240 Pounds

Saturday morning I got up and weighed myself. 240 lbs. I got off the scale and got back on praying it was a mistake. It wasn't.

At 5'3" and 240 lbs. I was mortified. I have so much weight to lose. So much. And I was going to start that day.

So I did.

I started off with a calorie counter on my laptop. I have never counted calories before in my life so this seemed like a daunting task. Thankfully, the program is very simple. I put in my height and weight and it gave me a recommended daily caloric intake to lose one pound a week. A single pound a week? This was going to take forever! I adjusted my target from 2027 calories a day to 1800. Not a large difference, but I needed to be reasonable.

The first day I blew my 1800 calorie goal and instead fell just shy of 2000. My down fall was coconut shrimp. If I had simply cut my serving in half I would have been fine. But this was day one and I could do better.

Day two I did much better. I was actually well below my 1800 calorie goal. Day three I kept on track and ended just below my goal and went for a brisk walk.

Today is Day 4.

I started off this morning with a glass of water before I ate breakfast. I've discovered that if I drink 8oz. of water before and immediately after a meal, I feel more full and it clearly marks for me the beginning and end of a meal.

I've already lost some weight but I want to wait until Saturday, the one week mark, before I post an updated weight. I don't know how much of it is water weight, etc and worry that if I toss a number up today that it will feel like less of an accomplishment if I don't continue to lose as fast as the week progresses.

This may only be my fourth day in to my entire lifestyle change but I am really proud of how well I have done the past few days. I haven't skipped any meals (something I was frequently doing before) and I tried my first ever turkey burger...which was amazing! I was sure it would be dry and lack flavor but it was so juicy and tasty!

I purchased the turkey patty already formed and seasoned. I cooked it in my George Foreman grill and it only took 5 minutes or less. Instead of a bun, I wrapped the patty in a large lettuce leaf, combined with a few sliced mushrooms, grated carrot, and about 1/2 tsp. of honey mustard. Yum!

I am feeling positive and am looking forward to a walk this evening with my husband. It might not be a full blown work out but at least I am making an effort to move my body and I do plan on getting in the gym eventually. Right now I feel like this is what I can handle and hopefully by not doing everything all at once, I won't feel burned out.