A surprising problem (Day 11)

Key Stats: Morning BG 78, afternoon BG 72. 1 hour exercise in the morning on bike, 20 minute walk at lunch, and 30 minutes exercise in the evening on the bike. 4 Shakes, 1 bar, no off eating.

My energy level is through the roof right now. I did nearly 2 hours of exercise today and I feel like I could get back on the bike and do another hour. I really never thought that would be a problem for me. I remember during the first training for this program the PA said that if I did excessive exercise I would need to up my calorie intake. I asked what excessive as and he said 2-3 hours a day. I laughed, yah right 2-3 hours a day. I thought I would be lucky if I did 2-3 hours a week. Well here is hoping what I did today was not excessive. Hell I even thought about running. I hate running. Weird.

I have in my head that I am going to beat the 300 pound mark this week. I am afraid I have set up for myself a goal that is not reachable. Or that in my zeal to reach that goal I will over do the exercise and set myself back. I know that I am doing exactly what I need to do to be healthy, and the weight is going to come off, so I am going to go along for the ride. I still have a lot to learn so that I can keep this weight off when I am done. Already have I learned a very important lesson though, I can stick to a plan and resist temptation. I had never been able to do that in the past. I lost a bunch of weight two other times, but put it back on in short order. I can not do that again.

I have a TON of page views in the last day or so. I decided to put this blog out on facebook and let everyone I know find out about what I am doing. That was hard for me to do as I really don't like being vulnerable and admitting to a bunch of people how messed up my eating was. I did a quick back of the envelope calculation, I used to eat in 1 day what I am drinking with shakes each week right now. That blows my mind. It is a good thing that I can do this.


-Jon