Day 3: 01/07/2010

6am
I decided to try and step on the scale again this morning. I am now currently 370lbs. So since Tuesday (only 2 days on the diet) I have lost 8lbs. I am starting to feel much better. In fact I am eating a chocolate cookie this morning and don’t really feel too hungry. Hopefully it is because my stomach is starting to change and not because I had all those calories for dinner.

8am
Had a banana.

10am
Oatmeal Rasin

12pm
Oatmeal Raisin again

2pm
Banana

3pm
Chocolate. I wasn’t that hungry but then we started talking about food. What can I say….

5:30pm
So my wife went grocery shopping, looking for ideas that would work for this diet. She brought home Tuna Helper, there are 5 servings per box and after the tuna is added it equals 5 cups of food. So I had 3 cups of food and that kept me in the limit of calories that I have been focusing on. It was delicious and filling. Food is definitely taking on some new respect. I am dieting and I couldn’t even imagine what it would be like to have to go without because we didn’t have anything. I think most of us in America take food for granted, I know I have.

I can remember not to long ago having my wife ask me what I would like for breakfast, lunch or dinner. My response usually was “I don’t care whatever you want”. Well, that was mostly because nothing even sounded good. Now… no joke. EVERYTHING sounds good. I have the same response but it is just because I want anything. It almost seems like a waste of time to talk about what we want. All I want is to eat. So when it was time to eat I decided that I would not let my dog like attributes take over. I forced myself to take a bite or two and then set the fork down and enjoy the dinner. My last few bites were getting cold but I enjoyed every bite and was full.