Lindora Weight Loss - Week One

Well, we are going on a cruise in 8 weeks and I have 20 pounds to lose. It's not just for the cruise that I'm losing weight but it's been 20 - 25 pounds that I've wanted to get off for quite a while now and this is a good incentive to do so. I've also wanted to do it to get my blood pressure down and this diet is supposed to make that happen as well. It helps that I have a wife who is also losing weight for the cruise so we are both dieting. Yes, that dreadful diet word.

In the past, Lindora is the only diet that worked for her so she signed up for it again and I'm riding along, eating the same things. The thing about Lindora is that you keep your carbs between 50-100 grams each day. Being a carboholic, that's difficult for me.

We officially started it this past Monday with three days of protein.  Wasn't that tasty but got through it. I should add that my weight at the beginning of last week was 229, at the beginning of this week was 227 and currently is 222. My goal weight will be between 200 and 205. Wednesday I went for a run and burned as many calories as I actually ate that day. Yesterday was a difficult day for me. That was the 5th day on the diet and I was really craving carbs. At work, we have a lot of snacks for the clients and I was so tempted to grab some of those mini-muffins and mini-carrot cakes and mini-lemon cakes and ..., but I didn't. I stayed strong and stuck with my food. Eating regular foods after those first three days but still it's keeping the calories down under 1000 a day, which is kind of low for me but we'll see. Last night my body was pretty tired but I'm guessing that it's because it doesn't have all of those extra carbs to burn and it's going through an adjustment period. I am eating much healthier. Salads, vegetables, chicken, fish, fruit, etc. so if nothing else, my body should respond to that.

Today, Sunday, was spent doing a lot of manual labor. Painted the house, going up and down ladders, lugging paint, sprayer, and more. Ate well, egg-beaters and toast for breakfast, salad with tuna for lunch, salad, green beans and salmon for dinner. Weight this morning was 221.

Looking at next week, I have a half marathon to run on Sunday so Friday and Saturday will be some big carb days and then back to lower carb.