So – it’s been a week since I’ve started this “eating more” thing. I have to tell you, it was pretty difficult – and by Tuesday or Wednesday, I was ready to stop it. I was sure it wasn’t working, and I was doubly sure I was going to gain weight instead. I mean, this whole thing about eating more food to lose weight seems like the complete antithesis of what everyone tells you to do.

So halfway through the week – even though I was flabbergasted at how much food I was eating (I’m not kidding, I ate A LOT of food this week) I said to myself “No, what you’ve been doing hasn’t worked. So you’re trying this. You’re gonna go through with it.” So I decided to go through with it – no matter what my brain said – for at least 2 weeks. So I continued, even though with every bite, I was sure I was just packing it on.

I should have known it was working – I have a holdout pair of jeans that are size 22. I believe they are made differently than all of my other jeans – because in every other pair, I’ve gone down to a size 18 already. But for some reason, this last remaining pair has been fitting me perfectly at 22. I’m wearing them right now, and they’re finally doing what all of my other ones do – they’re falling off. I don’t need to undo them to remove them at all.

When I weighed myself this morning, I was surprised to see that, over this last week, I’ve dropped three pounds in this last week.

And the only thing I changed about what I was doing was eating more food.

Now, again, I want to clarify that I’m not just shoving “whatever” into my mouth. There are certain things I’m doing (well, have already done, but those things alone didn’t work, apparently): I have healthy snacks on the house, like baby carrots, berries, even a big tub of dried cranberries. Years ago, I used to drink a lot of soda. I haven’t in quite a long time – it’s been at least 6 or 7 years since the last time I had at least a soda a day. However, over the last year, I’ve drank more soda than usual (maybe about 2 a week) – but I’ve stopped. I honestly think that cutting back on that stuff is a wonderful idea.

To give you an idea of how Im doing calorie and nutrient-wise, you can take a look at my “stats” below.

Total Fat:35%
Total Carbs: 44%
Total Fiber: 16.4 g
Total Protein: 21%

That’s my daily average for the week – I got in about that much every single day (once you even it out). That “Fiber” will be the bane of my existence, I know it. I need to have at least 35g per day of that stuff, and I’m only halfway there. I also need to get that protein up – it should be closer to 40% I think.

I also averaged about 2300 calories per day – which is way WAY more than I usually eat. On a good day, that’s almost twice what I usually consume. However, when you factor in the exercise I’ve done, then I’ve actually only taken in about 1250 calories per day.

So yeah, I quickly discovered that all of this walking that I do? (I would do roughly 5 sets of 100 minute bouts of walking every day.) I discovered that the 200 minutes I do in the morning pretty much wipes out all of the calories I took in during breakfast, and adds extra to my calories allowance – enough that when I eat lunch, I’m usually brought back to an even table. So now I’ve cut my walking back to 300 minutes per day, and it’s seemed to even things out a bit.

So yeah, a lot of technical junk there at the end, but I figured if you’re reading, you might like to know. But the point is – after week one of this experiment, I have to say that yeah, eating more food does really contribute to weight loss. As long as you’re doin’ it right!