Day 4: It's a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood!

For those of you who have been following me through this journey (yes, I know I only began posting yesterday) you may be asking yourself how it is already "Day 4."  Well, I actually begin this adventure 4 days ago this past Tuesday.  I'm not sure if it was boredom or my inner skinny alter ego that prompted me to go to the gym, but I spent 30 minutes on the elliptical and decided to make it a habit.

It was day two when I encountered the shocking news of just how big I had become.  For whatever reason (again, potentially my inner skinny alter ego prompting me) I decided to weigh myself.  As I shared yesterday... Horror!

I quickly went through the stages of grief!
Denial... it was just not possible.  Had I really become rolly-polly Chris?
Bargaining... what could I do?  Maybe if I stopped eating altogether?  Or did jumping jacks from my bed to the shower every morning?  Would that do it?
Depression... oh no!  I'm fat :-(
Acceptance... OK!  I'm fat :-/

Well, unlike previous repeated behavior that I'd demonstrated (go upstairs and take a nap until I forgot all about this horrible news) I decided it was high time for change... and so the "I'm 30..." blog was born.  And that my friends is how we made it to day 4 in just 24 hours!

Day 4:

I'm not accustomed to waking up hungry.  It's very confusing.  I'm so used to the iPhone 'ringing' sound pulling me out of my slumber instead of my stomach monster saying "feed me gummy bears."  Well, about an hour later I found myself at the Coffee Bean.  Pastries (700 cal), muffins (550 cal - really?), even a cheese plate was crazy.  Lucky for me that had a low-fat cottage cheese and pineapple bowl.  It wasn't so bad except for the fact that my stomach was still asking for gummy bears!

As lunch rolled around all I could think about was how hungry I was.  I tried to wait as long as I could to eat, and finally broke down and went to grab a bite.  Grilled Cheese sandwich?  No!  Turkey wrap with chips on the side?  No!  Cheese plate with grapes and strawberries?  Now that sounds like a match! It was great.  I cherished each piece of cheese until finally all I could see was an empty tray sitting in front of me... and then it set in again.  My stomach was back on the attack and the one demand it had... Gummy Bears!

Don't worry... I didn't cave in to the craving.  Instead, I indulged in a tall glass of water (no innuendo intended) and moved along with my day.

And then this is when I found my second nemesis.  I thought Gummy Bears were the only ones that had it out for me, but it turns out that the thing that I cherish the most is against me as well... my fluffy comfy bed!  As I was getting my gym clothes together the bed wrapped it's huge cozy hands around me and wouldn't let go.  I struggled to free myself until I relented to its power.  Fifteen minutes later, after laying real still as to not wake it I was able to break free and continue on my quest to get fit.  I leapt out of the bed and ran for the front door before it could get ahold of me.  I was free!

Gym time!

And so it begins again...