Water water everywhere and to hungry too think!!!!!

As of last night, I am currently at 350lbs which is now a total of 12lbs lost give or take some water weight. I am finding that it is actually hard to "rest" on my rest days. *chuckles* Sunday, believe it or not, I caught myself doing yoga stances when I had purposely only set out to a little stretching. I know getting the right amount of rest is something that I have to make certain I do in order to ensure that my body has ample time to repair itself. Drinking enough water is still a battle with me at this point. I have found that some nutritionist actually recommend taking your weight, dividing it by two and switching the pounds to ounces. This would mean in my case that I would take 350lbs/2 to get 175lbs. Then I would switch 175lbs to 175oz and this is the true amount of water I am suppose to drink daily. Now knowing that 128oz equals one gallon, this means that I would need to consume one gallon along with an additional six cups each and every day until more weight is lost! (@_@) At this point I might as well never leave home because with just the eight glasses alone, I can't be completely comfortable going out unless I know where the restroom is.

I am hungry ALL OF THE TIME! As you may recall in one of my earlier post. I stated that I was working on increasing my metabolism and thus have increased the number of "small" meals I consume on a daily bases. Forget about using the alarms on my phone now. I don't need them! The only problem is that I have to keep reminding myself that eating more often, does not equate to me taking in more calories. For example, if I roast half of a sweet potato and then later finish the other half, I shouldn't look at it as if I have had two whole potatoes fried in oil and doused with salt. Speaking of sweet potatoes. Did you know they are packed full with vitamins and are a good source of fiber? They can also help restore elastin to the skin. (^_^) You can read more about it at http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=64. Now getting back to what I was saying earlier. This way of thinking stems back to my upbringing. Practically my entire family is thin so the thought behind it was "If you are a bit on the heavy side, eat less to lose weight". That backed with the uncertainty of where our next meal would be coming from created an unhealthy lifestyle. I've always compared myself to a bear. You know how they have to eat as much as they can when they can when food is available because they will have to hibernate? Well, that was in some since me. It is very difficult to "reprogram" my brain. Naturally, I want to go back to eating once or twice a day but I can't fall back into old habits. All that did was make me sluggish and aided to packing on the pounds. I love the new found energy and passion for life that I have and am not giving it back up without a fight. Until next time.
-SKBarnes