Sticking To It
My first week of this fairly restrictive diet has gone reasonably well. I have only had a few, very minor, instances where I ate something that wasn’t on it, despite the lengthy (and possibly growing) list of foods I’m not eating for this 30 days. Where I have slipped, most would forgive readily. A banana before kung fu is something most wouldn’t even conceive of saying no to. A little bit of sauce that was in a meat dish that I wasn’t aware of until after the fact, is something I could have checked on, but not a big deal. Adding a very light amount of thai peanut sauce to my chicken last night was probably the worst of it. As soon as I put it on there, I was admonishing myself for cheating. Ah well.
With the weekend upon us, I am going to have to work really hard to keep myself from indulging in the foods I want, or the foods that are convenient. I am still trying to decide whether or not I will go to a chili cookoff Saturday, noting that most (if not all) of the chili will likely have some element that is not on my diet. At present, I think I am going to stick with trying to keep my diet as clean as possible and skip it. If I can keep away from chocolate, I can live without sampling chili.
The results have been good so far. I have been cutting back on foods that I don’t need for all of 5 days and already I have shed 2 pounds at the scale. I was well pleased to see 230 even this morning after my shower. – A number I had surpassed this past year and then creeped back up over to sit around 232-233 lbs.
This number definitely encourages me not only to stick to it this weekend, but to make sure to put in some good exercise time as well. I’m (not) looking forward to some burpees, air squats, push ups and breaking out the jump rope Saturday, followed by some good, moderate stretching.