Results from Day One

Good morning!

Well, I got through the first day relatively unscathed.  First the stats:

Calories consumed:  1823

Estimated burned:  3052

Fasting glucose level:  126

Blood pressure:  133/98

My diet was very good yesterday.  Breakfast was a whole grain english muffin with a pattie of lean sausage and a slice of cheddar cheese.  Mid-morning snack was an apple.  Lunch was whole-wheat pasta with meat sauce, afternoon snack was a banana...and dinner was 2 cups of steamed vegetables.  I tried to keep the bulk of my calories consumed during the breakfast and lunch meals.

I also had 2 diet cokes and nine 8-ounce glasses of water.  I have to admit something here...I hate water.  But, it felt good drinking it yesterday.  I actually had a headache most of the day, but a friend told me it was because the water was flushing toxins from my cells and the headache would go away once the body had eliminated the toxins from my system.  She must have been right, because the headache is gone today.

I got in a 45-minute workout last night on the Wii with 340 estimated calories burned.  I'm doing the Wii workout right now because it is easy on my knees.  Once I drop the first 20-25 pounds, I hope that I can amp it up a bit and do more high-impact aerobics.  I have the original Power 90 workout system and I would like to give that a try again.  I have several friends doing the P90X system now, but I'm not going to jump on that bandwagon just yet.

This morning, I had bit of a shock when my fasting glucose level shot up to 146.  It was strange because before I went to bed last night, it was only 101.  Perhaps I need to re-code my machine.  My blood pressure dropped a bit this morning down to 128/86.  I took both of these measurements right after my morning shower.

I also meditated for 20 minutes before bed last night and I slept like a baby.  I'm still working on the hypnosis CD and should finish it by the weekend.

All in all, a great day yesterday.  Looking forward to today!