Sorry I’ve been out of touch, but I had to travel to go see the dietician yesterday. Actually, I left Wednesday so I could go see U2 in concert with my fiancee (it’s her all-time favorite band). They still have their groove thang going on after all of these years and put on a good, albeit rather loud, show. Getting old is a bitch, isn’t it?
Anyway, here’s the news guys. Are you ready… Drum roll please…
I was supposed to lose 10 pounds in eight weeks. It’s been five and one-half weeks. I was 298.8 When I weighed in yesterday, I was 288.4 — I dropped 10.4 pounds! Not only did I meet my goal, but I also exceeded it in a little shorter amount of time than originally expected. Not too shabby if I don’t say so for myself.
So, now I can breathe a sigh of relief and know I did well, at least for now. Dr. Rustveld wants to see me again in another eight weeks and to lose another 10 pounds. I did it this time, I can do it again. Failure isn’t an option! This must work.
Of course, I didn’t eat well on Tuesday night since we had a meeting with a pot luck dinner afterward — lots of garbage there — fried chicken, barbecue, and I shamefully admit a pie with Cool Whip and crushed Butterfingers of which I ate a slice
Then we left on Wednesday, so even though I had an appropriate morning and lunch menu and afternoon snack menu, the evening sucked. Not only did I have a beer at the concert but also two slices of crappy pizza. Then at midnight, my fiancee ordered chicken quesadillas from room service. She couldn’t eat everything, so for $18, I couldn’t just let it go to waste — for that price it was silly to do so. I ended up eating the guacamole and two of the quesadillas. Talk about having dry mouth throughout the night — something I didn’t miss having since I’ve changed my diet. I had to get up and find my way to the bathroom to get some water at 3 a.m.
Then, of course, there was yesterday. I missed breakfast and the morning snack because I was tied up with my appointment. You know, my body is actually beginning to get adjusted to this new feeding schedule. So, I was hungry by the time I got back to the hotel at 10:45 a.m. We ended up finally eating at 12:15 p.m., and I ate more than I needed to, but it was one of our favorite places to go so I just couldn’t resist — big mistake — not paying attention to what I’m supposed to be doing!
I didn’t eat again until later at 5 p.m. when we stopped for some beignets. Of course, I knew this was verboten! However, my sweetie felt jilted and guilty so I ate three-quarters of one and had a cup of cafe au lait. At least it wasn’t as bad as I used to be when I’d eat three of them!
Then we went to dinner at a steakhouse, which had absolutely nothing healthy on the menu. The best I could come up with were some beef tacos with some steamed vegetables. It wasn’t ideal but certainly much better than most everything else. Plus, I’m proud to admit (but my tastebuds aren’t!) that I didn’t partake of the cheesecake with the white chocolate sauce poured all over it. It’s absolutely heavenly but sinful as well. It was one of the things I used to really love about this place, but I just watched my fiancee relish her treat.
So, what now? He gave me a new menu that’s based on 1,800 calories a day. He’s not convinced I need to go that low for right now since it seems that the 2,000 calories are working. However, he wants to make sure I’m not getting bored with my food choices/options. In the meantime, I had forgotten that he recommended I check out sparkpeople.com as a good website for support and articles from other registered dieticians who know their stuff.
In addition, he also wants me to make sure I’m getting plenty of Omega 3 oils so he wants me to take fish oil supplements if I’m not going to be eating fish or walnuts. The ones with EPA and DHA, cold water variety.
Well, that’s it for now. Time to start the weekend. I’ll enjoy my breakfast tacos tomorrow and Sunday!
Have a good one and until next time,
Be well and eat healthy!
Robert M.
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