Monday the Third Week
Catchy title, no? Ok, I couldn’t really think of anything better. Rough day today and not just because it was Monday. Fought hunger most of the day and not just any hunger but the stomach gurgling, feed me now or die hunger.
Archive for May, 2012
May 21, 2012 | 0 comments
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Canoes, Birthdays and Medifast
I’ve decided to stop titling my daily Medifast journal as day whatever as it is starting to seem boring to me. I don’t want to get into a rut and lose interest so I’ll try to spice some things up a bit. I’ll start adding some pictures as well.
Maybe combining a daily thought or so with my Medifast journey will make it more exciting for you the reader as well. Maybe.
So, today was day #14 and all in all not a bad day. We celebrated my wife’s birthday by doing something she enjoys; being outdoors and meandering lazily down a river in a canoe.
May 20, 2012 | 0 comments
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Medifast Journal Day #13
Well today was a fun filled day. Took the family to visit my parents and celebrate a belated Mother’s Day along with my wife’s birthday. We took a picnic to the local park and I managed to resist snacking on all the lovely picnic items. I took the Cheese Pizza Bites and that sustained me, until we decided to walk along the bike path for about 1.5 miles.
I use an app on my android phone called Runkeeper which uses GPS along with google maps to plot your activity (walking, running, biking, canoeing, what have you) which showed about a 100 calorie burn during that time. This is really the first time I’ve exercised more than my normal daily activity since I started on Medifast and I immediately noticed the hunger about an hour afterwards. I had eaten my 2pm Medifast Meal and then we went for the walk, by 4pm I was starving and not going to make it to my Lean & Green so I opted to take my 5th Medifast Meal which is normally around 8pm at 4pm. This turned out well as we decided to eat out for my wife’s birthday at Red Lobster.
We didn’t get a seat until about 6pm but because I ate at 4 I was only slightly hungry. It was hard to find something that fit the plan that I liked but I opted for salad along with grilled chicken, scallops and shrimp. I’m sure I ate a bit more protein (maybe 8oz total) than I should have but it was a special occasion. For dessert everyone had homemade ice cream and pecan pie at home. The temptation proved too much and while I managed to avoid the ice cream I had to have a tiny sliver of pecan pie. When I say tiny I mean it was pretty much a forkful but it was good enough to get the taste and craving behind me. I know I’m going to have these small setbacks from time to time but when you are around family in a party atmosphere I felt giving in a little was better than going whole hog off the deep end.
Tomorrow we plan on canoeing and I’m going to bring a few extra crunch bars for energy if I need it. Should be fun.
May 19, 2012 | 0 comments
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Medifast Journal Day #12
Today was a pretty good day. I found out I can eat PIZZA! Well, ok, not real pizza but there are Medifast Pizza Bites that if you try to imagine real hard actually taste somewhat kind of like cheese pizza. Ok, after 12 days I’ll take what I can get.
I’m really liking the pretzel bites and snacks. I miss the crunch of snacks and these fill that void nicely. They also help me to get over my need for bread and they don’t taste bad at all. My favorite so far is the Honey Mustard Pretzel Sticks.
My hunger stayed at bay for most of the day although I was pretty busy and didn’t have time to think much about eating. I actually managed to make my afternoon interval go 3 hours instead of my normal 2.
Lean & Green was a turkey burger with some lettuce. I added an egg and some turkey bacon as the burger was only 4 oz. I wasn’t ravenous going into dinner and my night snack came late. Perhaps my body is adjusting. The weekend is coming up but we will be on the road so temptations shouldn’t be that great.
May 18, 2012 | 0 comments
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