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

Congrats on the raise! Also on not gaining weight despite having a less than perfect time. That´s where those "fake it till you make it" workouts come in, without them you´d have had a gain. Drink some nice beer for me, my stomach won´t let me have any.
 
Thanks LM, I agree! And I'm pretty sure I'll have enough beer on behalf of everyone...

Yesterday had started out really strongly, but collapsed as soon as I got home. Stress and social pressure got the best of me - my wife had to do a demonstration speech for her online class, which required friends, which required feeding them. So pizza and wings were on the table, along with evil evil tollhouse bars. I stuck to the wings, with the intention of maybe having a slice or a bar when I was full. Well, I had lots of wings (lo-carb, so OK for my diet), but couldn't resist the pizza, so I had two slices. Not so bad, but then the tollhouse bars and their pit of evil drew me in and I had 3 or 4 of them. Then I was too stuffed to row. Not a good time to bail on rowing this close to the end of the month when I have a goal to achieve. Not pleased with myself at the moment.

Oddly, the scale said I was down half a pound from yesterday.... I shall still seek penance.

Sooooo today is salad from the cafeteria. Probably more salad for dinner tonight. I'm doing a lift with some interval rowing before I have dinner, and I'll hop on the rower after dinner, too, since J-Dawg is going to a friend's after dinner to hang out, and I have a lot of miles to make up, so why not watch a show she hates while rowing slowly?!
 
Have fun on the rowing machine, I´m not going to comment your moment of weakness. Social stress is HARD.
 
Pizza and tollhouse bars.. that is evil. Just get back on track today, you'll be fine. Have a good row tonight! ... "J-Dawg".. love it. haha.
 
I gotta know - what show are you watching that the J-Dawg hates? I wish I had my own treadmill at home.... I'd watch so much trashy reality tv my brain would turn to mush. But my calves would more than make up for it.
 
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That's awesome that you got a raise! Great job moderating your pizza intake. I don't know what tollhouse bars are, but they must be good haha. Hope your week goes well!
 
Congrats on your raise! It's nice to have hard work pay off and get some recognition. I would've bombed right along with you if I saw pizza and tollhouse bars sitting there. Pizza has been one of my huge weaknesses for years. We usually order Dominos and I always order myself a medium and eat half of it in one sitting. I've always rationalized it saying that the medium slices are so small so 2 med slices equal about 1 large slice. Anything to come with an excuse right? Ugh! Don't dwell on it, just pick yourself up and carry on.
 
Thanks LM, I had no reason for the social stress, I knew everyone there, I just let my weaknesses win. Didn't help matters that my hands were covered with hot sauce, making it difficult to hold a glass.

Jen, J-Dawg's tollhouse methods include perfect texture and some kind of opiate. I can't verify the latter statement, but try one and tell me I'm wrong.

Oaks, there are two shows I like - for binge-watching I'm on season 5 or 6 of Supernatural. Not very brainy, but enjoyable. And then I watch The Americans. I think my wife has seen a total of 10 minutes of that show, and they've been the two most intense scenes of the season so far.

MR, I'm not sure if the Nestle tollhouse cookie recipe has made it north yet, but it's hands down the best chocolate chip cookie on the planet. I think it's because it uses twice as much butter than usual cookies. The bars are just the same dough, but pushed into a pan.

So yesterday was good penance for the day before. I stayed on track with my LCHF plans, even had wiggle room for a piece of cupcake. I got in a good lift, and a little extra rowing, but I didn't do the overtime rowing I should have. J-Dawg's going out again tonight, and we don't have a "date night" with our daughter like last night (translation: eating dinner while watching a movie), so I'm hoping to bump in an extra 5K.
 
I just came across your thread. I think you're doing a great job! Keep going. I would love to lose 12.8 lbs... but I'm just starting. Blah.
 
Weekend went OK. Started off strong - I stayed well-within my goals on Friday, overdid calorie intake a wee bit, but made it up when I rowed nearly 18km. Did my normal 10K before dinner, then, since I had the time, I just hopped on and rowed for a full episode of Supernatural.

Saturday morning went well, too - had just scrambled eggs and water, then did some things that needed doing, including a workout. But when I was done with the workout things got bad... My sister-in-law left her daughter with us for a couple hours while she did some work - she's a dietitian and does store tours of a couple local supermarkets. Well, her clients ended up being old and super slow, and the thing ran really late, so she didn't get back until 1:30. She was going to bring back some lunch, and as time went on, my taste buds went from being "fine with salad" to "need a grinder with Doritos!!!". Didn't get the Doritos, but I did get a turkey grinder. Then we had the beer party that night, which was a planned disaster, but there was a lot of really good beer.

Yesterday, I guess wasn't too bad until later in the day. Again we had our niece, and she was not happy to be there this time, and her scream is about the most stress-inducing sound on the planet these days. So that meant stress-eating, a'plenty. And since the pickins were slim, I couldn't go to meats-n-cheeses, I could only go to graham crackers and chocolate chips. I also didn't row yesterday due to a sore tum-tum from the previous night's sins.

Anyway, belt feels the same, wedding band is a little more snug, but I blame a sodium surplus for now.
 
It may sound silly but couldn´t you plug your ears when your niece is upset? My ears are sensitive enough that I´ve stopped caring about what other people think... Hope you get some peace and quiet today so you can get back on track!
 
I could, but not when I'm cooking or reading to my kids or trying to talk to my wife. I just need to suck it up and walk away a few times when she's in a mood.

Yesterday was retribution for the weekend, I think. I had a couple hard-boiled eggs for breakfast, and nothing for lunch. Wasn't a planned thing, I just wasn't hungry, dinner was a bit excessive, but I came in 1400 calories under goal with the addition of 11K rowing.

Not too much exciting else to report today.
 
Can confirm the opiate content of Nestle's Tollhouse cookies. I believe one cookie = 2500 calories (approximately).
 
I'm glad you enjoyed your beer party. I do feel it's important to stay human and still live a little from time to time while on this journey. It sounds like you enjoyed it. :) Sorry about your niece though. I think I would've ended up in the fetal position on my bed. Haha! Either that or I'd need to step out and go for a walk solo. I just can't take screaming kids.
 
Screaming kids are not fun. Our downstairs neighbor girl is about 2, and hearing it through the floor is bad enough to give me a headache sometimes. She's cute, but good grief her scream is horrible.

Good job on the rowing!
 
Vee, morphine is really a mixture of butter, chocolate and sugar? Then why are junkies so skinny? Life's great mysteries, I guess. Also, in more disturbing news, I saw this when I popped in yesterday. You look lovely...?

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Mandy, I really can't do screaming kids, either. Sadly, I default to food when I should just pull a disappearing act.

She's cute, but good grief her scream is horrible.
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Jen, that's my niece to a 'T'. Since she was born, her scream just tunneled into my brain. I had her outside yesterday, and she started crying, so I just said "Nope, no crying, you're outside on a nice day and your cousins are having fun. So you should, too." She's somewhat pandered by her parents and my wife, so she doesn't know how to handle my gruffness. Anyway, she was stunned by what I said, then proceeded to run around with my kids.

Anyway, yesterday was mostly good. I scored a B+ on exercise, with a good and consistent row. Weirdly consistent. Two 5500 meter rows, the first one was 0.1 second faster than the second one. The pace was slower than it should have been, but I think I'm recovering from my first 2K row from yesterday. A 2K is basically sprinting on the rower. It took me a little over 8 minutes on Tuesday, hoping to improve that time soon.

Foodwise, I get a C+. I was under the macros and under calorie, in spite of having a bag of Doritos, but then the dreaded Snack Monster reared its ugly head and I had a couple cookies and some ice cream. Still met the calorie goal, but not with the good kind of calories.
 
The snack monster tried to get me last night, but I managed to keep it at one little frozen cookie dough ball. Hopefully he stays away tonight. :) I like Vee's outfit. I wonder if it comes in purple. haha!
 
Oh man, the snack monsters are always out there bothering us, huh? lol. Great job on the progress so far. A little of anything in moderation doesn't hurt as all, as long as you don't replace a meal with a bag of Doritos (like I have countless times). And, hey, at least you didn't eat over your calories, so that's always good :)
 
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