Oh that you would bless me and enlarge my border...

Some of you may be familiar with the title of this blog. It comes from the prayer of Jabez. When on a diet, this is not the prayer you want to pray. Actually, it would go something like, "Oh that you would bless me and shrink my borders...." Though in a completely different context, you get the point.

Today officially begins week 1 of this diet. So far, I can say I stepped on the scale this morning and I have lost 4.2 lbs since January 1. I know all of that is not fat (if any of it is), but the number seems to be heading in the right direction. I definitely need to get a bit of meal prep going for tomorrow, but with some changes in diet and getting back into the gym, I am happy to see by total poundage decrease.

Today I came in the house and cooked a good bit of chicken breast to eat with my meals this week. I am going to prep some vegetables as well. Looking at my meal plan, I need a really big lunch box to take to work with me. :-) Basically, I'll be working, eating, and drinking all day. Fun stuff.

Here in Missouri, we are having some pretty frigid temperatures, accompanied with a lovely little thing called snow. I remember as a young child growing up in Alabama, I would love it when it snowed. Everything would shut down and no one went anywhere! So we would hang around the fireplace, watch TV, and talk. Here, it's a completely different story. You go about life as usual. With temperatures this cold though (expecting some overnight lows to go below 0), I don't know how normal things can really be. That being said, I am going to do my best to workout on a daily basis and my diet shall CONTINUE! I'll keep everyone update on the process....

Peace!