and on the 4th day...

day 4 of healthy new life or whatever the fuck you want to call it.

i'm doing rather well. except for yesterday. in the morning, i had an orange-mango-banana vivanno from starbucks with a shot of matcha (green tea stuff). it's less than 300 calories, and the protein & vitamin content is great. trust me, i've checked the stats on this smoothie, and it's surprisingly good for you. filling, too. annyyyway. i had a banana for a snack. then for lunch, i went over to murphy's deli. i got a club sandwich, sans tomato, and a big bowl of fruit. i got back to the office, and grant told me to check the freezer. i was concerned at first because the guys here hunt a lot, and we've found things with feathers & other questionable bulging bags in there before; however, when i opened the freezer, i found a small milkshake from jack in the box. dammit.

about a month or so ago, grant owed me a milkshake for all this stuff i was doing for him. it became this running joke because he apparently tried to get me one a couple of times, but they don't serve milkshakes before noon or some nonsense. grant, not knowing i'm on a diet, bought me a milkshake yesterday.

instead of eating my sandwich, i drank half of the SMALL milkshake, and ate the entire big bowl of fruit i got. i saved the sandwich for dinner. i went home, worked out, showered, and ate my sandwich. for dessert i had a 100 calorie pack of oreo cakes.

my weakness is sweets. see, no matter what, even if i'm dieting, or if i'm poor, i always have ice cream in my freezer. it's delicious and comforting. i don't eat a lot at a time. in fact, i've made damn sure to only eat the portion size. also, i noticed at the store that weight watchers/skinny cow ice creams have just as much calories/fat as the HEB generic brand i buy. so i'll buy me cheap generic, kthx. besides, i think HEB has the best generic ice cream ever. it's so creamy and good.

i've been working out every day for the past 3 days, and today will be my 4th day. i'm still undecided on whether to work out monday-friday, or monday-thursday, or what. i don't think it would kill me to work out on fridays. favre has school friday nights, so it'd give me something to do. while i do enjoy the wii fit, i've gotten annoyed with the daily weigh in. one day, it told me i lost 2.4 pounds and the next day it told me i gained almost 7. impossible. i don't trust that little balance board to read weight correctly. after some google research, i found more people with this issue, and apparently it has something to do with putting the board on carpet. oh well. i don't think it's good to weigh yourself while you diet. i think it can be discouraging. your weight will go up and down while you diet, even over the course of one day. you may bloat up a little before you drop weight. if you're adding muscle, that could be the cause of stagnation at a certain point down the line. so. no weighing myself.

optimally, i'd like to drop about 40 pounds. if i give myself one year to do it, that's 3.33 pounds a month. when you calculate it that way, it seems easy as hell, right? i've also thought about buying a tae-bo dvd. shut up! the boxing portion of my wii fit work out is my favorite part. so much so, that i'll even go over the 30-minutes a day recommendation by doing the 10 minute boxing workout instead of the 6 minute or 3 minute. i just feel like maybe 30 minutes of work out a day isn't enough. maybe i need to do more.

i thought about taking alli while i try to lose weight, but i'm terrified of all those wonky poop-yourself side effects. ha.  

i know a lot of people on here have dieted before. what works for you? what little tricks helped you the most? i'm open to advice.