Day One

I know I said I would post pics of the food I was eating but realistically I don’t see that happening, with all the uploading and everything but I have been thinking a lot about what I put in my body and the verdict is that I eat a lot of junk.
Almost two years ago I figured out that I had Celica's disease which is an intolerance to gluten found in Wheat Rye and Barley. So for the past two years I have been trying to figure out the whole eating thing most of the time feeling deprived or just plain hungry because I was limited in what I could eat. The current diet I am pursing is low carb similar to South Beach the difference being that once a week I can have a cheat week and eat whatever I want. Through all of this I have evaluated my previous eating and realized that mostly I already stuck to this diet except that I would overeat junk like chips or rice cereal and even cheeses because they were gluten free and I could have them. One of my other major problems is eating at all I find it such a hassle that I usually wont eat until Im starving and then I eat whatever I can get in my body the quickest like a Whataburger without a bun and a large fry. What I realize is that I need to view food as what it is which is GASOLINE for my body, if a car doesn't take diesel you don’t feed it more unleaded because it will make the car feel good. You also wouldn’t run a car until it stopped with out feeding it you pay attention to how much fuel it has and plan on stopping before it becomes a dire situation and you have to buy the cheapest gas no matter the cost. On my cheat days I can eat things that are higher in fat and calories because that is the time for it maybe kind of like an oil change to stick with the analogy. But I don’t think I should feel like im missing out on eating anything because I have celiac disease, the best way too look at it is to realize that its easier for me to eat healthy because I get violently ill when I eat a majority of the foods other people over consume.
That being said let me take a moment to reflect on the first day of diet.
After measuring my self I have gained 2 pounds in four days and currently sit at 228.5
My measurements are:
Upper arms L: 13 2/8 R: 14
Waist: 43 1/8
Hips: 47 5/8
Thighs : L: 24 1/8 R: 23 2/8 Total Ti: 165 3/8
Bust: 45 3/8
Which is the same as before:
Today I went and did all the shopping and prep work, I will explain more about this later.
I didn’t eat as many meals as I was supposed to and as always I waited until I was starving to eat at all.
This is a behavior I desperately need to change.
I wont be working in the exercises until at least one week
I did however take a cold shower like the book suggest and surprisingly it made me feel really good and energized and as I have come down from it I am feeling tired and ready to sleep which is usually hard for me.
Over all I feel good not weak but maybe a little hungry but I know I should have eaten that extra meal.
Sometimes bad habits die hard
Looking forward to all of the meals being easier to make tomorrow as I spent the whole day getting everything set up so it can be removed from the freezer re-heated and eaten, which means I did a lot of cooking. I have about 14 days of food and since im sharing with my mom and trying to get her to do this with me that should last till next Monday. I have some uncooked meals unaccounted for so that might stretch the count.
I am so tired so I will say good night for now.
Tomorrow I will sign in and talk about what all I am eating but for now Im glad to be tired.
-J Gunn