Day Five

I managed not to gorge myself on roast chicken last night, and later walked for 35 minutes. One thing I have noticed is that "it all counts" - half an hour of gentle walking daily will start to slim down my waistline. And I saw while out that the pool in my complex is now open. If this hot weather continues, I can cool off and still manage to keep moving. It's been a bit less scorching the past few days, I am thankful to say. It's hard to exercise when just sitting still makes you feel overheated!

But at 208 pounds (and I still want to shriek with horror every time I say that number to myself), and knowing you have to burn 3500 calories to lose one pound of fat, it seems to me that I need to start exercising now if I want to lose a pound a week and be down to 150 pounds in just over a year - 58 weeks, to be exact.

I'm still looking for the carnivore escape clause, but I have to concede that there may not be one. Let's see, today's meal plan:
B: cheese sandwich
S: 1/2 avocado
L: salad with chicken
S: 20 cherries
D: cold chicken and whatever, depending how hot my apartment is - maybe steamed green beans

All portioned and measured, of course. Whee.