Well, I thought I took a picture this morning but it wasn't on my phone. So, we'll assume I'm about where I was yesterday. Maybe we'll see a big drop tomorrow morning and that will be a confidence booster.
My goal for today is to not mindlessly snack. I want to eat healthy meals and concentrate on vegetables. So, the gameplan is a late morning veggie omelet. A light lunch - maybe the normal yogurt and string cheese. Then, a salad for dinner. I want to limit the snacking to carrots or pickles or something like that. Although, I'm still rocking a bit of heartburn so maybe I should stay away from pickled items. Also, I want to be heavy on the water today. I'm still going to have some pop, but need to up the water intake. So that's the plan... we'll see how it turns out.
How today's meals turned out:
Breakfast: Nothing
Lunch: 3 egg omelet with veggies - went with an additional egg as I missed breakfast
Snack: Cashews, Mt Dew White Label, sliced cheese
Dinner: Manwich sandwich, cooked spinach, some corn
Exercise: Played ball with the kids... not really much exercise, but not sitting on my butt.
Today's eating was much better than the last two, however I'm guessing it will take a bit for me to get back truly on track. While I had a few days off I went to the library and picked up Tim Ferris's 4 hour body. I'm about 100 pages in and he's got some interesting ideas, but some of it's a little bit out there. He promotes a slow carb diet. Which is similar to what I was doing when I was on the ball, but his is a bit more strict than what I was doing. He promotes eating within (I think) 30 mins of waking up - so not the mini fasts that I referenced previously. He also talks a lot about supplements. I'm not sure about the supplements, I'll have to look into it a bit more. I'm all for probiotics, and will probably get back on that after I'm done with my current antibiotics I'm on. He also talks about having one full cheat day, which definitely appeals. He believes this high calorie day helps keep your body from basically going into starvation mode. Makes sense to me. Anywho, here's the book:
The 4 Hour Body: An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat Loss, Incredible Sex and Becoming Superhuman
(Full disclosure: If you buy from that link I get a kickback. If you're interested in buying the book and like my content, feel free to help a brother out.)
I might try to implement some of the things that he talks about. For example, one of the things he says is a good breakfast is 2-3 hard boiled eggs for the protein. That's one of the things I wanted to add in anyway. He also is very strict on the no white carbs - white bread, potatoes, rice, etc. I've been mostly trying to get rid of those anyway. One of his testimonials ate at Chipolte for lunch and dinner, modifying the burrito bowl to only include low carb items. I think I could maintain on that type of meal for a while. In fact, I basically had that as dinner for a long stretch. So, some ideas of what to continue and what to try. If nothing else it's an interesting book and is getting me motivated to stay the course. I've listened to some of his podcasts before and read some of his other stuff and like his work. I'm sure I'll have more to add as I read on.
Thirty-five days down.
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