Day 4

Things have gotten better. I no longer wake up hungry nor do I get hungry unless I eat greater than about 3 and a half hours apart. My information session at ACC today went over and caused me to have to wait 4 hours in between meals and I was overwhelmed with hunger. It's time for my third meal today and the hunger from earlier today is still with me. I haven't been too cranky so far. I have had a few headaches. The doctor told me not to work out this week, so cranky may come next week when I start exercising again. Moral of this story: Hunger shouldn't be a problem for the next 80 days.

Eating every 3 hours is the lesson learned so far. Lots of little meals are better than a few large ones. Apparently the human body is set up like a grazing machine. It's not designed to have large gaps between feedings. My little regime I've got going is helping to modify my behavior to do this.

I've got my Optifast Log going pretty good. (I've already created an exercise log and it's pretty spiffy if I do say so myself.) My next task is to create something to log when I'm thinking about food, but not hungry, and why I feel that way. It's next on the list, I haven't really started forming it yet. I am thinking about food constantly it seems. I'm not hungry, so some it is from my bad eating habits. Times and places I usually eat, some is just cause I miss eating.

Date	4/8	4/9	4/10	4/11	4/12	4/13	4/14
Shakes:		0845	1200	1130
		1145	1515	1530
	1800	1500	1830	1845
	2100	1900	2220
	0000	2250	0110
	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX	XXX
Cheat?	ate before meeting	N	N
2L H2O	Y	Y	Y
Excersise	N	N	N	N	N	N	N
Vitamins	N	N	Y
Caffeine mg	N	N	40mg

Overall, I think there's already a change in my body shape. I'm going to ask Sean when he gets back into town cause he hasn't seen me since I started Tuesday. I meant to take a before picture and maybe a weekly picture to help me see what was going on (to help with motivation), but I forgot the before. I'll have to make do with all after pictures I guess. My jeans fit better...but I can't wait for the day I get to go buy a new pair of jeans. I know it won't be for a couple of weeks, but I anticipate.