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Post by Deleted on Aug 2, 2015 14:11:05 GMT -5
Another football game today, another diet ... well, "disaster" is putting it a bit strongly, but certainly not compliance. That'll be last game for a couple of months, so time to get with the programme.
Had a bike ride of 12 miles or so yesterday - my minds eye pictured it as a bit up & down, but turned out to be a series of thigh-wrecking climbs followed by a high-speed descents. Probably did me some good, but very hard work.
Weighed in today at 204, about 1½ up from my best weight so far. Time to mount an assault on 200 this month before I go on holiday. Stretch target is 196.
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Post by Icctrombone on Aug 3, 2015 5:23:31 GMT -5
THE LOST WEEKEND I woke up today at 207 , that's up 3 pounds from Friday and up 4 pounds from 7 days ago. I was sick with a bad head cold Saturday but otherwise, there's no excuses. I ate very badly. Nothing to do but start over again today.  |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2015 6:51:08 GMT -5
THE LOST WEEKEND I woke up today at 207 , that's up 3 pounds from Friday and up 4 pounds from 7 days ago. I was sick with a bad head cold Saturday but otherwise, there's no excuses. I ate very badly. Nothing to do but start over again today. I'm so sorry that you were sick with a bad head cold and I wish all the world for you to make a speedy recovery! |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2015 6:54:44 GMT -5
Had a slight flu last Friday, and I managed to walk 2 miles on the track and did some bicycle exercises and treadmill for about 45 minutes this morning. Feeling sore today and I'm thinking of swimming tomorrow ...
I also had a terrible headache yesterday ... and didn't feel like working out!
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Post by Crimebuster on Aug 3, 2015 10:52:18 GMT -5
Starting weight: 243.2
Week One weight: 241.6
Week Two weight: 239.4
Week Three weight: 237.0
Week Four weight: 234.4
Week Five weight: 234.0
Week Six weight: 231.6
Week Seven weight: 231.0
Week Eight weight: 228.2
Week Nine weight: 223.4
Week Ten weight: 223.8
Week Eleven weight: 223.0
Still holding steady. Okay with it. The emotional mess I went through ended up having a physical toll, as I somehow came down with a bad chest cold on the hottest day of the year. So I haven't been able to exercise at all for the last week. I'm feeling a little better now, so I am hoping to get back in business this week.
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Post by Icctrombone on Aug 4, 2015 6:16:52 GMT -5
I weighed in at 206 this morning. I have to admit , I'm not feeling it lately. I have to get my mojo back.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2015 8:02:11 GMT -5
Swam 10 (500 Meters) laps and that's it.
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Post by shaxper on Aug 4, 2015 8:58:45 GMT -5
Day 78
Today's weigh-in: 240.5 lbs (-0.5 lbs since last weigh in)
24.5 lbs down / 60.5 to go
Last time I checked in (it's been way too long), I was trying to get my equilibrium back after my mother's having been in the hospital. She was finally released yesterday, but we now have houseguests and, on top of that, literally every major task I've tried to get done this summer has experienced setbacks. From getting a new insurance policy for the house to getting my car serviced, literally every task has had a ridiculous amount of complications that have come along with it and, now, with two weeks left of my summer break, really nothings' been accomplished at all, even though I've put waaaay too much time and energy into dealing with all this nonsense.
So I've been VERY stressed and VERY depressed.
And, somehow, I'm still very slowly losing weight. I guess that's impressive, but I'd like to be feeling well enough to focus on losing more weight more deliberately.
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Post by shaxper on Aug 4, 2015 8:59:10 GMT -5
I weighed in at 206 this morning. I have to admit , I'm not feeling it lately. I have to get my mojo back. What can we do to help? |
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Post by Icctrombone on Aug 4, 2015 18:40:05 GMT -5
I weighed in at 206 this morning. I have to admit , I'm not feeling it lately. I have to get my mojo back. What can we do to help? Thanks, shax. This thread IS the help. |
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Post by shaxper on Aug 4, 2015 22:04:08 GMT -5
Thanks, shax. This thread IS the help. I got a little more serious again today. I'll post about it tomorrow. Maybe we can get back on the horse together, brutha'  |
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Post by Icctrombone on Aug 4, 2015 22:27:06 GMT -5
Thanks, shax. This thread IS the help. I got a little more serious again today. I'll post about it tomorrow. Maybe we can get back on the horse together, brutha' Yeah, cause I've been eating the horse lately... |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2015 1:38:40 GMT -5
Feel like I've plateaued a bit over the last week or so as well. Weight is slooowly inching down after rebounding in the wrong direction over the two football days - down to 202 today, which is just barely a new low.
Had a puncture yesterday which I didn't have time to fix before work, so skipped cycling; last night took the opportunity to replace the tube and the old the worn tyre and give the bike a long-overdue clean - seeing the bike sparkling gleaming much less dirty has given me a bit of a lift in positivity. Back on bike today.
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Post by Icctrombone on Aug 5, 2015 5:31:00 GMT -5
207 this morning. Reading Garth's posts is spurring me on to get on my bike , even for a short ride.
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Post by shaxper on Aug 5, 2015 7:41:22 GMT -5
So, yesterday, I decided I was tired of not taking this diet seriously enough anymore. Sure, I still had problems and stresses in my life up the whazoo, not to mention a houseguest for the week, so I asked myself what part of the diet I could get serious about again, even with a million other things going on. I didn't have the time, energy, nor discipline to get back onto a spartan diet of home-cooked super foods, and most of the fun of having over my kid-sister-in-law, who stays with us for one week every summer, is that we spoil her rotten, so we would be eating out A LOT. Thus I decided that what I could easily control that had been fundamental to all my loss back in the very beginning was my battle with hunger. I could choose to eat ONLY when I was truly and really hungry and recognize that most of the hunger I was feeling was sugar withdrawal, tiredness, stress, and/or boredom.
So yesterday, I opted not to eat until we went to the icecream parlor at 1:30pm, ordered two scoops with some delicious toppings, ate only one before deciding I'd eaten all I needed, and that was both breakfast and lunch. I'd planned to have a healthy dinner, but then my step father needed me to go watch my mother (just out of the hospital) so that he could attend his daughter's birthday. There was nothing in the house (she had been in the hospital for three weeks, and my step-father just doesn't know how to take care of himself) and she was very hungry, so there was no time to order out. I raided her freezer and made all that I could find that wasn't hideously unhealthy -- turkey burgers and perogies. I'd intended only to eat the turkey burgers, but I was very hungry, so I had two turkey burgers AND seven perogies that I'd fried in butter.
Not all that healthy, but, now more in touch with my hunger, I didn't need anything after that. We ate at 6:30pm, and I didn't go to bed until midnight, but the late night cravings I always get didn't come. I simply wasn't hungry after that.
I tend to over-eat for two reasons:
1. To comfort me when I feel bad.
2. Out of fear that I will be hungry later
But neither actually make sense. I feel physically and emotionally worse when I eat too much, and I get more hungry later on if my body has gotten used to over-eating and fulfilling an artificial hunger.
So am I back on the diet? I don't know. There's so much going on in my life that finding the energy and dedication to do this too is hard, but look what I did this morning:
Today's weigh in: 240 lbs (-0.5 lbs from yesterday)
25 lbs down / 60 to go
It took a month longer than it should have, but I finally hit this milestone!
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