Looking to lose an extra human I apparently picked up along the way

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& I'm totally confident that you will do it V! Being upset about the slip up & doing something about it straight away is a huge change to the old V.
 
179.5 and 17.8% on the monitor this morning.

Today is rest day, but considering the revelry the last two days (yesterday's could not be avoided) I feel I have to at least be active. So going to go for a walk today at least just to get a little exercise in while still allowing for my body to recover and prepare for next week's workouts.
 
Well you aren't going to be able to get enough 18% readings if you start getting 17s. Weight up and bf% down means muscles. Slimmer as in less fat rather than less weight.

"Unavoidable Revelry" would make a decent hipster band name. Enjoy your walk!
 
A walk is a great choice. I'll often walk a couple miles on my rest day. Nice and low impact and not overly demanding.
 
Hi V, "unavoidable revelry" sounds good! Nothing wrong with a bit of revelry. BF readings of 17%- wowsers!
 
179 this morning, 17.7% on the monitor.

Today is my Mom's birthday, so heading over to the parents house tonight. Before then, it is legs day. Ugh...
 
Have fun with the birthday celebrations!!! Haha, and leg day. I had mine on Tue, and all day yesterday while standing and cooking my hamstrings kept seizing up. Blarrgh. #gymproblems
 
My mom's birthday was nice. There was cake though.

Anyway, 177.5 this morning, 18.0% on the monitor.

It's Friday and this is usually my most difficult day as Friday nights usually involve beers and too many of those usually involve self defense eating afterward. Going to do my level best to avoid some of the problems I've run into in the past:

Even at my age, my personal psychology can be a mystery to me sometimes. One particularly odd reaction of mine is the "all dressed up and nowhere to go" maneuver where if I'm wearing halfway decent clothes, I refuse to go home early despite not having much left to do. So I wind up bar hopping and that inevitably leads to me drinking more than I wanted and that leads to eating to try and make me feel better physically. Will try and escape that reaction tonight.
 
I actually understand that "all dressed up and no where to go" issue. It just feels like something fun should be happening!
 
I have been known to set an alarm for myself to avoid such things... Not a perfect solution, but it can be just that little reminder of the morning to come.
 
I hope you escaped that Friday night loop! You keep chipping away at the bad habits and you will get where you want to be. Not having drinking anymore my version of "all dressed up" involves way too much coffee and buying shit I don't need. Now I'm super awake and broke with nowhere to go!
 
I hate it when I get dressed up, go for a quick lunch with someone (or something) then have nothing else to do the rest of the day. Why'd I go through all this effort for a quick lunch now just to go home and do nothing, or worse go to the barn, stick a helmet on my perfectly coifed hair and come out smelling like horses, hay, and shit!!
 
:D During the day I may just go somewhere I wouldn´t usually go, pretend I´m a lady and see how people´s reaction to me differ from normal. Which is fun and good for my ego ;)
 
Seeing as I generally dress the same way to be seen in public, I don't have this issue too often. But I do know the feeling in the form of babysitters. As in "We got a babysitter, why are we going home early? Let's get another round and some apps!"
 
Been exactly two weeks since my last post. That's unacceptable so I'm back. Will do the end of the month weigh-in tomorrow. My guess is it will be the same sort of 177, 178 sort of thing it has been, though my body fat does appear to be dropping.

I've been very busy for these two weeks, and had a slip up or two but mostly have been good with my diet and exercise (other stuff needs some work though). I got very drunk and very sick on red wine last weekend and have not touched alcohol since. I don't know if I've quit, but it's a real possibility. I never ever want to go through that again: the pain and sickness is whatever, I got over that. The embarassment has been much harder to get over...
 
I was trying really hard not to ask what was going on in your life Vee! Glad you're ok, if a little embarrassed. We've all been there I reckon. I know I have been, that's for sure! If you decide to stop drinking I think you are even stronger than I thought. R, our YS, has decided to stop drinking for a couple of months. I'm really hoping he decides to quit. Glad you're still being good with your diet & exercise xo Cate
 
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