7/31

Thursday, July 31, 2008

Thursday, July 31st

• 1 egg with a slice of pepper-jack cheese, 1 piece of turkey sausage, on an English muffin
• 5 or 6 tortilla chips, two spoonfuls of salsa
• 1 Oreo
• 1 & 1/2 servings of angel hair pasta, grilled chicken, tomato sauce, sprinkle of Parmesan cheese
• 45 minutes on the elliptical trainer

9.4 pounds GONE! Woohoo! So, in 24 days, I've been averaging a loss of 0.39 pounds per day!!! Of course, I think I may have sweated out nearly ten pounds! If I keep going at this rate, I'll definitely be at my target weight within 7 months--hopefully February, I'll have lost 70 lb. I haven't been counting calories (far too much work, really) but I'll bet I've been averaging between 1500-2000 calories per day, and I've been making it to the gym between 4-5 days per week. I wonder how long until I can actually see a difference in my thighs? I should be a poster child for Planet Fitness!

Turkey sausage is surprisingly good, too. If I hadn't known, I might not have been able to tell that it wasn't pork, and about half the fat. Still, not great for me, but it's a lot better than Jimmy Dean. I could have done without the cheese, but I woke up positively starving this morning for some reason. I usually have to make myself eat something before noon. Maybe that's actually a good sign?

And ooh damn, do my abs ever hurt today! That's what I get for working a set of muscles too hard for the first time in a long time.