10 Day Challenge Update: Two Days Down
So… my plan for Krissie’s 10 day challenge is to replace my three meal a day plan with one that involves at least five, smaller meals per day — in the hopes that this will a) keep me from feeling deprived, b) keep me from overeating at dinner and c) allow my stomach to shrink a bit.
Day one was awesome. (Well apart from the piece of cake that I ate for my last meal of the day). I ate when I felt hungry, and found myself getting full after just a small amount of food. And as a result, my evening meals really weren’t any bigger than those from during the day. *And* by the time I reached the day’s end, I was about 300 calories under what I usually manage to squeeze into a day (and that’s WITH the cake!)
Day two was much harder. My husband and I went to a boat show in the morning and then did our weekly grocery shopping together. As a result, we were out most of the day and therefore I couldn’t just eat when I was hungry. I had to wait to eat, and as a result, I was pretty damned hungry. Still, though… I managed to keep each meal relatively small and I was well under my caloric intake for the day.
Anyway, even though today was a bit tougher, I’m feeling good about this new way of dividing up my meals. This is only day two, but I feel like I can stick it out for the full ten days and perhaps even make this a permanent change — which makes other changes seem a little less daunting.
In other good news, it turns out that I actually WON Fat Bridesmaid’s pedometer challenge! It’s so exciting because not only do I *never* win anything, but I also didn’t have time to keep track of the other competitors, and therefore winning really was a giant surprise! I didn’t win by much, though. Ready2shrink was hot on my tail with a whopping 259,927 steps — which is totally awesome! I’m seriously so proud of all the other people who stepped up (har!) to FBM’s challenge. This was such a great idea and I really want to thank Fat Bridesmaid for issuing the challenge in the first place.
Yay for us!
Well done on winning the pedometer challenge! You did great, and the big winner is of course your body!
Congrats on winning the challenge. You so kicked butt!
Wahoo! Big congrats on winning the pedometer challenge. Don’t stop walking though - keep aiming for 10,000 steps every day.
Congratulations!
You are brilliant!
I agree with all of the above — you did terrific! I’m so proud of you!
Congratulations!!!
I was just over at FBM, reading the finals on the Pedometer Challenge .. and it occurred to me that this is something that could be “hosted” in turns — as in, the winner of the Pedometer challenge hosts the next Pedometer Challenge.
Just a thought, you know, something to play with, no pressure. *grin*
had to comment on your comment on another blog about the CUP of cereal.
I cant do it.
I get one taste of that **sugar** and it’s buhbye box and HOWDY sugar *crash*
:)
Congrats on the win! Woo!
I’ve been eating five to six small meals for some time, and have really liked it. It’s really kept me from feeling like I was starving.
Though, you found the same thing that I did, when you do something like a show that disrupts your day. Argh! I did have to anticipate these types of things and pack some things to take along. Even some snacks like nuts and dates I find helpful.
Maybe that’ll be useful.
Hey! Thanks everyone! Ya’ll make me blush! :)
MizFit: I have the same problem with some things, but for cereal, that trick works like a charm for me.
BikiniMe: I’ve already got something like that in mind. Great minds, eh?
Rithban: Great suggestion! Thanks!
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Girl you are totally awesome! You did so ridiculously well on the Pedometer challenge, thanks for being such amazing competition! It pushed me every day!
Congrats on the win and a bigger thank you for turning your prize into a donation to Oxfam. As you may know, more than 1 million kids will die this year from poverty and poverty related issues. We need to do more and what you did was awesome…Thanks!
Congratulations on winning the prize. I love pedometers, too.
From the sound of it, our challenge is going well. I look forward to how your days continue…………:)
Congrats on your win!
How’s your 10-day challenge going now?
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Congrat’s on getting back in the saddle! Just remember we’re all in this together and your blogging buddies are your biggest cheerleaders! Have a great rest of the weekend!
Jamie