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January 1, 2008
Today Is The First Day Of The Rest Of Your Life
That's one of those annoying statements that are always true. Even if it's the last day of your life, it's still the first day of the rest of it. It's like another favorite of my co-workers, "It is what it is." True, that.
Now that I've outed myself as a big believer in New Year's Resolutions, I may as well start the year by following my own advice and posting my nutrition info for the day. Check in later for the update.
I'm going to do the January experiment again... perhaps not as perfectly as I did last time, but the basic idea is that for a month I don't eat anything that isn't weighed, measured and calorie figured out. It's a great way to get back focus and take stock of my CR practice and see for sure where I'm screwing up. It's also the only way to get any valid data on how many calories I'm really consuming. I think I'm going to shoot for 1500 a day to start and see what that does to my weight. If I lose too fast, I'll eat more. I already have one dinner out event planned for Jan. 12 when the fellow who re-introduced me to Danny California is in town for a day, but other than that I have no big dinners planned. Now there will be restaurant eating due to meetings with nurses, but at the one place where we meet nurses for breakfast, they make me a 1.5 cup eggwhite omlette, totally dry in a non-stick pan, with raw veggies instead of cooking the veggies, and MR packs my flax oil to put on it. That's close enough to measured for the purpose of this exercise. I've also gotten alarmingly good at estimating wine pours, mostly because I measured so many restaurant wine glasses in my little measuring cup two Januaries ago, so I'm not going to humiliate my friends by measuring every wine glass this time. But other than that, all weighed and measured. Should be a good experiment.
The only caveat that I feel I must add is that if Jim takes us out to lunch, I'm eating. That doesn't happen more than once every month or two though.
And it helps that everyone in the office is planning to exercise and get healthier in the New Year. We all went somewhat nuts with our eating out at the holiday. Susie joined my gym and we're all thinking of working out at lunch on days when we're in the office, as the gym is less than five minutes away. Danny is also looking at joining the gym so we can all go together, which would be really fun. Pre-CR, I would have been way too self-conscious about how I look in gym clothes to go to the gym with co-workers, but these days I can recognize that even though I don't feel optimal at 113, I still look pretty damn okay. Susie is a skinny supermodel goddess these days: she's lost 15 pounds following my diet advice, and turned herself into yet another of my success stories. She was amazed at how much just knowing what's in your food makes a difference in your choices.
I feel like I've been a total CR loser for the last few months, with a few shining weeks of perfection, but I'm back now and functioning. I'm a big believer in the New Year, and I'm deterined that 2008 is going to be my best year to date, not just in terms of CR but all around.
Cheers!
Posted by april at January 1, 2008 4:14 AM
Comments
Dear April,
I think you are totally awesome! I read your ENTIRE blog... over a couple days of course. I also wear Christmas socks out of season, "flirted" with anorexia, and appreciate slender men. You are my inspiration to stop eating non-nutritious things and start drinking wine instead of beer. Also I purchased a head of raw kale at Meijer and it is very delicious. So... thanks for sharing your stories with the world! It must be very difficult to take all the personal attacks. And I wanted to add some positive words to those you have already received and deserve. Best wishes!
Posted by: Lucy at January 3, 2008 5:21 PM