UPDATE!!

UPDATE: 12/6/08

So I started all of this lifestyle change stuff on 11/22/08. Let me tell you it's one of the hardest things I've ever done. I got REALLY emotional about it.

I know it sounds really silly, but eating every 3 hours and writing everything I ate down was a real challenge for me. It just made me feel really guilty about everything I ate and on top of it...make me sick to my stomach because I had this constant feeling that I was eating too much.

With the help of my friends (thanks Jimmy) it helped me realize I wasn't doing anything wrong. Imagine the 2 take out meals a day, even if it's "less food" its way more calories and fat. I know I know it's basic but I honestly need someone to tell me the basics sometimes to check me back into reality. It helped.

So week two was a lot easier. I am prepared with fruit, veggies, legumes, protein and even my vast array of multi-vitamins and medical meals. I have drank so much water its unbelievable how much more time I spend in the bathroom. I cut my coffee down to one cup a day...I had a half a cup of Jon Anderson’s coffee yesterday and got so hyper I almost ran in circles for an hour.

It's amazing how awake and alert I feel in one week. I have a cold, but feel NOTHING like I felt last year when I had one..It’s like a minor inconvenience not a train wreck like it has been in the past. Finding time for the gym has been harder to fit in, but I do what I can when I can. I'm taking a more relaxed approach to it. If I fall off the wagon, I don't feel as guilty and I just know I can pick up again the next day, or even the next meal.

Week 2 made me pretty proud of myself. Even more proud when I went in for my check up...even though I seem to be losing in my lean body mass...which isn't unusual in your first 2 weeks, I lost 9 pounds! NINE POUNDS. I can't tell you how thrilled I was that even though I struggled so much in that first week (and ate a whole pizza) I lost nine pounds.

What I'm doing is working, and that makes me feel really good. I'll keep you posted as it goes on ... right now .. the 40 oz of water I drank, and the 20 oz coffee, is desperately making me run for the nearest washroom.