Three Weeks In and People Notice a Change!!!

Three weeks in and I’m feeling good. One thing that’s nice is people are starting to notice.  Friends here and there have said some nice things about how I look.  Tell you what, when you’ve spent the better part of your life looking a little thick, that’s nice to here.

Funny, while I write this my wife is reading over my shoulder and it makes me insecure. Which makes me wonder if I am being totally honest with you? Lets see.  Yes, I have been working hard with Rob.  Yes, my eating has changed so much in the last 3 weeks but my past struggles still haunt me and I worry.  Will this all be for not in 6 months?  After this is over will I go back to overeating and feeling like I should “loose a few pounds”?  Tell you one thing, at the moment, I really don’t want it to. I like this.  No, I love this. Mainly cause it’s not that hard. I’m still eating good food and having fun.  When you think about it, it’s just 3 hours a week with Rob, playing tennis, running, eating healthier foods and being conscience of how much I eat.  My demons tell me to eat a bag off chips with a large sandwich and a cookie but when I get home making a yummy salad with peanut dressing and tuna is just as good.

Sorry, If I sound a little sappy but I just saw Julie & Julia (total chick flick) and it made me think about my blog and what it really means to me.

So, on to the workouts.  My legs!  Holy god, my legs have been feeling it and I love it.  Totally had one of those mornings were sitting on a chair kinda hurt. The quads are the biggest and strongest muscles in the body & they let you know when they’re sore.  But it gets better a few days later and they feel stronger all ready.  If you don’t know Rob uses bands not weights to do arm workouts.  You big muscle jocks might think that’s lame but it’s not.  They are just as tough if not harder on the muscles.  For some reason it’s really hard to cheat with bands.

As for my eating, Christy has been introducing more raw foods into my diet.  Instead of pasta with sauce, she served shredded zucchini with raw Alfredo sauce made from nuts.   And just tonight we had veggie burgers topped with a raw cheese sauce (no actual dairy in it).  Pretty cool.   I’ve never ate food like this before and I dig it.  It’s like she’s fooling me with foods I used to like.  Tastes like pasta and sauce but it’s made with veggies and nuts.  As usual if you want to know more about my eating lately, check out my food blog on her website www.howtochow.com.