So, its officially the completion of day three, sorry I didn't get to update day 2 (Olivia had to remind me, as I was a drooling mess behind the wheel of my ambulance from lack of sleep). So now that I am home, and the 5 Hour Energy Drink has finally decided to kick in, I am once again behind my trusty keyboard tapping away at the keys with mindless banter. My cat Noodle wants to put her two sense in too, she keeps kneading my head...
Anyways, the diet is going good. Finding it a bit hard to find time to exercise after these past two 17 hour shifts in a row, but have been keeping straight with the diet. The next few days is going to consist of lots of cardio to make up for lost time :o) Cooking for this diet is kind of hard since it has to be done either as soon as I get home from work, or before I leave for work. Either way, prep and cooking time is about an hour (an hour these past few days I really didn't have). Matt and I realized we were running low on supplies, so upon completion of my shift yesterday morning I ran to the public market, and spent $55 on meats and produce. Its freaking expensive to eat healthy. The plus is we now have tons of frozen meats and some nice fresh fruits and veggies to eat. I tried to throw some veggies into a pot with veggie broth and shred some chicken into it, it was a waste of 2 large chicken breasts, carrots, zucchini, celery, and whatever else I decided to throw in there. If I knew what ass would taste like, it would most likely closely resemble the soup that I made.
Its kind of scary how simply changing your diet and activities can change parts of your body almost immediately. I was at work tonight, and have come to realize I can slip off my engagement ring without even trying, just slides right off. Although I am happy to start seeing results 3 days in, I am saddened by the fact that I already have to adjust the band-size for my engagement ring. I am just going to get one of those temporary ones until I get to my ideal weight and then have it permanently set.
Spoke to my Mom today, told her Matt and I started a diet and exercise program together. She is all excited. Then I told her I started a Blog, and she had no clue what it was. Trying to explain a Blog to my mother is like explaining astrophysics to a stoner. I get a lot of"whaaaats" and "hmmmmms". One day she may just understand this, but probably not. If it involves a computer screen, keyboard, or mouse, she is lost. It was like the day I was trying to explain to her why her e-mail wasn't working, and finally I figured out over the phone she was repeatedly opening a Microsoft Word document and obviously couldn't follow my repeated directions on how to hit send...
Anyways... the support from family, friends, acquaintances and co-workers has been absolutely amazing. I had one of my co-workers come up to me yesterday and asked me why I posted my photos in sports bra's (yes bra's, there's three on in that photo) instead of a tank top. My simple answer, to embarrass myself, to make me truly see myself, and make sure I don't ever want to go back to this point. They just stared at me. Its hard to explain. I have never truly had poor self image, I have always been the tallest, I have always had the broadest shoulders, and I have always had more muscles. I just never realized how poorly in shape I truly was (yes, I know round is a shape, and so is pear). I don't want to see myself in 20 years so winded I can't run around with my kids, can't enjoy life to the fullest, and end up with numerous health problems lots of our patients have. I want to enjoy life with as little restrictions as possible. Being this size is going to limit that, so I want to change it.
Our of all the things in my life I feel uncontrolled about, this appears to be the first thing I am truly in control of... and I'm loving every minute of it. Except when my partner eats taco bell, because that stuff smells good.
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