First Weigh-in

So it has been a week since I started with this adventure.  Getting into the habit of eating smaller portions and staying in an acceptable calorie range has had its bumps.  While I've stayed under 2000 for most of the days, the days where I've eaten more, I have tried to make up for with better exercise.

So far it has paid off! I've lost 2.4 pounds over the course of the week!  That's 1.17%.

There are a few tweaks to be made to my diet.  One would be to not eat ice cream sandwiches, every night.  The good news is the box is gone, and I resisted buying another box yesterday while grocery shopping.  The last batch was the Skinny Cow version, even so they had 140 calories that I don't need.  Not on a daily basis anyway, because let's face it, I had a hard enough time eating just one per day, let alone going a day without one when they are in the house begging to be eaten.

I'm excited that I have had some initial success and lost a healthy amount of weight this week.  Hopefully the trend will continue.

And now for a random tip:

I read a tip in Men's Health the other day.  It said to put the healthy snacks eye level in the refrigerator because it makes it easier to snack on something that is better for you.  I might give it a try, but I think that it won't make a too much of a difference.  I'm ok with moving the carrots out of the way for an bite of cookie dough or something.  Maybe it's the extra calories burned while moving the healthy food....