CanisLatrans

Wednesday Update: 3/3 with a solid, respectable 1600 calories. Killin' it.

Trying is good! Trying means, whatever happens, you'll end this challenge a little better than you started.

Congrats on your progress so far! You're killing it!

It sounds likes you actually had a pretty successful week even though you felt like you were just surviving. You have a lot of goals and if you're hitting even half of them you should be proud!

You can do it! Keep up the good work!

Thanks for the support @turtleduck, @Porter, and @jonfirestar! Monday update: 2/3. I had tacos to celebrate my new job (which I love so far), so I ate corn. My stomach awarded that decision immediately with a stomach cramp but those tacos were worth it! Tuesday update: 3/3. I had a Southwest Salad from McDonalds, which has a little black bean and corn salsa, but I'm not penalizing myself because it was the best lunch option at the time and I didn't know. Here was the problem with today though: I'm used to working at Starbucks, where tons of calorie dense food is available for free all the time. You take three bites of a lemon loaf and BAM - you just ate 250 calories. Now I work a desk job (HALLELUJAH!) and no one's feeding me leftover lemon loaf. So I skipped breakfast (not hungry - low carb is awesome), grab that salad thinking, "It's McDonald's, it has to be at least 600 calories", and hopped over to the gym after work. Then I almost passed out when I got home. Turns out that salad was 325 calories total and that was all I ate today. So until further notice, I'm logging calories to make sure I'm not passing out after going to the gym. Total for today: 735. Not okay. I'll do better tomorrow guys.

Don't be too discouraged! If you keep going, even if it takes you longer, you'll eventually meet your fitness goals. And I bet whatever happens you'll be better off at the end of the month no matter what as long as you're trying. (For example, I'm hitting my goals 50% of the time, but if I wasn't doing this challenge I'd probs hit them 10% of the time. I'll definitely take 50% results over 10%!)

Week One Update 13/21 possible points (I gave myself two each for Monday and Tuesday. I was trying to meet these objectives, I just hadn't posted my challenge yet.) I'm struggling the most with the sugar, but grains are a close second. I just want that hit of quick carbs, and I'm trying to deal with it by eating fruit and dark chocolate. So I hit my objectives roughly 50% of the time, and I'm not even mad because of the results I got: Started this week at 157.2, and ended it at 153. That's roughly a four pound weight loss. There was some fluctuation during the week but the trend is going down. I have four more pounds to lose before I'm in a normal BMI for my height (5'5") As long as I hit 2/3 objectives, I didn't have a stomach ache. I've just expected to go to bed and wake up with a stomach ache for such a long time its weird to realized I have no discomfort. I'm not hungry all the time. I am one of those people who are ALWAYS hungry. But now that I'm eating higher fat/low carb, I don't think about food all the time. If this is how my body reacts to just cutting down on grain, legumes, and sugar, I wonder what would happen if I could completely cut them out? We can't go completely paleo/primal until the paychecks from the job I start tomorrow start coming in, but I'm excited to see what happens when we do! Happy first week everyone!

Sounds like you're killing it! Keep it up for week two!

My most consistent workout routines happened in the morning, but it was rough getting up that early. If that's what you have to do then that's what you have to do. Best of luck to you!

Great job on the morning routine! Keep it up!

Haha, that demon alcohol has gotten me many times. Great job so far with the fasts and food logging!

Great job on the runs and getting your calories logged!

Saturday Update: Yesterday I nailed 3/3 of my objectives and this morning I woke up with no stomach ache. It was great!

Looking good so far. Keep it up!