Day 42

Wasn't planning on catching up on my posting until tomorrow morning but I had a little bit of an emergency. I NEVER cheat on my diet but tonight when I got home I was starving....it started with a hand full of goldfish crackers, then 1 piece of salami, then 2 pieces of bread and 10 dorito chips :-( I feel terrible. I'm not sure what happened other than waiting to long to eat and being starving when I walked through the door. Anyone else had a crash and burn episode like this yet?

Day 40

I can't believe it's already been 40 days. Every thing is so busy that in some ways it feels like we just started 2 weeks ago. I still hate the jumprope but with all the rain lately I'm having to use it because I can't walk or run the stairs outside. I haven't really been using a scale except once a week when we go to Patrick's. The weight has been coming off at an average of about 1 kilo a week but I'm mostly going by how my clothes fit. My pants all fit much better or are loose (they were tight or didn't fit before) an the buttons on my shirt don't pull across the chest anymore and I can see my abs! Yeah!

Hayfever mixed with the rain has my sinuses in bad shape which really drains your energry and gives you bad headaches. I can't imagine how much worse they would be if I wasn't eating "clean".

On Saturday night Tony and I were out with a friend visiting from Singapore and met a guy that had just finished 2 rounds with Patrick and lost 63 pounds. Amazing! Great job Brian. My coworker has decided to do it to so the PCP is spreading through Tokyo.

Anyone had their cravings pop up out of the blue? Mine usually don't but this week I have been craving something sweet which is kind of strange since I don't really like sweets. I HB been dying for a chai latte (full of sugar) or a chocolate and coconut cookie from the place near work.

Day 36

Ok, since someone dropped out of PCP I started getting mails asking if I was ok. I am great! PCP is still going strong. I guess I hadn't worried about hitting the 10 day no contact mark because I workout with Patrick every Saturday but I realize that doesn't let anyone else in the group know what is going on. I'm the busiest I've ever been at work which is great but it doesn't leave much time for anything else. As a matter of fact I only have time to type this
Because I'm typing from my iPhone in the taxi on the way to a meeting:-/ I also usually only sleep about 4-5 hours a night so now that I'm trying to get in 7-8 hours my days are much shorter:-)

The workouts are getting harder which for me means they are harder to do at the end of a long day but I have yet to be able to switch into the cycle of getting them done in the morning. The diet part has been pretty easy from day one which I am still amazed by. I think being so busy also doesn't leave much time to think about what I'm missing and I have always loved to grocery shop so going every day for fresh food doesn't bother me at all. The first time I have actually been hungry was this week. By 4pm my stomach is growling. I tried rearranging the spacing of meals and I was still starving so I've started eating dinner around 5 or 6pm which is pretty early for me and then the veggies at night after my cardio and that seems to be working.

The chest dips STD hard bc I'm having trouble finding 2 things to do them between. I've ended up having to do them separate from my workout between 2 desks at the office. I get some pretty strange looks but I'm very lucky in that all the guys at the office have been really really supportive..

Will get my backlog of photos up over the weekend. Promise!!! Thank for the reminder Patrick!!!

Day 28

Very behind on posts and blogging but only because I'm so busy at work right now and every spare moment is being spent cooking, grocery shopping and working out. So don't worry it isn't because I have fallen off the PCP wagon. PCP diet is going extremely well, workouts too even though I am having to squeeze them in where I can. Cardio is a little behind because it's been raining the last few days but still getting some in here and there and being forced to use the jump rope since I have a covered area outside I can use when it rains.

I'll catch up the rest of the blog soon.

Day 22

Just finished dinner.  I was pretty sad that there weren't any carbs on my dinner menu.  I know we aren't supposed to have any packaged food but I was in a hurry on the way home from work so when I stopped at the shop to pick up fresh veggies I also picked up some smoked salmon.  Right about the time I put the last bite in my mouth someone walked past the table and told me that smoked salmon has tons of salt and SUGAR in it.  Uggghhhh!  I'm so upset.  I cheated with out even knowing it!!!!!! Guess that's what I get for breaking the no packaged rule.

Looking forward to getting tonight's workout over (except the jump rope) and getting into bed early.

Day 21

I just opened up the email for the exercise for day 21.  Knowing how much I hate the jump rope I am sure you can imagine the look on my face when I saw my only exercise for today was 1000 jump ropes :-(  Glad I didn't see it this morning, it would have ruined my day.  Off to do them but not happy about it!!!!  I know they keep saying I will like the jump rope more, still waiting for that day.

Day 19 and 20

It's Golden Week here in Tokyo which equals a few days off mid week. I am using the time to clean out some boxes and get rid of stuff and catch up on some R&R. It has been nice to get my workouts in during the day instead of at the end of the long day.  I've also been spending the extra time walking every where instead of taking the train or taxi. Tuesday I walked from Hiro-o to Azabu-Juban and all around Midtown and Roppongi Hills and yesterday I walked from Hiro-o to Omote Sando and back (doesn't sound far but my knees were killing me at the end).  Diet part has been easy to stick to but I still hate the jump rope. 

Last night was only the second time I have been out to eat since our strict diet started.  We went to a friend's restaurant so I could make sure there was no salt and the grams were right.  I was trying to do my full 90 days with no drinking but I had 2 glasses of wine last night. After dinner we went to our favorite bar where I had 6 bottles of water but this morning I still woke up with a really bad headache.  Not sure if that is related to the small amount of wine or not but it was enough to convince me that special occasion or not even a glass of wine is out for now.  I haven't missed waking up feeling like that at all.

Day 18

It's 11pm and I am just now sitting down from work.  I'm tired and I am glad the next 3 days are a holiday here in Japan.  I haven't have any cravings since PCP started until today (and maybe the lasagna at the party the other night that looked pretty good).  I was cleaning out my desk and found a snickers bar that I bought to eat the day before our 1/2 rule was over but then I got busy at work and forgot about it.  I put it back in my desk drawer for about 5 minutes before deciding that it probably wasn't safe there and fed it to my work husband.  He finished it in 2 bites and looked quite happy so I was thinking it was win win.  But as the day went on I kept thinking about it and wanting to eat one which is kind of strange because I am not a big candy or sweets person at all.  I made it through the day and then got home to a house full of people eating pizza and drinking wine.  Once again, I am usually able to see people eating and drinking things and not want any but I was hungry and tried and cranky and that pizza and wine looked so good! :-( BUT I was strong and went into the kitchen and put a weighed out carrot into my mouth and chomped on it while I weighed out my chicken and 1/2 bagel.  Another disaster avoided, now if I can just get my workout in before midnight today will have been a success.

Day 17

As usual I put my workout off til the evening yesterday and then it just got later and later til I finally went to bed.  Feeling guilty I got up first thing this morning and did yesterday's work out and now will be doing today's workout as soon as I finish this post. I still hate the jump rope so I was glad to get this morning's email.  Even a few days without the jump rope are something to look forward to. 

I bought lots of fresh blueberries and raspberries yesterday so I have been snacking on those for my fruit meals and still finishing of the chicken from yesterday with plenty asparagus.  Tonight's dinner was poached fish with tomato and edamame (so I hope it's a veggie and not a bean).

Lunch today...tomato, bagel, chicken with avocado slices.

Day 16

Went to Cost-co with Tony to stock up on veggies and my favorite salt free seasoning (I posted a photo a few days ago).  I also bought one of the cooked chickens and shredded the meat off of it so that I wouldn't have to cook the protein portion for a few meals.  The bagels we bought also weigh exactly 100 grams each so that's handy and they taste great.  Photo below of the shredded chicken and bagel with steamed spinach for lunch. However as you can see by the second photo half way through the sandwich I was full.  I had to force myself to finish it.