#oneaday Day 668: Three Day Report

Calorie goal: 2000/2040 (-40)
Ring Fit?: Nope
Water consumption: Yuri Nation

So, I know it's only been three days since I started focusing on counting calories for (hopefully) some weight loss, but I'm feeling positive so far. I haven't found it too difficult to stick to the calorie goal — though I do tend to find myself getting a bit peckish by this time in the evening, so I should probably save some calories for an evening snack — and I don't feel like I've been having to "miss out" on anything, so long as I look carefully at what I'm about to eat.

That, essentially, is all any diet is, really: looking at the things you're about to stick in your mouth and determining whether or not it's actually a good idea to stick it in your mouth or not. That's what she said, I know, I know. But I'm keen to see whether what I've been doing for the last few days will have a noticeable result, because I know it really works for some people — YouTuber Larry Bundy Jr. is an incredibly inspirational example — and I'm curious to know if I need to make any further "adjustments" beyond simply spreading out those calories across the day.

It's when things get more complex, annoying and inconvenient that I find myself struggling with diets. When a diet requires you to make overly convoluted recipes just to avoid the things you're not "allowed" — or, worse, requires you to eat some sort of revolting astronaut food — then that's when I tend to find myself losing motivation, feeling frustrated and getting depressed by the whole thing.

Conversely, right now I've been enjoying pretty much what I want, just in a bit more moderation than I would do under "normal" circumstances. I've also been making a point of drinking a lot more water (both lightly flavoured and "plain") and I've found that drinking bottles of mineral water is a good way for me to manage that. Mineral water is also much better than the grotty, hard shit that comes out of our taps, too — and it's not even especially expensive. Plus it seems mineral water bottles are fully recyclable these days, too, so any objections one might have about it being a waste of plastic can be overcome with this information.

I dunno. It's early days yet, as I say, but at the moment I'm feeling reasonably positive. I haven't yet incorporated Ring Fit Adventure into my daily routine because both Andie and I are coming off the back of some illness (not COVID, we don't think) that knocked us both around a bit, so I haven't felt up to pushing myself while I've been spending significant parts of my morning feeling exhausted and dizzy. Once I put that in there, I'll have a few extra calories to enjoy, even — or just a bigger deficit.

Anyway. I'll report more on progress when I have a better idea as to whether or not there has been any progress. For now, I'm off to bed!