As boring as it may seem I’ve gone back to putting Medifast titles for these blog entries. I’ve decided that it is better for search engine placement and to help others easily find different days as needed. I’ll post other non-Medifast entries under different categories if I want to get creative with the names.
So Day #16 seemed to be the easiest yet. No real hunger to mention and I found that
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.
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.
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.