Little John's trying again. And again. Aaaand again.

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The beer is funny stuff. Hopefully it tastes good. Good job on the belt victory. I have a real nice dress belt that I've gone to the leather shop to have shortened twice now. When the time comes (soon it appears) if you have a belt that's worth it, I highly recommend spending $15 to do that rather than spending $60+ on a nice new one.
 
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Here I am, I survived Thanksgiving. I haven't weighed myself since Thursday morning (which was a new low since starting this diary), but that extra notch was taken back by my gut. It's temporary, I know, and not surprising, but it's still kind of disappointing.

The Justin was not that great, but I got a great porter - Coronado's Jurata Baltic Porter - poured like Coke, but it tasted a thousand times better.
 
It's only a lucky few who manage to escape Thanksgiving unscathed! Sorry to hear you aren't one of the chosen ones. But hey, you've got some good company here in tight pants land. Five days of eating, drinking, and wearing comfy clothes is making for an unpleasant day back in my dress pants.
 
Good luck with your veggie challenge, lovely! Sure you'll smash it. Hope Thanksgiving has gone easy on you on the scales!
 
Thanks Jade, I got the first line from someone on the forum (I sadly can't remember who - "brawny" maybe?). The second one is from a pretty good article I go to from time-to-time for inspiration/reminders - it's obviously been a while since I can't find the article easily. I'll dig around.

Thanks Sun - yesterday went well for that challenge, I think I even had 6 servings with the size of the salad I had.

I can definitely feel myself deflating again, as I think the last of my weekend has left my digestive tract. Scale is in the wrong direction, but fingers crossed on a miracle between today and Thursday. Rowed last night, poorly, but I still did it. I spent a good 15-20 minutes stretching, too - I need to focus on my hip flexors and quadratus lumborum for posture. Maybe my CHaTAM for mid-December will be to stretch xx times a week.
 
You're kicking butt with these CHaTAM challenges. Stretching makes a world of difference, that's a great next goal. I've gotta work on that, too.
 
You're doing great! The fruits and veggies will help a lot. My hips are always really tight too. I need to stretch and do yoga more.
 
Still trying to find that perfect quadratus lumborum stretch - I didn't even realize such a thing existed, but mine gets really sore from being in the car too long - I thought it was an internal organ acting up, but I talked to my doctor and he said to find some stretches for that muscle.
 
Thanks LJ I need all of the help that I can get. I also need to eat more fruits and vegetables. I wish I was one of those people who grew up eating that way and that it was second nature....it is not though :)

Those muscles that get over used and sore can really be a quality of life issue. My problem area is my rhomboid muscles. Stretching helps!
 
Jade, yes, the sore muscles really can impact your attitude or more. Especially when they're difficult to access.

Yesterday was another "I don't wanna" day - as in, I don't wanna work out, I don't wanna skip dessert, I don't wanna count my calories... Hate those days, a lot, but I did power through and only had the dessert. Working out felt good afterwards, I really am liking these deadlifts, I'm ready to start adding a little weight. And I came in about 300 under goal with calories, so the dessert only bothers my CHaTAM points.

I don't foresee any risks for the rest of the week, short of a motivation hit. I will be rowing before dinner, so I can get a little more vigor out of it.
 
Great job in pushing through your "I don't wanna" day. I kind of had one of those days yesterday... I ended up having dessert too. lol!
 
I have mad respect for you calorie counters. The only time I truly counted calories I was eating so much packaged food, it was awful.
 
An "I don't wanna day" that is a very good way to describe those days. I hope that one day for me eating healthy is something I do without too much thought and that a treat here and there doesn't make me feel like I've failed...so then I have an epic fail.

I think it is great that you had some dessert and went about doing the other things you needed to do. That is normal and I think that many of us need to learn how to eat normally.
 
Thanks for the kind words everyone. I should have checked in last night before I had some forbidden dessert. Again. And a bedtime snack. Sigh... Post-meal hunger really is my Achilles' heal.

Anyway, scale was OK this morning, I was down to 329.0 (from 329.2 from last week, but T-giving and related activities contributed to that). I had a good row last night, last 5 minutes I felt like phoning it in, but opted to up the pace a little bit so I could cross the 5K line for the second heat (2 heats of 22:30 each with a 1:30 break).
 
Good job on the post-thanksgiving weigh-in :) And on the rowing, 50 minutes of rowing is pretty awesome.
 
I get through the late evening hungries by drinking a lot of water. Like if I've eaten dinner and I get hungry. I'm not thirsty, but I make myself drink a quart glass of water. It's not that I can't snack it's that I have to finish all 32 ounces before I do. I have to pee more, but it has cut down on the snacking in frequency and intensity. Some evenings I can't drink all the water and don't have the snack. Really it's reduced the evening hungries quite a bit.

Nice rowing and weigh-in!
 
Thanks LaM - though it was technically 45 minutes.

Q, I checked in quickly last night after I rowed and followed your advice - probably more like 24 oz, but the intent was met. I also had fake dessert when I was cleaning up after dinner in the form of a few pieces of deli turkey and some crackers.

Good row again last night, averaged about 2:12/500m for 45 minutes. My legs were shrieking at me the first 5 minutes, and I had to work to get them to push, but after that it was just a matter of getting through the session. I also came in ~300 calories under goal and met all my CHaTAM goals for the day. It was a good day!

Today should be OK, but the weekend has its challenges. It's our annual drink-and-shop session, where we leave the kids with my parents and go into Northampton MA to alternate between bars and stores - it's a lot of fun and we get to reconnect a little without the yutes interupting our conversation. I'm not going to beat myself up on the drinking thing: it's a planned cheat and I'll do a long row before we go. The challenge will be bar snacks and our choices in lunch and dinner. I need to remember that good feeling Monday morning that I get when I've been good all weekend and I'm not all swolen.
 
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