Showing posts with label Week 1. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Week 1. Show all posts

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!