New Year, Big Goal

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Little John said:
I did yoga yesterday, stayed barely at calories. I need to get back to focusing on improving my post-dinner habits. I was brushing my teeth after a small dessert around 7pm, and it was a good success for while it lasted. It's amazing how a routine can get doinked up with a simple cold.
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This is my nightmare. Last time I got sick, I piddled around for a month before I got back to it.
 
-Cory- said:
This is my nightmare. Last time I got sick, I piddled around for a month before I got back to it.
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So a week isn't so bad, then.

I didn't work out last night, but it was a legitimate matter of bad timing (I have a short window, and everything that could have gone wrong went wrong). I am back on the exercise track.

My goal for today: no food after 7 pm. One day at a time.

In other news, it was windy last night, and I walked outside annoyed at the lids on the trash cans for blowing off. So I fixed them, and turned to the right to see a frigging tree on top of my wife's car. Sigh... it was a small tree, so no major damage, just some dents on the roof, but since it's a leased car (and 4 months old), I have to call the insurance company.
 
Maaan, that's quite windy. Hope insurance is cool. Good luck avoiding food after 7 - I get insanely hungry as soon as I've eaten dinner which makes no fucking sense at all so I eat as late as humanly possible. Happy thursday bud xx
 
No food after 7 is a good idea LJ. Another idea would be to make up a small plate of fruit that you are "allowed" to have after dinner. I started doing that & now have a little fruit platter every evening. I try saving it for later, but it often gets eaten half an hour after dinner. :blush5:
 
That really sucks about the car. I usually park mine outside, but we had the same wind issue where I'm at last night too. Glad I parked in the garage because there was a giant limb in the place where I usually park my car when I got up this morning.
 
It does suck about the car, but it was a small tree. The insurance company is being surprisingly helpful and polite so far.

I'm up a pound from last week, which doesn't surprise me since I'm eating, unlike when I had the cold. But I'm averaging 2.5 lbs lost/week, and ahead of the plan (I'm at 345.6, plan for today is 349.5). I have a graph tracking twice-weekly, and it looks like shark teeth with the zigzagging. At least the zigzags are heading in the right direction... (the dashed lines are trend lines to "predict" where I'm going)
 
Your progress is pretty stellar, shark teeth and all. I think a lot of people's graph would look like that. I know mine would. As long as the general trend is downwards, I'd call it a success. :]
 
Thanks folks, it's hard to think of it as successful after the weekends. I had a minor win yesterday - my parents wanted to take us out to eat for lunch yesterday to a local maple syrup maker - as much as I love French toast drowning in butter and syrup, and the idea of maple cotton candy, I rallied for staying at their house for cold cut sammiches on whole grain.

Changed up my lifting routine last week - went from negative reps to normal-speed, low weight high reps. Ouch - but the good kind of ouch.
 
Yeah, those food choices went out the window last night when my wife talked me into ordering Indian. Luckily I managed to stay on target for the rest of the day, so I wound up only a couple hundred calories over target.

There's a new evil in our house: Girl Scout Cookies. I ordered more than I should have, which is double annoying because I had the option to just order cookies for active-duty military, who probably aren't struggling with weight loss issues.

Speaking of struggling, I'm plateauing again. I keep forgetting my evening goals until I'm halfway through snacking/rationalizing ("Hey, I'm 300 calories under target, why not munch down a half-dozen cookies and a glass of milk!"). I do really well for breakfast, lunch, and afternoon snack. BUUUT, then the kids go to bed, and I feel free to sneak junk. I know what to do, I just don't remember it until it's too late. Waaaah.
 
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Or a daily reminder on my phone for 7:30 that says "You don't need any more snacks tonight". Got it.
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It worked last night. I kept panging for a cookie, but I'm also kind of a phone junkie, so it kept reminding me. I also reduced my caloric allowance to 1800.

Failed to exercise yesterday, I only have excuses. I'll make up for it this afternoon by lifting and rowing (yesterday was a lift day)
 
Thank you ladies!

I didn't have the time to row, so I just lifted. I'm finding my 1800 calorie goal to be a little more challenging, but doable. The reminder is continuing to work, though, so that's good.

Weekend will be challenging, as usual.
  • We're going out for dinner and a comedy show tonight. Dinner will be Mexican, so I'm aiming to fajitas or a salad, and a couple tequilas and seltzer.
  • Tomorrow we were going to take the kids to the St. Patty's Day parade, but at 20F with 30mph wind gusts, we're skipping that, so I'm not sure what else we'll do. Tomorrow night will be the biggest challenge - going to a friend's house where they love oven-heated processed food, or Chinese. I'll just have to behave the rest of the day and remember to walk away from the junk food.
  • Sunday's the typical day, pizza for dinner like all Sundays, reasonable meals the rest of the day.
Have a great weekend everyone!
 
Bragging rights: I got a call this morning from my wife to explain just how big my daughter's horns had grown. I'll spare you the details, but it's gotten worse lately. I spent the morning with this tightness in my abdomen, I was so angry.

Anyway, at lunch I got stuck in a frustrated indecision loop about lunch (healthy leftovers vs. cafeteria pizza), and then I almost bought a bag of Doritos. Then I told myself I'm just mad and thinking that salty crap will fix it. That sent away some of the anger, and I did the leftovers.
 
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