Christmas Morning

After a couple of conversations with Rog, who is now my nutrition coach as well as my trainer, we decided to take a break today from the diet. Actually, it's not so much a body break as a mental break. Today I get a bit more calories and a change in my macros to favor carbs rather than fat.Although I'm doing well on the diet mentally (better than I thought I would), I felt I was getting to the point where I'd be in danger of losing control to either hunger or cravings. I believe the new supplements I'm taking are helping me tremendously in this area by normalizing my neurotransmitters which tend to go haywire whenever I drop below a certain carb level.

I planned my meals for today after getting my new macros. It worked out to around 2100 calories at 43% carbs. And I woke up this morning feeling like it was Christmas morning and I had a bunch of presents waiting for me under the tree. That's how excited this makes me. What's funny is that this calorie/carb level is what I was eating every day when I was doing my diet on my own. No wonder I wasn't getting anywhere!

I'm happy to say I met the challenge I had set for myself the past three days. I had a goal to drink one gallon of water every day and I did. Actually, it wasn't really that hard. It just took some planning and keeping track of my intake. I have a certain routine when it comes to water but truly it's not enough. I drink a 20 oz. glass first thing after I get out of bed, usually another during the day but not always, a big pot of decaf tea during the day and another 20 oz. glass of water at dinner. I was getting enough fluids but not enough water. I drink 3 cups of coffee with breakfast and caffeine dehydrates so I should be getting much more water anyway. I'm thinking of going totally decaf once my current coffee supply runs out and switching to decaf coffee and tea entirely. But I think after my experience with the challenge I'll only drink tea during the day if I've made my gallon allotment of water first. Happily, all that water flushed my system enough for a weight loss of one pound this morning. Now I'm at 229 lbs. which is 8.5 lbs down for the month so far.

We'll be going to the casino steak house for dinner today. I've got shrimp cocktail, filet mignon, baked sweet potato and asparagus on the food plan. And I couldn't be more excited!