Kicking Into High Gear...

Things are going fast and furious already in ABL world. Monday morning we had our workout, Monday night our weigh-in and some treadmill time, Tuesday morning our first cardio day without our trainer (good job, everyone!) and appointments at PHC for our personal consultation. I was all excited to get our diet plan - ready to do the "real deal" - and then came the news that we would be on pretty much a diet of chicken, shrimp, and veggies for two more weeks. I don't eat shrimp any way but fried, and I'm not fond of any of the vegetables on the list. But I'm eating exactly what they are telling me to eat, and I think having such a restrictive diet is changing the way I think about food. I guess the analogy that makes sense to me is, I wouldn't put Pepsi into the gas tank of my car just because I like Pepsi. I put gasoline in my car because that's what it takes to make the engine run. Ever since I've been old enough to make my own food choices, I've eaten what I wanted based on what tastes good, not on what it needed to make the "engine" run right.

On a happier note, my bloodwork came back, and everything is in normal range - cholesterol, triglycerides, etc. - except my blood sugar is very slightly elevated. Somehow in spite of my habits, my genes must have been predisposed to normal levels on all that stuff. I was fully expecting them to tell me that my blood was 40% cheese.

P.S. I made up a chart with every pound I need to lose on it - after 1 week, I'm 10% of the way to my goal.