The First Five

So I'm down 5 pounds in 8 days on Nutrisystem. I'm trying to use up the box of food I have so when I have the surgery, I don't have a ton of it sitting around tempting me. Plus my tastes may change, so I hear, and I may not be able to eat the food at all so it'd be a huge waste of money. I found making all of these changes at once was just too damn hard so I'm doing it little by little. Here is a list:
* Eat less
* Drink 80 oz of water every day
* Exercise 30 min or more every day
* Calcium pills
* Vitamins
* Protein, protein, protein
* No carbonated beverages
* No drinking with meals
* No alcohol

Heart Apt.

The next step is an apt with a cardiologist. I have my apt. scheduled for the 25th. So far I've lost .6 of a pound because I found that making all of these changes as one time was near impossible so I am trying to implement things little by little now. I have already given up carbonated beverages. No easy task. This week I am focusing on drinking tea and taking my medications and supplements as I should be. Other things to tackle include: eating less, then moving to adding dairy daily, then adding protein drinks, drinking 80 oz of fluid every day and trying to learn to take smaller sips, adding in exercise, then going full bore into the Phase II diet plan which is mostly liquid protein drinks.

So I'll take that .6 because it shows my first step. I look forward to getting on the scale tomorrow now.