Tired This Morning

Yesterday was too busy a day to blog. While our son was at what is called Nature Awareness with one of his teachers, we went to The Biltmore Estate for a long walk and then to town for a crafts fair. Last evening, we went to see a local production of Macbeth, one of my favorites from Shakespeare.

It was an active day and I woke this morning at about 6:20 to a loud sound in the house that sent me to my computer to start me day. As of yesterday morning's weigh in, I had lost more than 6 pounds since starting to count calories last Sunday. Part of that has come from being conscious of the things that trigger my eating when I am not hungry--when I feel good, I eat. When I get anxious and scared, I eat. When I am excited, I eat. When I want to take a break, I eat. When I am busy with something else, I don't have time to eat. When I am tired, I eat-- Obviously, there are lots of triggers to eating!

But there is a lot of benefit to not eating at all those times.

As I wait for my wife to wake so I can get on the scale, I feel lighter and more energetic. I noticed in the mirror my face had become thinner, a first clue to weight loss. Although my clothing, particularly my pants, is starting to get a little loose, it feels good to be lighter.

A Walk

35 minutes walking did a little to reduce stress and it did keep me away from the refrigerator. Figure a 20 minute drive each way and the walk-- according to the software, I burned 308 calories.

So the anxiety is a little less and I head home.