So here we are, 9 weeks into eating an unthinkably low amount of calories and how's it going? I'd say pretty good, for the most part. So far, I've lost about 29 lbs in 9 weeks. Not bad, considering I don't think I've ever lost that much on purpose. I did once lose like 35 lbs because I was ravaged by jaundice in India, but I'll save that for another day. Yes, it's hard at times, and I'm very proud of myself for having the will power to get through over 2 months of this nonsense.
However, I'll be completely honest with you. I actually have been cheating a lot more than I'm proud to admit. Before you start judging me though, it's not like I'm diving head first into a cheesecake or anything. I've been cheating by eating things like a palm full of roasted peanuts or almonds. The other day, I probably ate more chicken breast than I should have. Seeing as how my equivalent of a meal is 2 ounces of chicken breast, it's not hard to overindulge. 2 ounces of chicken breast is about 3 bites for someone with an incredibly small mouth. So far, I think the worst thing I've done is buy a single chocolate truffle in the Detroit Airport last weekend. The thing was probably the size of a grape and it took me a solid 3 minutes to finish it because I was savoring every last bit of it.
What has been the result of all this "cheating"? Well, on Monday when I weighed in, I only lost .7 lbs. You might be thinking to yourself: "Hey, that's still a loss! At least you didn't gain any weight." However, just keep in mind that I shell out about 200 dollars a week to go to this doctor. That's almost 800 dollars a month. So to me, .7lbs is kind of getting ripped off, ya know? On the flip side, I can't seem to stop indulging in things like peanuts, almonds, and too much chicken breast...
So what's a girl to do???
Alright, so technically, I'm not supposed to "exert" myself too much when I'm only consuming about 700 calories a day. My body pretty much needs every single one of those calories to not die (or something to that effect.) I've been doing my damndest to work out often as possible. My new thing is trying to run/walk. I'll walk for 10 minutes, and then I "run". I put the word "run" in quotation marks because it's a glacial pace. I run at like 4.2 mph which is essentially walking fast with a hop. The first time, I could only stand doing it for 1 minute. The second time, I made it to 2 minutes. The third, 2.5 minutes. Last night, I hit a whopping 4 minutes! What's more interesting is that I felt pretty amazingly awesome afterwards. I think I'm going to try to do this whole Couch to 5K thing. SG has me pretty psyched about it.
Sudhir's cousin is visiting and so we're making more trips out to eat than usual. That's why I'm kicking it into high gear with the working out. I'll keep you posted as to how this all translates to the scale. In the meantime, wish me luck!
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