I love lamp?? Week 3 Review

Starting weight: 154lbs

Week 4 weight: 151lbs

Just another day. It's been a tough week. I'm still here hanging on, and facing new challenges on this road to a healthier lifestyle. On this entry I just want to share my progress and a couple challenges I've ran into. First, when I am hungry, I am HUNGRY, for food. Not healthy food, but some good ol' fashion chinese fried rice or hot wings from KFC. I'm not disappointed because I have been eating on average, healthier. 2 out of 3 meals a day are definitely healthy meals so I can't complain.

I've been eating about 5-6 times a day with three full meals (breakfast, lunch and dinner) and two snacks in between my meals. I already knew that my metabolism would kick into high gear once I started eating breakfast and more frequently with snacks. What I didn't expect was the intensity of my metabolism on the days I work. The secret for me is that I CANNOT stay hungry. Therefore I have to keep eating and keep hunger away. Sometimes it's hard when I have patients and other duties to tend to. Time goes by without noticing and next thing you know it, it's time to clock out and I am hungrier than a hippo lol. For the next week, I'll be keeping an eye out on that.

Second challenge is getting sleep. It's ok if I am not working out and getting only six hours of sleep. But with extra curricular activities and lifting weights, my body requires more sleep, at least eight hours. There's so many things to do at night in my opinion. Im so used to finishing things last minute. Just like school, we used to procrastinate and finish our homework late at night. So lately, I'm either trying to finish reading or finish watching an episode of Nip Tuck by Fx (can also be watched through streaming on Netflix, (Check out netflix.com for more details)) lol. Without sleep, our bodies cannot recover and when they cannot recover, we get sick. Not too many people know this, but when we work out more often our immune system can be weaken without proper nutrition and rest. So a lot of people including myself can get "over-trained" and that is the beginning to something worse if we don't put attention to it. Too many times I've been over-trained and had to wait days just to get back to hitting the gym. I guess the number "8" will be my new favorite number.   =)