Well I survived yesterday without eating the house down, and I stayed within the plan of the test. Today is another liquid day. To bad it's not liquor eh? Just kidding. My blood sugar reading was 101 this morning and I didn't wake up starving. Not that I ever do but I was eating far less calories than I normally do since I wasn't snacking. I ate a total of 837 calories for the entire day, and that was with a snack!
I had to take Jim to the doctor's this morning for a check up so I didn't make time for making me a shake. I grabbed a sugar free pudding and was out the door. The pudding only had 60 calories but I figured that it would last me until I was able to get home. I think the hardest part of this whole test so far is the timing of everything. I can't drink 30 minutes before eating or after. So it comes down to do I want to eat, or do I want to make sure I get in all of my 64 ounces of water. Strangely enough, it's been the water winning out.
10:20am I am home and I fixed myself some soup for brunch. It was a can of Campbell's clunky clam chowder with 210 calories. I figured that that would be enough to get me through till dinner with maybe a snack in between. I'm only on my first bottle of water, so it's time to start picking up the pace. I've had too much to do this morning to worry about eating, so that is a huge plus. I did however feel something after eating the soup. It wasn't a full feeling but I knew that something was in my belly. Granted, I could have eaten many more bowls of soup but I stopped at the one cup. I guess that is what I'm going to have to take as my full feeling. Tomorrow will be the real test, I'll be able to eat semi soft food. The key so far is measure, measure, measure! I can tell you that my portion size sight is a little off. Well I shouldn't say my sight is off, it's my head wanting more, more, more. I feel like I'm starting all over again, but I guess this is what I needed.
I made it to dinner time without any snacking. I had half a cup of cream of chicken soup and a sugar free chocolate pudding. I knew my calories were low because I didn't really eat breakfast but when I entered them into my page at Sparkpeople.com, I had only consumed 442 calories. There is no way that I could get my cardio done with that little calories not to mention that I would totally crash my blood sugar in the middle of the night. So I decided to make myself a protein shake. With my shake, I was able to get in 832 calories. I was able to get in all of my 64 ounces of water again today.
The only regrets that I have as of 6:09pm tonight is that I haven't gotten any cardio in. I am thinking that I will go to the gym tomorrow morning at 4am and get some cardio then, and then when Jim comes home from work, I will go back to the gym and get another 40 minutes of cardio and my strength training in. Besides I will be on solid food tomorrow and will be able to break down the calories better. Who knows, the twice a day cardio may turn into a habit. We'll see how I feel.
