229.8 lbs.
I thought I had been doing pretty good. Exercised every day. Thought I was doing better on eating. Thought I'd at least have stayed the same. Pigged out on pizza for dinner tonight.
Think I'm going to have to try the dreaded food log.
Very disappointed. Very discouraged. Don't want to even try. 4th of July is coming, birthdays, Walla Walla Onion Rings at Burgerville, vacation. What's the point?
Sigh.
Sunday, June 29, 2014
Sunday, June 22, 2014
Up then Down
Last weekend was busy with celebrations so didn't get to post my weight. It was 229.6 so not good but not unexpected after a weekend of celebrating my husband's birthday and Father's Day.
This week went a little better as I'm at 228.2. So had I not lost ground last week, I'd be in better shape. Will have to see if I can make serious progress this week before 4th of July and my daughter's birthday hit.
With early morning run to drop my daughter off to camp, it will be challenging to get the morning walk in. Am going to have to be more purposeful about that. I also still need to work on the snacking. Doing a little better on the after evening snacking but it's still happening 3-4 times a week.
It does feel like if I don't pay attention, habit just kicks in. And I am resisting having to think about it all the time but new habits have to be developed if I don't want to have to think about it all the time. I guess that's the exhausting part.
This week went a little better as I'm at 228.2. So had I not lost ground last week, I'd be in better shape. Will have to see if I can make serious progress this week before 4th of July and my daughter's birthday hit.
With early morning run to drop my daughter off to camp, it will be challenging to get the morning walk in. Am going to have to be more purposeful about that. I also still need to work on the snacking. Doing a little better on the after evening snacking but it's still happening 3-4 times a week.
It does feel like if I don't pay attention, habit just kicks in. And I am resisting having to think about it all the time but new habits have to be developed if I don't want to have to think about it all the time. I guess that's the exhausting part.
Sunday, June 8, 2014
End of Week 1
227 pounds so down 1.8 pounds.
Not bad considering I haven't exercised at all this week and I haven't had one night where I did not eat after dinner. I did do better not eating after dinner. Only had one night where I really was eating constantly and that was because I was trying to stay awake to get something done. The other nights I had a couple of squares of dark chocolate.
I have discovered that milk chocolate just leaves you wanting more but that I will eat less of dark chocolate. It satisfies the chocolate and sweet craving without kicking it into overdrive. And dark chocolate is supposed to be good for you.
I did notice that several days I ate larger portions at lunch and dinner in my typical preventative eating habit since I was planning on not snacking.
Playing games on my tablet while watching TV hasn't helped. It distracts me to much. I have realized as it is getting hotter that I think I am more thirsty than hungry at night. Still playing with flavors with my fruit infuser pitcher. Didn't like pears at all. Cucumbers only good the first day. Going to have to go with more traditional ones like oranges and lemons and strawberries.
Birthday and Father's Day next weekend so need to get my pound down before then and maintain through the weekend.
Not bad considering I haven't exercised at all this week and I haven't had one night where I did not eat after dinner. I did do better not eating after dinner. Only had one night where I really was eating constantly and that was because I was trying to stay awake to get something done. The other nights I had a couple of squares of dark chocolate.
I have discovered that milk chocolate just leaves you wanting more but that I will eat less of dark chocolate. It satisfies the chocolate and sweet craving without kicking it into overdrive. And dark chocolate is supposed to be good for you.
I did notice that several days I ate larger portions at lunch and dinner in my typical preventative eating habit since I was planning on not snacking.
Playing games on my tablet while watching TV hasn't helped. It distracts me to much. I have realized as it is getting hotter that I think I am more thirsty than hungry at night. Still playing with flavors with my fruit infuser pitcher. Didn't like pears at all. Cucumbers only good the first day. Going to have to go with more traditional ones like oranges and lemons and strawberries.
Birthday and Father's Day next weekend so need to get my pound down before then and maintain through the weekend.
Sunday, June 1, 2014
June 1 - Starting Over
228.6 pounds
Uggh. Basically regained all the weight I had lost last year.
I have realized that I've spent a lot of time in the last few months lamenting at work how people just don't do what they know they have to do to be successful and then it dawned on me that I am doing the same about losing weight. I know how to lose weight but I'm just not doing what I know I need to do to be successful - eat less, exercise more. It's really that simple. All the diets in the world are designed to somehow trick us into CHOOSING to do what we know we need to do. It is all about motivation - until I WANT to eat less and exercise more, I won't permanently choose to do it and I will always just regain the weight.
Much of my eating is habit, ingrained over the years. I know most of the time, I'm not actually hungry. So, I have to dismantle the habit and maybe then I can consistently choose something else.
First up is eating after dinner. I usually eat larger portions at dinner (habit from growing up) so there really isn't any reason for me to be eating at 9 or 10 pm. But it's habit to sit in front of the TV and eat. It's so much of a habit that it's a compulsion - it seems almost wrong not to eat. I think I need to find something else to do with my hands while I'm watching TV. First plan is to break out my tablet and plan some inane game.
My goal is 15 pounds in 15 weeks. On my son's birthday 9/14/14 I want to weigh 223.6.
Uggh. Basically regained all the weight I had lost last year.
I have realized that I've spent a lot of time in the last few months lamenting at work how people just don't do what they know they have to do to be successful and then it dawned on me that I am doing the same about losing weight. I know how to lose weight but I'm just not doing what I know I need to do to be successful - eat less, exercise more. It's really that simple. All the diets in the world are designed to somehow trick us into CHOOSING to do what we know we need to do. It is all about motivation - until I WANT to eat less and exercise more, I won't permanently choose to do it and I will always just regain the weight.
Much of my eating is habit, ingrained over the years. I know most of the time, I'm not actually hungry. So, I have to dismantle the habit and maybe then I can consistently choose something else.
First up is eating after dinner. I usually eat larger portions at dinner (habit from growing up) so there really isn't any reason for me to be eating at 9 or 10 pm. But it's habit to sit in front of the TV and eat. It's so much of a habit that it's a compulsion - it seems almost wrong not to eat. I think I need to find something else to do with my hands while I'm watching TV. First plan is to break out my tablet and plan some inane game.
My goal is 15 pounds in 15 weeks. On my son's birthday 9/14/14 I want to weigh 223.6.
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