Day 11³

So my weight went down again, a little surprisingly with all I ate yesterday:

I did fast again today, and tonight we had a pork roast:

It was good, but super salty.  That's probably not going to be good for tomorrow's weight.  I also ate more than what's on the plate, and I also had some walnuts and a couple other things afterwards.  Not as bad as yesterday, but I really need to get to where I'm just eating the one plate.  I don't want to drift into complacency again.

I'm starting to feel really good when fasting, and I'm over feeling hungry during the day.  Not it just seems like once I start eating, it's difficult to stop.  I need to get that last bit of control. I know I can do it.

I think tomorrow maybe I'll just have something quick & light for dinner to clean out and reset a little bit.

Day 10³

 Well my weight is still going down, so that's great!

It's going to be a challenge to get back under the line with the new scale, but I'm up for it!

I wasn't really hungry today, so that was good.  I went in to work instead of working from home, so that always makes it a little easier.  Then when I got home, I decided to eat an omlet with some left over refried beans and rice.  The omelet took longer too cook than I expected, and by the time the middle was cooked the outside was over cooked.  And I really don't like overcooked eggs, but I decided to eat it anyway:

The meal was good, but the eggs were not nearly as good as I had hoped when I started.  I had the thought as I was cooking it of starting over or having something else, but I decided not too.  Maybe I should have because after dinner I just was not satisfied and I ended up eating a lot of other things.  Kind of went crazy really.  I'll try to list everything I ate:  a snack pack pudding cup, a handful or two of walnuts, three pop tarts, a serving of cheese balls, a couple cookies...  that might be it, can't really remember.  I'm not making an excuse, just looking for the root cause of what happened.

The great thing about OMAD is that even when I do go crazy after dinner, the fasting all day really limits the amount of food I eat overall.  I know as I get smaller I will really have to reign this in especially, but I need to do it now.  Just one plate, I know I can do it.

One important thing for OMAD is to eat something for dinner that you will really enjoy.  Joe (omad.info) says to never eat leftovers, or to eat anything just because it is there, but to eat what you really want.  I think maybe if I had done that, if I would have re-made the eggs or had something else, I may have been satisfied and not felt the need to keep eating.

They say it's not a failure if you learned something, and I definitely learned something with this.

Never give up! keep moving forward!

Every day we choose one of two pains: The pain of discipline or the pain of regret; trouble is discipline weighs ounces while regret weighs tons. - Jim Rohn

Day 9³

 So today's weight is a little complicated.  The new scale I ordered came yesterday, so I weighed myself on my old scale and on the new one.  The reason I got a new scale is that the old one tended to jump around a lot sometimes and was pretty sensitive to how it was placed on the floor and it would take a while to settle in.  Sometimes I'd have to stand on it 8 or 10 times to get the same number twice.  The new scale is much better, but it says I weight about 3 lbs more than the old one did:

So I had a couple of options.  I could go back and add 3 to all of my previous weights, but then I'd have to add 3 to all of my goals too.  I could leave my goals the same but push them out so I was still on track to meet them in the time remaining, basically go back in time three days or so.  Or I could just roll with it and try to lose the extra 3 pounds to get back below my goal.  That's what I decided to do.  So I'm going to start from here, and now instead of being just below my goal, I'm about 3 lbs over it.  I know I can do it.  

The main reason for the decision is that I really like my current goal targets of 285, 235, 195, and 180.  I don't want to add 3 to all of those or add time to my goal.  So here we are.  I don't think I'll have to do anything too drastic to get back down to the line, but if I need to fast completely for a few days then I can do that.

So tonight I had a big bowl of frosted mini wheat cereal, which I've been craving for a while:

I actually only ate half of the peach and one bite of that blueberry bread slice.  It wasn't that great and I was pretty full from the cereal.

So I'm feeling great tonight.  No hunger really after dinner.  Today was good, too, I didn't really get hungry, and I wasn't even overly hungry at dinner time, but I was ready to eat.

Day 8³

 Well, I thought I would be way up after all I ate yesterday, but I actually was down, so that's great:

It's really cool to not see that 3 at the beginning.  I know I'm making progress here just 8 days in.

I think fasting all day is such a big help.  Even when I eat too much at night, it's hard to get more calories than a full day of eating.  It helps that my BMR is around 3000 Calories.

Today I did fast all day once again, and we had some delicious homemade pizza for dinner.  I also had some salad and Doritos:

After dinner I had a couple of no-bake cookies that my daughter made.

I feel really good today.  I don't really have the indigestion I was having when I started fasting. 

Day 7³

 Well, 7 days in and my weight is still on its way down:

My scale was kind of all over the place this morning.  I put new batteries in it, but it still took it quite some time to settle down and start giving me a consistent number.  I ordered a new one.  If the new one is way off from the one I have, then I may have to make some adjustments, realizing that my previous weights were not accurate.  We'll see.

I did manage to fast the full day until dinner, so that's a big win once again.  Tonight I had a big salad and some chicken and refried beans for dinner:

I wasn't able to finish that while I was sitting for dinner, I got too full.  So I guess that's a good thing.  I did, however, go a little crazy in the evening, eating a bunch of unhealthy foods.  Shortly after dinner I had some Doritos, then a snack pack pudding, then a couple pop tarts (they are my true weakness) and I think a granola bar or two then a bowl of cereal.  I know, it was hard to list all of that, quite embarrasing.  But I want to be totally honest here in my blog.  

I'm not sure what drove me to eat so much, despite being full.  I guess I just fell into old habits and didn't stop myself.  I was just going to have a big bowl of cereal for dinner, since I've been craving it for a while, but I changed my mind at the last second when others were getting the chicken.  That was probably the first mistake.  I should have just eaten the cereal that I really wanted and been done with it.  I noticed as I listed that above, that after I ate the cereal I finally stopped, so maybe it was just me really wanting that cereal.  Here's to doing better tomorrow.

Day 6³

 My weight was back down to my goal line today, so that's great!

For dinner we had a rotiserrie chicken w/ mashed potatoes and green beans.  I also grabbed some Doritos to add to my plate:

 

It was really good, but I think I ate too much, probably will be up tomorrow.  I was really hungry today, but I made it until dinner, so I'm really happy about that.  After dinner I ate a yogurt cup and snack pack pudding and a few more chips.  I kind of lost it I guess, not sure why I was so hungry today.  I still feel really good that I fasted until dinner, and I didn't eat a whole lot after even.

Day 5³

So today was the first "up" fluctuation with my weight:

 

I also woke up with a headache, which usually means that I'm dehydrated, usually from not drinking enough water.  I did drink a good amount of water yesterday, so I think the dinner was just extra salty, which would explain the fluctuation up.  My wife felt the same way this morning, so I think the fajitas and beans were "well seasoned".

I know a risk of weighing every day is the potential to get discouraged when weight fluctuates, as it will, so I am keeping a positive attitude and not letting it get me down.  I have a long way to go and many many more weight-ins between now and my goal.  Totes NBD.

So tonight we had chicken salad sandwiches for dinner.  I decided to have a big chicken salad salad instead:

I also had another chocolate truffle from my wife and four chocolate covered almonds.

I actually wasn't hungry really at all today, despite us not eating until almost 7pm.  I had a pretty big meeting today at work that I was in charge of, so that kept my mind off of food I'm sure, then afterwards I was so relieved I was just feeling really good.  After dinner I was pretty hungry and wanted more, but I did not cave in.