Game On Week 1 Day 2: OH NO I MIGHT DIE

First, a score up!

Score Up!

Week 1 Weight Chart:

Starting Weight: 223.1

Goal Weight: 220.869

End Weight: (Weigh in is Feb 10th)

Points Scored:

Meal Score: 30

Exercise: 20

Sleep: 15

Water: 10

Wake Up Early: 10

Give Up Soda: 10

Blog About It: 5

Points Deducted:

Scale: 4

(Old habits die hard!)

Snacking: 0

(Cough drops are medicine, right?  And I only had one.)

Collusion Penalty: 0

Alcohol: 0

Change habit: 0

Today's Points: 96/100

So, how did Day 2 go?

Well, I woke up in the middle of the night extremely ill. I actually went to bed with a headache starting, but I was too tired to grab some Advil. By 3am, my sinuses were aflame, the pain in my head was searing, and I was super nauseated. 

I tried sooooo hard to stay asleep.  But by 3:22am, I got myself some Advil.  And then the sick started.  I didn't get back to sleep until 4am.  I slept in until 6am.  So I didn't sleep 7 straight hours, but I did get 7 all together, and I don't think being sick should count.  I swear, it was probably the onion.  I should not have that much red onion at one time.

My way of coping with being sick in the past was to stress eat.  I know, right? Like as I'm already barfing or whatever, why would I want to eat?  I swear it totally stops it eventually and brings instant comfort whether it's saltine crackers, or something decadent like Doritos. 

This time I had to sit it out though and it was awful.  And I sat in bed thinking of all the non-cracker foods I had to eat that day and I felt so much worse.

However, now that I'm sitting here after another successful day of eating all my vegetables and savoring the best sweet potato I've ever had, I'm super glad I didn't eat a bunch of crackers. So now I think that the eating is definitely psychological.  Bummer!  Because it really works.  But I think the best thing is sleep.  If you can get to sleep as soon as you feel ill, the ill goes away a lot more quickly.

I was sick for most of the day too. Living on cold medicine and Advil and relaxation MP3's, I didn't really snap out of it until I had that sweet potato. Oh, and they taste so much better baked than microwaved.  They get pretty sugary in the oven, it's crazy.

As much as I love my diet food (not that it's really diet food.  I mean,  it's real, actual whole food that I'm eating and it's tasty) I'm looking forward to my days off.  I have all these recipes people give me to try that I want to try on my days off. Just today one of my internet buddies from way back in 2007 randomly posted all these delicious things to do with wheat germ.  I know that sounds super healthy, but I swear it's things like cookies and I can't wait to dip those suckers in milk while laying around in flannel PJ's trolling the Drop Dead Diva forums to see if they're ever going to bring back that show and resolve the Old Jane/Deb storyline.

So I survived Day 2 ... which really is a big deal.  Day 2 of any diet is the worst.  Usually by Day 4 on the diet I'm in full diet mode and kicking some butt with lots of energy.  But Day 2 ... that's when I usually feel like I have the flu and I start panicking and have no energy and wonder if I'm dying.

Let's see what Day 3 brings.