Cory's Quest for a Healthier Life

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Maria - It's definitely better to know. A lying scale doesn't make you lighter. It just makes you think you are. :p

Yesterday was pretty good. I only walked half of my 10,000 steps and my planned exercise (horseback riding) fell through because the horse I was going to ride got an abscess and there weren't any others free. But! I managed to resist Chinese food temptation. I visited my parents yesterday because their house isn't far from the barn and my dad called and said he was going to bring take out home. I told my mom, "Sorry, but I can't eat dinner with you guys if he's bringing takeout. It would put me way over on calories today." So I wound up around 1700 calories for the day rather than the probably 3000 I would have had if I'd stayed for Chinese food.
 
Nice work resisting the takeout. It's hard to tell parents no especially when it is something they controlled when you were a kid. It's a battle to see my parents and not get fed. I turned the tables Sunday by showing up with food for them and leaving without having anything but water. I've never heard of a scale being off that was way over. I think manufacturers sell more scales if they get the smaller number. That or people assume that the worst numbers are accurate and the data is therefore skewed. My scale matches up with my doctor's scale pretty closely. I assumed it would since I had used weight plates to test my scale before.
 
That's fantastic work on resisting the Chinese! My parents eat healthy all the time, except when we spend the night, then breakfast is absurdly delicious: French toast, toast with gobs of butter, bacon, coffee cake... Plus my Dad loves to have snacks all over the place, but he's not a binge/comfort eater, so he doesn't constantly shovel it in.

Also, welcome to the new scale!
 
Nervous about my weigh-in today. This week has been an absolute shit storm. Tuesday I found out that because of a discrepancy in the graduate handbook at my university, I couldn't take a class I needed in order to graduate this semester. This class requires a form be submitted two weeks before the start of the semester, signed by the department head and everyone on your advisory committee. This form wasn't mentioned at all in the handbook and all of the pertinent information should be in there. Typically your adviser would tell you about this shit, but I've had three advisers since I got here. The first one gave me really bad advice on several things and then took a new job without telling anyone. He was just gone one day. The second adviser was like a stop gap. He knew he was temporary, so he helped me as much as he could be he was pretty hands off. The third one is the one I have now. She's really nice, but she's a new hire and doesn't know all of the ins and outs of the departmental policies. She had no clue this form even existed. Point is, this form wasn't mentioned in the handbook and I didn't have a reliable adviser to warn me about it. I went to the department head and explained what happened and he is letting me turn the form in late, but I didn't find that out until yesterday. It has been a ridiculously stressful week and I know I ate more and exercised less than I should have.
 
Man, oh man. The last two weeks have SUCKED. After that whole issue with my university, I managed to catch strep throat. Only thing is, I didn't know it was strep because I've never had it before. I've basically spend the last week and a half or so thinking I was dying. I finally managed to drag my sorry ass to the doctor yesterday and they gave me an antibiotic and I feel a lot better this morning. Not sure where I am weight-wise, as I haven't been overly motivated to keep up with it. I haven't been eating that badly, but when I get sick I tend to drink a lot of high calorie drinks (like soda and juice). I'm hoping tomorrow I'll be able to get back to the gym.
 
Ok, February was basically awful. After getting sick, my car broke down and my cat needed surgery. Expensive much? So on top of making up time for being sick, I was working extra hours to pay for the car and the cat. Haven't been exercising consistently, but eating has been ok. I've maintained my weight and am excited for better things in March.
 
March will be much better for you. Sorry for the hardships you've had to endure, but that test of character determines quite a bit. It would seem you've managed to find a way to get through it all and come out no worse for wear. Just made you stronger! I know March will be your month. Enjoy these next 20+ days. Hopefully you'll get to break into some exercise and get some of the frustration that I've sure has been building up, out. Get to feeling better soon. Best wishes. I'll be following your journey and hope to see you cross that goal finish line down the road.
 
Oof, that february really did have it all... Kudos to you for maintaining your weight through all of it! All the best for a much, much better march.
 
Hey Cory! Nice to hear from you. Seems we both kind of show up and disappear around the same time. I'm back too and working towards getting on track again. Sorry Feb was so bad for you, I hope March is much kinder. :)
 
Surely life will get better for you Cory. Well done on maintaining your weight & all the best from now on. You can do this sweets xo Cate
 
Alright ya'll, I'm back again and it's bad this time. I've regained almost everything I had lost on here previously. BUT. I'm done with school. I now have my masters degree. This last semester was a huge challenge. I gained so much weight because not only did I stop going to the gym, I also basically quit cooking for myself. Been living on takeout basically since March. Holy fuck, that was a bad idea. What're you going to do though? There were days I had to choose between studying and cooking and I chose studying instead.

Ok, so starting this round at 270.5 lbs. It's been almost two years since I've been that heavy. I'm feeling very hopeful though, especially since I'm done with school. I think it will be much easier to keep a good gym regimen and cook for myself now that I'm working 40-50 hours a week instead of 60-70.
 
Congratulation on the Masters! Sorry to hear the weight is back up, but good job getting back to it. Very glad to see you back Cory! We are here for you!
 
Thanks for the welcome, guys. So, feeling pretty good today. I'm trying to get back into things in stages. Last week all I focused on was cooking at home, with no regard for portion sizes or exercise. This week I'll continue cooking at home, but add in some walking and pay attention to quantities. Next week I'll try getting back to the gym.
 
This week has been a bit of a mixed bag. I did good with cooking for myself and pretty good with portion sizes. I also made an effort to walk during the day too. But...there was a lot of sneaky food this week. Stuff like free leftovers at work, cake for a going away party, etc. And I didn't get to walk as much as I wanted because it kept thunderstorming. Honestly, I probably maintained this week rather than lost anything. Next week I'll start going back to the gym and then the weather won't matter as much.

Also, I fully admit I ate away some negative feelings this week. I think that's something I need to work on. I didn't previously think I did this, but at least this week I did. I thought I was going to get a job teaching lessons on the weekend at the barn I ride at. I was REALLY excited to do it too. I love being around the horses and frankly I love the hard work involved. But the lady who owns the barn felt like she was obligated to ask another girl first. None of us thought she'd actually want to do it because she doesn't particularly like the kids nor does she have the patience required for teaching. So, that was a big let down. I ate two brownies in response. I think I need to look into ways of dealing with disappointment and stress that don't involve food.
 
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Alright ya'll, I'm back again and it's bad this time. I've regained almost everything I had lost on here previously. BUT. I'm done with school. I now have my masters degree.
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Congrats on your masters, that's a huge accomplishment particularly in your field. It can be hard when your focus is so divided.

Don't worry about the past, just start anew and keep at it. It's great to have you back around here!!

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I think I need to look into ways of dealing with disappointment and stress that don't involve food.
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Probably wise, particularly since my recollection was it never did a particularly good job for me of cheering me up. I've had a ton of disappointment the last six months and realized I had been using drinking to stem some of it, which is even worse. I don't do that anymore.

Try and figure out what actually does do a good job of perking you up (music? movies? video games? reading? advanced rocketry?) and see if you can figure out a way to substitute that instead.

If the weather is nice, a walk with some headphones can often keep me out of trouble long enough to get my brain to shut up and leave me be.

Again, great to have you back.
 
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