Ups and Downs
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jamesqI gained three pounds and I'm OK with that. Let me tell you why.
First, about two pounds of that was stuff I ate right before the meeting, so it's going to vanish in the normal way in a day or two. I normally don't eat until after the weight in, but today work had an after-work get together for all the staff at Shänks. Not only did I eat too much, but I ate too much of the wrong stuff (should have stuck to the cauliflower). Meh, it was still good. Ironically, the first thing we talked about at the meeting was the fact that chicken wings are three points each. Whoops.
The other pound is probably the fact that I ate like a hog this week (I went on a cookie binge). Combine that with only just returning to jogging, so my metabolism has gone down a notch and there's all of the weight gain.
Next week I should be back to "normal", then I can continue to my goal, which I should make in another 3-4 months.
Six months ago, this would have been a devastating setback, but now it's just one of those things. I've already lost 60 pounds. I only have 15 more to go, so I know I can do it. It's just a matter of sticking to the program a little longer. There's a confidence that you gain from doing something once - what was done once can be done again.
More confidence comes from the fact that summer is coming - it's just easier to lose weight and keep it off during the summer as you have so many more opportunities for physical activity.
I ran at the oval last week and on Monday, which gave me the chance to "re-calibrate" my stride. I'm now running a kilometer in 900 strides, which means I'm even faster then last fall. Today I ran outside for the first time in over a month. I was charging up hills, leaping over sheets of ice and generally taking great joy in running flat out. It was fan-fucking-tastic! I think I did 6K in about 32 minutes.
If I could be this confident in my dating prospects I'd be a happy man.
First, about two pounds of that was stuff I ate right before the meeting, so it's going to vanish in the normal way in a day or two. I normally don't eat until after the weight in, but today work had an after-work get together for all the staff at Shänks. Not only did I eat too much, but I ate too much of the wrong stuff (should have stuck to the cauliflower). Meh, it was still good. Ironically, the first thing we talked about at the meeting was the fact that chicken wings are three points each. Whoops.
The other pound is probably the fact that I ate like a hog this week (I went on a cookie binge). Combine that with only just returning to jogging, so my metabolism has gone down a notch and there's all of the weight gain.
Next week I should be back to "normal", then I can continue to my goal, which I should make in another 3-4 months.
Six months ago, this would have been a devastating setback, but now it's just one of those things. I've already lost 60 pounds. I only have 15 more to go, so I know I can do it. It's just a matter of sticking to the program a little longer. There's a confidence that you gain from doing something once - what was done once can be done again.
More confidence comes from the fact that summer is coming - it's just easier to lose weight and keep it off during the summer as you have so many more opportunities for physical activity.
I ran at the oval last week and on Monday, which gave me the chance to "re-calibrate" my stride. I'm now running a kilometer in 900 strides, which means I'm even faster then last fall. Today I ran outside for the first time in over a month. I was charging up hills, leaping over sheets of ice and generally taking great joy in running flat out. It was fan-fucking-tastic! I think I did 6K in about 32 minutes.
If I could be this confident in my dating prospects I'd be a happy man.
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Date: 2006-03-11 01:06 am (UTC)I don't think I'm a meetings type of person. I'm sure it would be really cool, especially when I could talk to others going through the same thing, but I'd end up dropping off. I'm realizing that I have to do things my way or I just don't keep with it and I am sticking with everything. I'm getting older, (i'm not that old yet, but I better start while I can) and I don't want to end up having strokes, heart attacks, getting adult onset diabetes, etc. I also am just very uncomfortable with my self right now. One day I woke up and realized I was bigger than I thought I was. It seems like you'd know your own size, but it just hit me one day. For a long time I had an image of myself that was closer to my 18 year old self than my current 27 year old self.
I'm just taking it one step at a time. I quite drinking pop, I've begun excersizing 5 days a week and will soon begin hiking on weekends, changing my foods that I eat to more fruits, vegetables, stir fries (watching the sodium filled sauces though) and now that I am no longer drinking pop I think it's time I cut out sweets and only eat natural sugar in fruits. I'm thinking I might only let myself eat them on special holidays, but I might just give them up all together. Usually this type of thing doesn't work with me, but I realize how much it's screwing up my diet. There was a time I hardly ate any sweets and I can't pinpoint when I began to eat them regularly.
So thanks again for the info. Maybe I'll show my husband that formula because I can't do more than basic math to save my life and I'll check out that website.
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Date: 2006-03-11 03:16 pm (UTC)I'm with James though. I love my meetings. I'm a Lifetime member which means I've lost an am at goal. I like weighing in each week because it keeps me accountable to myself. I also find it to be a "boost" at the beginning of the week. And you get great recipes and tips too!
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Date: 2006-03-11 03:55 pm (UTC)