Day 3: Wednesday, December 16 - Not a good day for me for working out. I had to be at work at 11:00 a.m. I am not much of a morning person. I had scheduled myself to be up around 8:00 a.m. and workout between 9:00 and 10:00. Well, that didn't happen. I got up, got out of bed, had some breakfast and waited around until it was time to get ready for work. Got back home around 7:30, made dinner, then back to bed.
Day 4: Thursday, December 17 - A different story than yesterday. Since I didn't do anything yesterday I knew I had to double up. So I did workout #3, a 20-minute body sculpting program AND 20 minutes on the elliptical machine. That body sculpting workout was a pain. In it we work the abs. Oh man, did that hurt. After working the lower, middle and upper abs, when I got up to switch to another position I could feel them moving around and screaming, "WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT, DUDE?!?! WE DON'T DO THAT!!!!" Right after, I jumped on the elliptical machine for the 20-minute workout. Man, that was still rough. When I hit that level 5 plateau for six minutes I had to dial it down to 4. I just couldn't keep going at that level. Hopefully next week it will get easier.
On the upside, for both these days for lunch I had sandwiches from Subway. My breakfast this week has been Honey Nut Cheerios. Subway for lunch, and a sensible dinner. Well, not that sensible. I still have to learn how to cook in moderate proportions. Left to my own devices I'll just keep blowing up and up and up. That is the difficult part of this whole process, learning to control my portions and stopping when I am full. I've also cut out sodas all together. I have not had a soda all week. I've been drinking nothing but water, Crystal Light lemonade, and Hawaiian fruit punch, both have no sugar.
I'm still trying to get my eating under control. I know if I want to lose weight I need to eat more. Bizarre as it sounds, it is true. It's just all about proportions. Stopping when I'm full and not going back for seconds. But living at home does not make that easy. I'm here by myself and if I want to eat, I eat. Luckily, I really don't have anything to snack on. Yes, my neighborhood is surrounded by fast food restaurants, but when you don't really have much money to spend the decision is pretty much made for you.
