Day One (283 lbs)

So, I weighed this morning and as you can see from the title, I gained a pound over night. It'll be okay! I am going to try to weigh myself only once a week. The problem with that is I'm a little bit obsessive compulsive. I used to weigh 10 or 12 times a day. I've cut that back to 2 or 3. I try not to, I just can't help it. I think I'm going to have to have my hubby hide the scale from me. :)

Over all, I did good today. I kept track of all the foods I ate with this website http://caloriecount.about.com/. It seems like a good site. I've tried weight watchers before and it's very similar to that....only it's FREE! Who doesn't like free?

Most of the day I thought I was starving. Although, I've been a bit depressed this week and I haven't left the house much (not at all today), so that doesn't help with the starving thing. The good news is I've almost made it through day one. I ate 200 more calories than my plan suggested, but I think that's a good start.

I didn't start off with good choices.....I had candy for breakfast. But what's good about the calorie counter is that I have to write it down. So, if I screw up in the morning, I have to make a choice later on during the day to make up for that choice. It helps me to not feel guilty and eat even more!

I didn't make time for exercise either. That's also part of the depressed thing. I like exercising, but it's hard to make myself do anything when I'm feeling depressed. Man I need to get back in school soon!

I guess, besides the thinking I'm starving part, the hardest part of today was trying to figure out how to count dinner. It would be a lot easier if we ate prepackaged meals. Then I would know the exact number of calories I was consuming. Instead I have to guess. I added as many of the ingredients as I could to the list and guessed at how much of each of them I ate. I think I probably guessed a little on the high side, but I'd rather do that, then think I can eat more because I had extra calories to eat.

So, today was good. I made it. We'll see how the next couple days go. I'm hoping for at least 2 pounds this week. Keep your fingers crossed! :)