Day 5 past the bad diet weekend! And do I feel all better? No, not all the way. Yes, partly. Let’s go with the positive side.
I feel lighter again – after several days of feeling heavy and full. I had less trouble getting up this morning. (This is all after 5 days of normal eating.) This morning, I was pretty hungry for breakfast early – I haven’t been for the last four days. This is how long it takes me to recover from a bad diet weekend and two days of travel! And I am still not done.
But life is getting better.
My food intake and calorie count
Breakfast – Smoked loin (100); chicken pieces (150); chocolate (120);
- 370 calories
Lunch – pork chop (250); potatoes (200); Hershey kisses (100);
- 550 calories
Dinner – 10oz chili (360); cornbread (100); salad (30);
- 490 calories
Snacking – pretzels (110);
- 110 calories
Total for the day: 1520 calories (limit 1700)
No walking today!
I like to walk. I didn’t have time – busy, busy. Walk tomorrow. It feels strange to be so sedentary, working away at a computer all day. My fingers got some exercise, and that’s all.
It’s still amazing to me that after having lost this much weight, I still am a bit overweight and look it. What will I look like at 210 pounds? 200?? 190??? I have to start looking up how people deal with excess skin around the middle and legs that comes from being overweight. From what I am hearing there is not a lot you can do short of drastic action (surgery). There are some over the counter creams that may or may not work. Apparently a lot of the loose skin will reduce itself over time, if your body weight is kept low.
The rest of the advice online is just the usual: keep hydrated, exercise, etc. It can’t hurt but it won’t help much. Well, all that is a problem for Future Doctor who weighs less and has kept it off for a while. Right Now Doctor has his own problems: like working through the aftermath of a bad diet weekend and getting back on the weight control system.
That’s enough to worry about for now. Goodnight!
-The Doctor
Glad you’re feeling better; maybe add some yoga or other exercise on the days you don’t/can’t walk, just as a suggestion.