Monday, 27 September 2010

27 September '10--The start

This is the beginning!  I got up this morning and weighed myself--305 lbs.  I'm definitely not proud of that, but I have to start somewhere.  I'll weigh myself every Monday morning.  My first goal is to lose 30 lbs, which if I go for a steady weight loss of 2 pounds/week takes me thru the holidays and out to about the end of January. 

I started today with a toasted English muffin and a small glass of blueberry juice.  For lunch it was some chicken salad.  I'm making veggie sticks (red peppers, cucumbers and brocolli) to have with hummus for a snack this afternoon.  I also have a pot of yogurt and some red raspberries if I get hungry.  I think dinner is going to be chicken satay; I'll make chicken with a lime sauce, wild rice and a steamed veggie for my dinners when I'm working days this week.  The chicken breasts I got at Waitrose are bigger than the portions in the recipes (note to self: pay attention when you buy them in the future), so I'll get 5 servings instead of 4 out of the recipe.  I'll add the recipe later when it's handy.

It's kind of a dull, wet Autumn day, which seems like the sort of day to stay inside and get organized.

Later...It's a lot more work to eat healthy than to just grab whatever junk looks good.  But I've made a good start on having my salads ready for my day shifts.  I wasn't hungry so I gave the veggie sticks and hummus a miss until tomorrow and went with the raspberries (mmmm-raspberries!) and a pot of vanilla yogurt.

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