De Fluffing: Days One to Three
21 July 2012
Day One: went okay. Well, except for when I had to leave the side deck because I was growling at the hummingbird who kept visiting the hibiscus plant and flying away with bugs- food!
At the end of the day I entered the last of the day’s food eaten and hit the Total for the day button on the diet app. And the #%$% app popped up with a Lecture! I was 200 calories Under my goal and that was BAD. A regrettably logical lecture printed in red appeared. It was all about putting my body into starvation mode and burning muscle instead of fat. I was to pay attention and eat the goal number of calories. Geesh.
For dinner on day One I went back to an old favorite salad: Romaine lettuce, walnuts, bleu cheese crumbled, mandarin orange slices, and the water from the mandarin orange slices for a dressing over the salad. I’d forgotten how I love the tastes, the crunch, the freshness. I didn’t try once to stab The Prince Consort and take his corned beef hash. Not that I’m saying I didn’t think of it.
Day Two: It wasn’t until Day Two that I figured out the fancy food scale I got for Christmas. How to turn it on. How to get it to weigh the food. It was touch and go as to whether I would learn how to operate a $%#$%^ food scale or there would be one more item in the Salvation Army donation box.
Day two I weighed in at a two pound loss. I know this is water weight. Who knew I’d swallowed a Great Lake?
Day Three:
I’ve gotten in my power walks with wrist weights for arm exercise each day. Today another walking neighbor commented on my brisk pace. Well, yeah, when I can see my home two houses ahead, I do get a burst of speed.
Goal for the first week: to lose enough of Lake Superior’s water weight so that my size Large t shirts (my favorite fashion statement) will slide down PAST my hips. Okay, I can tug them down, but I want them to Stay down.
Kath the Fluffy
