New Year, Big Goal

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I'm contemplating swapping some days around so I can do a one-hour row on the weekend, but it's tough to whittle down my chest/tri days down to 30 minutes. I just need some time to figure it out!
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Anyway, enough late-80s punk-thrash references (but it's worth your time to sing along to this one if you're not familiar). Yesterday was a success, even though I had to work from home (yes, again, and yes, I'm sick of it). I came in about 200 under calories, tried a new yoga workout, no screaming at/from the kids (not angry screaming, anyway). And for the second night in a row I was able to have a small dessert shortly after dinner, then brush my teeth. When it was bed time, I had the reflex to head to the kitchen for something terrible, but was able to just go in for a drink of water and to feed the cats their Shut-Ups.

Funny conversation last night with my daughter - reading a book that featured a picture of a boy in a bathing suit.
"Da-a-a-ad, he's showing his pri-i-i-iva-a-a-ates!"
"What are you talking about?"
"His nipples!"
"Boys' nipples aren't their privates, honey."
"Oh. Just the penis and the butt?"
"Right"
Rolling eyes "Plus your nuts"
Wife and I trying not to crack up "Yes, those, too."
 
That is funny LJ! Kids!
Well done on staying under your cals & yoga & resisting late night snacking. Win/win/win :D
 
Thanks Cate!

Yesterday was good, even though I stayed home surrounded by temptation. I'm actually quite surprised how little I ate for the day. Also did a good row before 2 hours of snow blowing. I know shoveling snow is a better work out, but I was really more interested in getting the snow away.

But my weight's not going in the right direction. This weekend will be better, so I'll see better values next week.
 
Also need to share another conversation with my daughter. My wife and I were talking about our neighbor across the street and his dinky little snowblower. He’s had the same one for years, and he has to use it regularly because he’s on a steep hill that gets no sun.

Anyway, I was saying it’s a shame he couldn’t use the Ariel snowblower that his predecessor used. Daughter asked “Was it brown or white?” “Um, it was actually orange, honey.” “Donald Trump was our neighbor!!?” She was asking the skin color of our previous neighbor, not the snowblower (current neighbor’s Jamaican).

Note that we keep our political opinions to ourselves around the kids, and certainly don't discuss the looks of any politicians, regardless of appearance.
 
Little John said:
Thanks Cate!

Yesterday was good, even though I stayed home surrounded by temptation. I'm actually quite surprised how little I ate for the day. Also did a good row before 2 hours of snow blowing. I know shoveling snow is a better work out, but I was really more interested in getting the snow away.

But my weight's not going in the right direction. This weekend will be better, so I'll see better values next week.
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Good job on resisting the temptation, and on doing all that work and exercise!

About the scale: well, I don't know how it is with you, but for me I can see little to no progress for more than a week, or even two, and than KAPLUNK... it drops by a lot. I guess my body is a sucker for water! ;) But seriously, I don't think I am unique at that. I recommend just making sure that you keep creating deficits. I always calculate them in my head (calories in/out per day), and (if I may brag a little :Angel_anim:) I am quite good at that. Anyways, whether you calculate on paper or in your head, if you keep creating deficits, your weight loss will come.

Guess you knew most if not all of this already, but anyways I hope to see you succeed! Imagine the celebration if we all (on this forum) hit our goals later in this year! Party time is coming! :party:
 
IAmGoingToTri said:
Party time is coming!
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I'll bring the grilled chicken, you being the celery?

It finally happened, I finally had a Good Weekend! Wasn't' faced with too many challenges, which makes things easier, but maybe I needed that to start establishing a good pattern. Main temptation was to go to Wendy's for lunch on Saturday - I had a grilled chicken sandwich without fries, and a small diet coke. Friday and Saturday dinner were the same: grilled chicken, a slice of homemade bread, and gobs of cauliflower.

We had snow on Sunday, and I spent some family time outside sledding. We're in need of a new sled or two. But the sledding (or, rather, the climbing), plus snow removal, plus lifting equals good physical activity.
 
Sounds like a great success, LJ. Did you feel like you were missing out by not having fries/etc at Wendy's? Are your family trying to make good choices too or not really? x
 
Sunflower_ said:
Sounds like a great success, LJ. Did you feel like you were missing out by not having fries/etc at Wendy's? Are your family trying to make good choices too or not really? x
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At the time, no, I didn't feel like I was missing out. And obviously I didn't later! The kids don't seem to get it, and I don't really want to tell them "I don't want to be fat anymore", but they don't push too much other than "Why don't you want hot chocolate?" My wife is supportive, but is also kind of stuck in the mentality of low-fat = healthy. She seems annoyed when she makes, say, spaghetti and I take a small serving of spaghetti and fry up a couple eggs, or when I focus on the beef in her starch-heavy beef stew, all to get a more rounded dinner. But she also gets annoyed when I explain things, so there's no winning! And before you say it, yes, I do some of the cooking!
 
Yay for a good weekend and exercise in the snow! Your wife's food knowledge sounds like my mom's :p A thing that will appease most female people who have kids AND helps with losing weight is eating lots of veggies. Those gobs of cauliflower you mentioned :)
 
"a gob of cauliflower" has slightly troubled me. I've said it too many times and now it has lost all meaning and makes no sense. Gob.
 
Crummy day yesterday, and crummy morning today. My weight's not good, in spite of the good weekend. Continuing to battle my constantly-obstinate daughter.

Not in a great mood.
 
Isn't it like 7:30 there? Shit has gone downhill for your morning reaaaaal quick. Hope all okay... my mu used to send me to my grandparents for a week when I was constantly obstinate. Can you guys catch a break at all? She will grow out of it - although bet it doesn't feel like that at the moment!
 
Sunflower_ said:
Shit has gone downhill for your morning reaaaaal quick.
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:( Still reeling from last night's explosion.
Sunflower_ said:
She will grow out of it - although bet it doesn't feel like that at the moment!
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I cyber-diagnosed her as having Oppositional Defiant Disorder, which basically means she's compelled to say 'no' to the point of blind rage. One of the websites says if she's doing it once a week for six months, seek professional help.

She's been doing it almost constantly since August, as in 1-3 times a day (weekends are a real charm when we actually have something we want to do, because we need her to get ready, which results in a rage meltdown. Like fucking clockwork). She says awful things to the rest of us (as well as herself), and I know she doesn't really mean it, but it chips away, nonetheless, and I'm hitting a point where I don't find parenting to be a rewarding endeavor. All our energy is spent on this fucking bullshit fucking behavior, and we barely get to interact with our son, who's just a happy guy. When she does finally go to sleep after an hour of shrieking at us because fuck-all, we barely speak to each other because we're just tired and pissy at each other because we know we're both doing something wrong.

I can't get through to the therapist for a reschedule, since they had to cancel due to a snow storm last week.

Didn't mean to vent that much, thanks for reading if you did
 
Feel free to vent, that's what your diary is for (among other things). Sorry you guys are having to deal with that :( What does the school say? Hope therapy can start soon because I can't imagine it being good for your sanity, your marriage OR your kids. Hugs from the internet :grouphug:
 
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