108 hours NO JUNK FOOD

Wow, I am down 2 more pounds, I'm at 280 right now. I have been drinking 5 or 6 glasses of water everyday, so it's not 'water weight', which implies that drinking more water would just put it back on. I used to drink soda (both diet and regular) and lots of juice, so substituting water or lemon water, is probably saving me over 600 calories a day.

Lemon water is a natural diuretic, and will really help to flush out your system. Squeeze several tablespoons in a class or small bottle of cold water, or make a 'tea' with hot water. You'll soon be peeing A LOT and OFTEN! But don't overdue it. People think if a little is great, more must be stupendous! If that's your attitude, then it's easy to see why moderation is a problem.

I'm not craving the junkfood so much. The pies, the cookies, the cakes, the ice cream (sob). I am having a very hard time fitting 'healthy' food into my life. Nothing really appeals to me. I was never one of those 5-boxes-of-cheap-mac-and-cheese-at-one-sitting kind of people (but I do know a few of them, lol). I've always preferred healthy meals, but my downfall is that I prefer snacks more, so I was substituting snacks for meals. 

I honestly didn't realize I was doing this. I knew I overdid it on the junkfood, I just didn't realize to what extent I was substituting. Now, I'm having a hard time developing meals, because everything looks so boring. There is nothing more exciting than a couple of packs of those delicious little chocolate mini donuts for breakfast, followed by a big glass of oj (not the murderer). But I digress...

If you see losing 9 pounds in less than a week as one of those "omg, I HAVE TO DO THIS, I have to lose 10 pounds this week" moments, then you may be sadly mistaken. I am fat! Real fat. I'm not even going to sugarcoat it (mmm, did I say sugar?) by saying I'm 'big-boned" or 'heavy". I'm fat. F-A-T. Simply put, that 9 pounds is equivilant to about 3% of my starting body weight. If you are 200 pounds, and you expect to lose 3% of your body weight in a week, you would have to lose 6 pounds. If you are 150 pounds, you would lose 4 pounds. You can't be 150 and expect to lose 9 pounds, it just won't work for you. 

The percentage I lost is not a constant. Generally when making food lifestyle choices you can expect a huge surge initially, and then as your body metabolism adjusts to the new way, it will taper off and perhaps be a little more consistent, maybe settling at 3 or 4 pounds per week. 

Though I talk a lot about weight, this experiment  isn't about losing weight, it's about seeing the overall effect that eliminating junkfood can accomplish. I've not noticed any appreciatable change in my energy level (but then again I'm a big fat slug, really no exercise at all), or in my mood/attitude. I do like the challenge of staying away from junk food, as I'm pretty competitive in that regard, so for now that's the only emotional benefit I've seen.

With almost 109 hours down, I have only 8675 hours to go! WHOOO HOOO!