January 12, 2011

  • Day 3: Adjustment

    It's safe to say that some adjustments need to be made in achieving the two goals that I discussed on yesterday's entry. I've made a couple mistakes that I've spotted early on that will help in the long run that I work to resolve NOW instead of in the future. For one thing, I've noticed within the past couple days that I've only had two meals: breakfast, and dinner. One day, I actually only had dinner (even if I woke up around breakfast time). Not surprisingly enough, I went to bed those both nights hungry under the impression that I wasn't actually hungry. I've read in various websites and through word of mouth that we tend to confuse dehydration with hunger. For the past couple nights, drinking water has helped enable me to feel comfortable to sleep. However, I still went to bed kind of hungry and, not surprisingly enough, I woke up hungry too. I thought that...perhaps that was just my body trying to adjust to not eating at night and was going through withdrawals. However, last night I noticed that I had a real problem when drinking water wasn't enough. I got to the point where my stomach actually hurt from hunger. So I decided to eat a little bit more than I have than the last few days (which is no problem to me because it was fried chicken and white rice...not exactly healthy but super delicious).

    And so far, it has helped. Obviously because I ate more, I'm less hungry than I was. This is good news because it made me realize that I'm actually not eating enough and that it's not just dehydration. So if I plan to make any achievements within the next couple of months, mainly with controlling my portions and cutting back on Coke, then I'll definitely need to eat the right amount of food without going to sleep almost to the point of starvation. It makes me feel like crap, to be honest.

    But to be honest, I feel better about myself psychologically. I actually feel sexy, even when I may not look sexy. There's not enough evidence to suggest that I've lost any weight, but it's the thought that counts. 

    Weight: 228.5 @ 11:45 PM