Preliminary Stats Day 5

You know what I think is magical? Since I started watching everything, I'm actually down weight. I'm not doing anything different except for writing everything down. In 6 days, I'm down 7 lbs. How is that possible? Yes, I am aware of what I'm eating and what I'm doing, but I meant to do this to not change anything. Even from when I last used the Wii Fit - a span of 3 months, and I was down quite a bit. I don't see it, I don't feel it.

My friend did point something kinda important out to me the other day. I am fairly heavy and I'm well proportioned with my weight. Some people have just a fat gut, some people will have a skinny top, but fat hips, thighs and legs, whatever! I'm heavy all around (except for wrists and ankles - THANK GOD! You have no idea how much "cankles" scare the shit out of me. I love my crazy socks and wouldn't be able to wear them if I had that problem). When I lose weight, the weight will come off from everywhere at once, so I probably need to loose a lot more to even notice it. It's really hard not to see results, ya know? Numbers say something's happening, looking in the mirror says nothing is happening. It's something I've never really thought of before and I know I have to work through it. But at least I understand more now. There was even one point that I was down by 20 lbs and still didn't notice it.

So anyways, I'm still a little dumbfounded that my weight is down. I've lived life this way for a long time, you'd think that I would have lost a significant amount of weight. So where does it bounce back? I've never felt a large increase or decrease in weight in at least 5 to 6 years. My clothing has never changed size or felt different. I mean, normal people will gain weight, too. That doesn't happen to me. I'm thankful that if I eat a whole day of pie and icecream that I don't end up with it on my hips, but at the same time, it'd still be good to feel normal.

But anyways, that was this Atkins thing is for. It's suppose to change my metabolism and how I use the energy and burn the fat from foods. So I really shouldn't get hung up on the other stuff right now. Day to day, "normal" activities and food. That's what I'm doing here.

So, before I forget, here's my numbers from My Fitness Pal for yesterday:

Calories: 1080/1800

Carbs: 124/248

Fat: 68/60

Protein: 56/68

And again it told me that my calorie count was way too low.

So anyways, lazy day again today. Both Bill and I have dentist appointments, so I doubt much food will be consumed again today. I don't like eating before I go (I don't want to kill the poor dentist with bad breath from anything I ate) and usually my mouth feels too bad to eat after.

Speaking of which, I suppose I should look at getting ready to go soon. It's totally SOOO EXCITING! I JUST CANT WAIT!

God, I hate going to the dentist...