lost another 2 Lbs! 19.6 pounds total so far.

So I met with Manuel today and I have lost another 2 pounds. That makes a total of 19.6 pounds down. Since things seem to be slowing down a bit he's reduced my calories to 1600 from 1800. He told me that if I need to eat a few more calories to do it, since I'm still losing at 1800. But to try to make it protein, like another ounce of chicken or whatever.

I told all this to Mike and he's going to talk to Manuel about whether he should increase my exercise. I hope not! I'm still getting exhausted with what he's got me doing right now and to try and do it on fewer calories has me a bit worried. I'm sure I would get used to it, but I kinda want a week or so to get used to dealing with just 1600 calories before I try to add in more exercise.

I asked Manuel some questions today. I had noticed that in all my computer work at the school my eyes had been getting tired at the beginning of the semester. But that once I increased the number of orange foods I'd been eating, like carrots and yams, the tiredness went away. I wanted to know other good foods for the eyes. He pointed me to his new website, www.nutritionforyou.com and it has nutrition blogs that answer all sorts of questions like that. I read a few and they were very helpful to me. Maybe they will be for you as well.

I also asked him about a day this week that I had exercised more than expected. I took a longer walk than I thought I was taing and ended up burning over 1000 calories that day. As I had understood it before he said that if I went over the 900 calories for the day in exercise that I was putting myself in too much stress and to borrow calories from another day. I asked him today if I had taken the right amount. He said because the exercise was one that I have a great deal of muscle memory for (walking) that it's not the same as trying a spin class or rock climbing or something like that. Those would add a different kind of stress and that's when I should borrow calories. He was happy with what I'd done anyway.

I also asked him about fish tacos. I really love fish tacos and I'm pretty sure that we'll be headed to the Flying Fish Cafe sometime soon, down in Half Moon Bay. I think we'll be berry picking in Pescadero sometime soon and we always like to stop off at the Flying Fish Cafe for a fish taco. I wondered how to gauge the fried fish. He said to make it a medium fat meat rather than the lean meat it is.

That's where I am today. If you have any questions please post them!

Thanks!

Kelley

Things are moving fast!

This is the end of the semester and things are moving so fast. A lot of work to finish fast.

I meet with Manuel tomorrow for a weigh in. Sometimes I feel really frustrated because I go back and forth between feeling like I'm losing weight and feeling like I'm not. Sometimes when I look in the mirror I can see I look different, thinner, smaller. But I can still wear my same old clothes and they aren't looking over-sized or falling off yet. When will that happen? I'm not looking forward to wasting money on transitional clothes, but oh well.

I'm happy with the food I'm eating. I'm able to create combinations of things and able to eat out at restaurants enough. There are still things I need to figure out how to deal with, like Indian food. How do I deal with restaurants that are cooking things that I have no idea what's in it? I was surprised that the some of my favorite Indian recipes have cream in them. But I love those recipes and I will have to learn how to deal with it.

I'll write more tomorrow after my meeting.