Day 7 - January 7, 2014 - These fish are made of "GOOOLLLDDD"

Starting weight - unknown
Total weight loss to date - unknown

Breakfast - Homemade omelet - sausage, peppers, 1 egg, egg white + small glass of apple juice

Lunch - home made chef salad - just like yesterday's.

Snack - a slightly too large serving of GOLDFISH.  Soooo good, but i think i already ate the bulk of them prior to today. I should have taken them out and portioned them out, but i was really starving.

Dinner - garlic and pepper chicken (made by Kristyn!) with 1/2 serving of cous cous, broccoli and carrots.

Had 5-6 bottles of water and a seltzer today.

Snack - 100 calories worth of mini rice cakes - Ranch flavor

WORKOUT!  Ran a treadmill 5k - beat my last time - knocked a minute and change off of my time - did it in under 34 minutes.  WAHOO!

Bought batteries for scale!  Back to the daily weigh-ins - - - - - - - for now.

WEEK 1 WRAP UP:
Tonight, i went back and read my blogs from "back in the day."  Its interesting, because I basically SUCKED almost every day during that.  I had excuses for everything, but somehow, on the first one, I ended up losing 28 pounds (13 of which i lost before blog started)  But its interesting, because NO ONE REALLY READ IT, according to the records!  People did not want to hear about my excuses!

So far, this time around, I am succeeding and not making many excuses.  I'm down about 5LB for the first week, feeling good, and got back to the gym a few times.  I am hoping to keep this up.  Its helpful knowing that so many people are reading.  There have been over 350 views in the first week.  It seems that maybe people are more interested when they know that its not going to be the same old crap - excuses about why I couldn't eat well!  Some people are giving me positive reinforcement, a few have motivated me to hit the gym, and a select few have busted my chops about an eating choice, helping me to make a better one the next day. THe majority of  people who bring it up basically are just busting my chops for doing it this way.  You all know me, I'm not the most conventional of people all the time.  But this time, I have a 50 pound goal, from the start.  Its a LOT.  It will bring me back to where i was in college.  37 will bring me back to where I was when i had to lose weight to fit in my tux for Wes and Julie's wedding.

I definitely feel good, but I can't lie - after a day of eating veggies and fruits, i can't say that my stomach feels satisfied.  THat is why its important to let myself have a slice of pizza, here and there, or maybe stop and grab a burger at Wendy's.  But overall - gotta keep getting up on time and making breakfast at home.  Kristyn has been cooking a lot at night and leftovers are great for lunch.

Thanks for the support and motivation.  I'm  a little bit of a child and in this circumstance, it happens to help me knowing that there are people reading!  I need to get healthy now if i want to remain healthy when I get older!  Hoping for an equally successful week 2!