I am just wrapping up Day 1 of a 48 hour shift. Last night, I decided to try a new meal plan. The plan is to eat one, 200-250 calorie meal every 2 hours for a total of eight mini-meals per day. In theory, this will crank up my metabolism and get my stomach used to smaller portions so I don't feel hungry as often. This first day on the plan went fairly well. Whenever I started to feel hungry, I would fill the void with copious amounts of water. I stuck with it right up until a coworker's family brought out a pan of hot, fresh brownies and against my better judgement, I indulged.
All in all, I only went over my calorie goal by 490 calories. I intended to work that off with some quality time on the elliptical, but the day seemed to fly by too fast--I really need to work on my exercise motivation. Still, I came in under my basal metabolic rate, though, so I can feel good about that. Tomorrow will be the second day of this meal plan. Let's hope no one else brings in any sweets.
-Kevin
No comments:
Post a Comment