Post work stress release post
Whew!
Today was BUSY BUSY BUSY.
So Safeway is opening a SUPER STORE in.....my hometown! Of all places! And it's going to have a fine wine section, with a chocolate fountain, cheese tastings, and wine tastings--my pres showed me pictures of the model. We're getting our finer wines into Safeway. As a matter of fact, everybody, corporations everywhere are jumping on the expensive wine band wagon. Raley's is asking for our pricier wines, too--had to do a project for Raley's as well. Anyway I had lots of work to do today. Also Wilfred Wong of Beverages & More just tasted and rated a bunch of our wines--so more for BevMos around Cali. It is pretty exciting for us! So I can only be on here during my breaks, and therefore cannot get to all my subscriptions all the time. That's good--I feel better knowing I'm working hard (off right now).
Stats:
Weight training, I hope, is boosting my metabolism. My caloric requirements are supposed to be 2309. I ate 2065 and got in weight training and my noon walk. Hopefully this will be an OK deficit so I can lose weight this month.
On my mind:
I wouldn't call April a plateau, exactly--unless I don't really know the definition of a plateau. My understanding is it's a phenomenon that occurs evn though you're doing everything right. April, I did not. I ate to maintenance most days, had binges, and the calorie deficit days I DID have were then made up for. I started this weight loss thing for real Dec 26th: my original plan was to lose 4 lbs a month, although I had mini-plans to lose 5 lbs a month, which I did--until April. Then I didn't really lose any--techinically I was 141 on 3/26 and 138 on 4/26. But I had seen 138 the week
before 4/26. And this morning I was 138.5. I'm not worried--this weight (138-ish) is actually really kick ass! If you've seen my thread in the before and after section, you may agree my body is in fine shape. So I got comfortable--I still worked out like crazy, but I also ate a lot. I was sick of dieting.
But I still want to lose these last 8.5 lbs. I'm still sick of dieting, but the last two days I've really watched it. It is SO EASY to eat to maintenance for me right now. People on here have said, "Eat as much as you can to still lose weight." I took that to heart--too much! I kept forgetting that I need to continually cut calories as I get smaller.
In my assessment for last month, I realized I eat and drink more with friends, on weekends, and when I'm tired. It sucks--that means no fun for the next 2 months if I want to reach my goal. And going to bed hungry sucks! I tend to eat most my calories before 3pm--leaving little room for a decent dinner. It's just what my body wants--oir blame it on the desk job with the kitchen 20 ft away! It also wants maintenance--in fact, my fucking body wants me to gain back the fat. I can tell! I heard somewhere that it's really easy to gain back the weight you lost. Pretty much everyone on here can confirm that, I bet. Why do you think I called myself the Yo-Yo?!?!?! But I made that promise: no more yo-yo.
What has worked to keep me in check is the food diary. Goddess bless the food diary--this is the most weight I lost and the longest I've kept it off, probably ever--and the first time I've recorded everything I eat. I think I should probably do it forever if I want to keep off the excess pounds. I used to think only freaks counted their calories--nope! It's the mindful ones who want to stay slim who do! That's what I want to stay: a mindful, slim person. Otherwise, my body just wants me to eat up and carry around extra fat. It really does.
Enough! Time for wine class!
Time to spit.
