my calories out over three meals I don't seem to get the urge to eat in between them. If I do feel hungry I have some carrots or I keep enough calories for a protein bar or whey shake in reserve. This seems to do the trick.
I feel good about being in the groove for 18 days now. It's becoming a habit and the urges to binge on high carb/high fat foods are diminishing, albeit slowly. I still find myself thinking of eating when I'm feeling good or bad mentally about something important. I keep thinking to myself "good choices and self honesty". I don't just say these words. I really think about what they mean and how important they are. Not only as it applies to food, but how this simple phrase applies to nearly everything we encounter in life. It's funny that I recall saying to my kids "make good choices and be true to yourself". It's exactly the same philosophy I'm working hard to live by. I guess we all are trying to do these two things throughout our lives.
Anyway... I'm going to stick with 2100 for a bit and see how it goes. Working in more movement of my body is going to help. For the past few days I've walked about 10 minutes each day. I try to park the car about 5 minute walk away from where I'm going. It's a start and it will get better as I have less mass on my frame.
That's all for today.
ETL
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