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July 15 This and that. I haven't been updating the blog as much as I would like. I have been exercising like a mad person and being trying to follow Paul's principals. If I feel that I am drifting away from the Paul's Golden Rules sit down at the table at eat consciously. I have noticed that I was eating a bit more then I should but I am still doing well in terms of weight loss. I have lost 41lbs+ and I am still losing. I may go back to the daily updates to keep myself on track. June 03 This maybe my last entry for sometime. My life has gotten quite complicated over the past several months/years. I will be moving at the end of June and I am not sure I will have internet access in the coming days/weeks to update my blog. I find I am losing weight continually. I am not sitting down and eating consciously as much as I would like. I think I have retrained my system to eat smaller portions subconsciously and I have been getting regular exercise in its many forms. I hope be able to update this blog in the future but it is hard to say when. For people that have read my blog I appreciate the time you took to stop by. I will be update this blog later in June or in early July. Best of luck with you weight loss goals and your new lifestyle.  April 22 Exercise overloadIn the yo-yo that seemed to be my life I overloaded on exercise today. I spent a good part of the day walking in downtown Toronto. I walked from the Eaton center in downtown Toronto to Bathurst/St. Clair (5K+) it was a lot farther then I had remember, when I got home I walked over to the school to get my daughter, and then I had to go cycling with my daughter. Way too much exercise for me but I guess that is the point. As a result of being out all day I didn't eat much so I guess I am back on track today. I hope to continue tomorrow.  Off track today. I seemed to be constantly eating today so it wasn't a good day. The good thing is back in the saddle tomorrow so no worries. I have had good results this past month. I will also make a conscience effort to get back to daily blog update. April 17 O.K. I missed a few day. Well I haven't updated the blog for a few days.  Tuesday was my daughter's birthday. We ate out for dinner at Boston Pizza. I had the Pad Thai (I took home about 1/3 of the Pad Thai) and some cheese cake (my thin S.O. ate the majority of the cheese cake.) I didn't do a big work out, I had an aggravated groin/thigh muscle from the previous day's work out, I did do about 1 hour walking with my daughter to the mall and park. All in all eating when fairly well and I did get some exercise.Wednesday I didn't do a formal workout again but I did get 45 minutes of walking iand some yard work. I didn't do the formal conscience eating but I did eat what is now "normally" for me so all is good. Today I did more walking 45 minutes. I ate at the table today and ate according to plan. The way of eating does seem to be coming more normally now. (i.e. less conscientiously and more instinctive (eat when hungry, stop when full...) April 14 Kind of lost. I had a fairly bad weekend as far as eating goes. I have a lot of low points going on in my life. I was hoping that I could use this system to at least address some of the weight/health/self image issue. I hope I can can but the emotional roller-coaster I am on seems to take over at points. The good thing about Paul's ideas are every meal is a new start as this life style change. I hope I can start again because it still feels so good when I exercise and eat correctly. I don't want to binge and feel fat any more. April 11 Starting to feel the full signal. Up until now I have been guessing at the "full signal" but the last couple of days I have been getting the full signal. The food I require to get the full signal seems to be more then I thought but far less then I used to eat. Up until this point I have been eating small portions and guessing if I was full or not. I will have to see where things go from here but I do see progress.  April 10 What I think I have learned so far.Well I have lost 19lbs in 2 weeks but i had a few problems this week so we will see what the end results are. (3rd week). Anyway I have had some problems knowing when I am full (so I guess). If am wrong I have a snack a couple of hours later. I put 1/3 or what I would normally eat on a smaller plate then I used to use. I eat in the kitchen or as in tonight alone in my van. I try to do at least 30 minutes exercise each day. I have a few craving food that still need to tackle (popcorn, chips). I still have a few emotions to tap out. I have had really bad days and really good days. If I have a bad day/binge the next time I am hungry I just go back to the 4 golden rules. When I started I expected that I should be perfect but I quickly realize this is on going process and there will be good and bad days. The one thing I have enjoyed the most was I created a blog http://doittoday2008.spaces.live.com/ that I have been using as a journal. It let's me go back to see what I have done that helped me be successful because I know it isn't straight journal from point "A" to point "B". It also help me identify where my problems are. Other things I have picked up on my own or I have in the forum : 1) If I eat am done chewing before 20x I count out the rest of the time before taking the next bite. 2) If the food is too processed and I can't chew 20x I add some fiber (say veggies) 3) If I mess up I just try to correct issues the next time I eat. I don't beat myself up. 4) I do my best to record what I am doing. 5) I eat off a smaller plate. 6) I only put 1/3 of what I used to eat on a plate and often only eat 1/2. 7) If I don't if I am full I guess and if I am hungry later I eat. Things went slightly off the rails.Well I had a couple of bad days after my bicycle incident I have some
bad scraps on arm, side and a huge one on my knee. The binging has
been limited but I have not been eating consciously, I have been eating
when I am not hungry and I have eaten past the "full signal". I have
been doing some walking so all is not lost.  The good thing about this life style change is it easy to see where you went wrong. I need to address a lot of the stress points in my life soon, there are a lot of things coming to a head at the same time. So there will be rough waters for sometime. I should be able to sit down and go back to eating slowly, consciously today and get back to the Yoga and resistance training. April 06 Just thinking out loud. (Again.) After dinner snack was soon after dinner. I don't think I ate
enough for dinner. I still seemed hungry. I watched "Alvin and the
Chipmunks" with my daughter after dinner and I seemed hungry all the
way through the movie. No big deal I just want to make note of it for
future reference if I need it. I also ate because I wanted to do a late night resistance training work-out. I never got to it during the day. I didn't get to the resistance training work... I guess the 2 hours of cycling will have to do. I seem to be having an issue with IE today when I edit a blog entry and I open another tab IE hangs. I switched to Firefox and it doesn't seem to be an issue there. I am scanning for spyware and viruses; hopefully I can clear up the problem. I was thinking out loud on Mckenna.com
April 05 Cheated a bit but I don't feel bad.I was watching a movie and my daughter made some microwave popcorn (about 1/2 way through the movie), so I do have to say I took a small bowl full to eat during the movie and had about 10 sunflower seeds later.
 I don't see this a major transgression but I don't want it to became a habit. I did want to make a note, lest I keep exhibiting the same behavior.
I have been weigh myself on Sundays so tomorrow is my weight in. I hope it goes well. (I can't get away from the scale.) I was beating myself up today.I didn't get up and do the things I had planned for the program and there were brief moments today where I was just eating as fast as I could. I caught my fast eating and slowed down but I continued to beat myself up over not completing my exercise. I did get around to the Yoga and Pilates but I never did get to the 20-30 minutes of cardio. I decided that the whole program wasn't going to fail for me if I miss 20-30 minutes of cardio.
 I didn't get a good rest the previous night and had no energy at all. I hope things will be better tomorrow if I listen to my body.  April 03 Ran out of energy.I have hypothyroidism.
I had a problem today I forgot to take my thyroid medication first thing in the morning and I did not take it last night.
So the problem was I ate breakfast (until I was full) and waited 2 hours to take the medication . Shortly there after my stomach started growling and I had to take a nap because I needed to wait an hour before eating. It was a pain in the butt.
I ate a snack and I feel much better now.
I must remember to take the thyroid medication last thing at night or when I get up in the am. April 01 Thinking about veggies.
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