The First Week is the Awesomest

Substitution...

Ah, the streak of laziness continues... This morning, we were down to one yogurt. I let Dee have it, and replaced my "dairy" serving with a sugar-free pudding! Hey... it's works! Dessert for breakfast! :)

For lunch, still no salad... back to spinach again! :)

Is Awesomest a Word?

We've also been too excited to wait until the end of the week, so we've been weighing in almost every day. The first week is always the most fun because your body is getting adjusted to new portion sizes, getting rid of all the bad stuff still in you, blah blah blah...

As of stepping on the scales this morning, I'm down about 10 pounds and Dee is down 6. It's always encouraging to get such a start, and we know that we can keep this up!!!

Official update in the morning...
--Jay :)

Life Is Like a Box of... Spinach?

Lazy is as lazy does...

Well, we're getting lazy. Not on the good-eating front! Just on the "hey let's get motivated and go to the grocery store" front. :)

Today is our first day off in a while... Sure, we just got done with the holidays, but there was a trip to Kentucky in there and a whole lot of other stuff. Today... we just relax. Plus, I found our old Sims 1 & 2 discs for PC and Dee & I have been having too much virtual fun on our laptops to leave the house in real life!

When lunch time came, we found ourselves desperately out of salad. This problem was solved by splitting a box of frozen spinach, which was a nice change of pace. :)

Calorie count yesterday: 1307 Jay, 1264 Dee
Calorie count today: 1419 Jay, 1349 Dee

Keep on countin'!
--Jay :)

It's a Numbers Game

I say... count your chickens!

Metaphorically, that is... Actually, we do eat a lot of chicken, so that could be literal... But, I digress...

We found out a while ago that weight loss, for the most part, is a science. It's all based on numbers, and if you work your math properly, there seems to be little room for failure. In that vein, we have officially started counting our caloric intake again, effective today.

Using the nifty little tools in our sidebar below, Dee & I figured out that she needs about 1200 calories per day to lose 1-2 pounds each week, and I need about 1600 calories each day to lose 2-3 pounds each week. Being a bigger dude has very few advantages. This be one of the few. :)

We have been working our way through our meal plan, as outlined in our "sticky" post "The Plan". We did realize this evening that we neglected to include our vegetable serving with dinner yesterday and today, which has left us a little hungrier than we should be.

I officially consumed 1296 calories today (a bit low), and Dee had 1226.

Take THAT, food!
--Jay :)