Current Weight: 295.4 lbss
Starting Weight: 440.2 lbs
Weight Loss This Week: 0.2 lbs
Weight Loss in Year 2: -10.2 lbs
Weight Loss Total: 144.8 lbs
Well, it is a move in the right direction. Some of my habits were better this week, but I am still fighting to get back into a good groove. I was better about logging calories, but could be even better. More accountability is in order, and I need to post a bit more, but I am moving down. It is a (re)start.
Saturday, October 29, 2011
Friday, October 21, 2011
Weigh in 2:39
I had to do a little math today to figure out what the title of this weigh in is 6 missed weeks. Here is the damage:
Current Weight: 295.6 lbs
Starting Weight: 440.2 lbs
Weight Loss This Week: -6.2 lbs
Weight Loss in Year 2: -10.4 lbs
Weight Loss Total: 144.6 lbs
I went back and looked at my weigh in from this week last year and I was at 293.8, so the past year has been a wash. I will say this: I have maintained a reasonably healthy lifestyle, I have not backtracked, I have had a couple of good gigs, and I think I have finally pushed through the burnout I have been dealing with. The past six weeks have been "the deep breath before the plunge" to quote Tolkien. I feel the need not to rationalize my actions, but to "jujitsu" the admitted failures into a springboard for positive action moving forward. I think I can do that. I had 4 great days this week, and I probably salvaged 3 or 4 pounds by getting back on track earlier in the week. My show closes Sunday, and the rental season is slowing, so a re-commitment to the principals that succeeded last year should be within my power. A renewed focus on physical health needs to be there as well, so walks and workouts need to pick up. I know that very quickly I can get back to my low water mark and beyond.
Current Weight: 295.6 lbs
Starting Weight: 440.2 lbs
Weight Loss This Week: -6.2 lbs
Weight Loss in Year 2: -10.4 lbs
Weight Loss Total: 144.6 lbs
I went back and looked at my weigh in from this week last year and I was at 293.8, so the past year has been a wash. I will say this: I have maintained a reasonably healthy lifestyle, I have not backtracked, I have had a couple of good gigs, and I think I have finally pushed through the burnout I have been dealing with. The past six weeks have been "the deep breath before the plunge" to quote Tolkien. I feel the need not to rationalize my actions, but to "jujitsu" the admitted failures into a springboard for positive action moving forward. I think I can do that. I had 4 great days this week, and I probably salvaged 3 or 4 pounds by getting back on track earlier in the week. My show closes Sunday, and the rental season is slowing, so a re-commitment to the principals that succeeded last year should be within my power. A renewed focus on physical health needs to be there as well, so walks and workouts need to pick up. I know that very quickly I can get back to my low water mark and beyond.
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Back From Over The Edge
Oh boy. September 9th was the last time I posted on the blog. In the last 5 1/2 weeks I have not really been living the lifestyle I set up for myself over the past year and a half. In a way that was nice. Between my show and work the mental break was welcome. Devoting the time, effort, and energy needed to focus on losing weight was proving a bit much for me in that environment. Needless to say I have been regressing a bit. My clothes are fitting a bit tighter, my belly and face are a bit rounder, and a few of the minor issues I hadn't experienced in a while came back, like a bit of heartburn in the evenings. At this point rationalizing and excusing this, or trying to, does very little. I am not happy about it, but I shouldn't be. Every day away from this blog and from good habits made it a bit easier to forget about them on the next day as well. As the consequences of my inaction started to add up though I found myself really wanting to get back on track. I am not where I want to be yet. So I'm back!
Here is the lesson I will take the most heed of from the past few weeks: It did not take long for the process of living healthy to seem incredibly daunting after falling off the wagon, despite a year and a half's worth of evidence proving I could do this. Its amazing. Some bad habits came back pretty fast, and to be honest I expected some of that. I am addicted to sugar. I know that. I have compulsive urges to go buy candy. I was not ridiculously unhealthy either, but I did overeat and the lack of discipline got me into trouble with meal scheduling, and those things really add up. I'm back now though. I know what I need to do. Last night I cooked up a bunch of chicken that I have to eat over the next 5 or 6 days. I have Brussels Sprouts, peppers, and lettuce in the house, so I have the ingredients to capitalize on the rest of the week. I will be logging my calories for the foreseeable future, and I think that posting them here is not a bad idea to keep me honest. Without rationalizing this I would really like to use the "break" as a positive. My show is about to close and work is slowing down. The excuses are falling away. They are even building a Subway on my block so that I can have a great meal option when I don't feel like cooking. I need to take advantage of this time, and I plan to.
Here is the lesson I will take the most heed of from the past few weeks: It did not take long for the process of living healthy to seem incredibly daunting after falling off the wagon, despite a year and a half's worth of evidence proving I could do this. Its amazing. Some bad habits came back pretty fast, and to be honest I expected some of that. I am addicted to sugar. I know that. I have compulsive urges to go buy candy. I was not ridiculously unhealthy either, but I did overeat and the lack of discipline got me into trouble with meal scheduling, and those things really add up. I'm back now though. I know what I need to do. Last night I cooked up a bunch of chicken that I have to eat over the next 5 or 6 days. I have Brussels Sprouts, peppers, and lettuce in the house, so I have the ingredients to capitalize on the rest of the week. I will be logging my calories for the foreseeable future, and I think that posting them here is not a bad idea to keep me honest. Without rationalizing this I would really like to use the "break" as a positive. My show is about to close and work is slowing down. The excuses are falling away. They are even building a Subway on my block so that I can have a great meal option when I don't feel like cooking. I need to take advantage of this time, and I plan to.
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