1st official Weigh-in

It's Friday!

Which happens to be my official weekly weigh-in day.  I have some aggressive goals and some strategies to meet those goals.  I started this part of my journey at 230 lbs 2 weeks ago.   My first goal is 210 August 3.
 Today I weighed in at 224.8.  That's a 5 pound loss in 2 weeks.  I'm happy with that.  What have been my main contributing factors to this progress so far?  Changed my diet.  I am generally eating Paleo but with modifications based on knowing my own body.

Why did I choose this?

Well, Paleo is a logical way to eat when you think about how our digestive systems have evolved to cope with fuel input (food).  Now Paleo allows a lot of things that I don't.  Full fat cream, bacon, animal fats.  Most importantly, many of the strict Paleo guidelines say don't count your calories or your fat, don't worry about how much you eat, stop when full.  I'm not a cross fit person seeking to change my diet, I'm an overweight person seeking to lose weight.  Therefore, I've amended those guidelines to fit me.

No dairy for me (except eggs which aren't really dairy but protein).  No animal fats for me.  No animal meat for me.  In fact I'm only eating fish right now.  I don't allow myself cheat days but I do cheat once in a while.

For example last weekend we went to brunch with friends.  I had scrambled eggs and bacon (didn't eat the potatoes).  The bacon is technically Paleo but I have banned it so I broke my rule for that. Once. 

Alcohol is the other area I allow myself to cheat.  I generally give myself one night per week (usually on the weekend).  I try not to go overboard.  Tonight I'm going out for drinks with friends and I'll likely only have red wine.  Last weekend I have a blowout day but managed to still lose!

My typical 1400 calorie day looks like this:

Breakfast:

• Almond milk mocha
• Scrambled eggs with red pepper avocado salsa
• Sauteed Mushrooms

AM Snack:

• Morning Berry Smoothie

Lunch:

• Salad with Sesame Ginger Dressing
• Cauliflower, rutabaga, parsnip, sweet potato and leek soup
• Iced Tea sweetened with Agave

PM Snack:

• Afternoon Spinach Berry Smoothie

Dinner:

• Fish with Peach, Red Bell Pepper salsa
• Cauliflower Mash
• Grilled Asparagus
• Iced Tea sweetened with Agave 

Dessert:

• 1 Paleo chocolate chip cookie

Weekly Weight Recap:

Date	Weight	Change
June 8, 2012	230.0	-
June 15, 2012	227.6	-2.4
June 22, 2012	224.8	-2.8

What worked this week:

• Sticking to the diet. 
• Eating out as little as possible

Strategies for next week:

• Stick to the diet!
• Add exercise 4 times this week; walking 30 minutes twice; 60 minutes twice