Rob's Diary
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alligatorob
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That's great! I believe you are now down over 50 lbs quite an accomplishment. I am still 100+ lbs shy of my goal weight, at this point it is easier to lose weight fast, I imagine that it gets harder where you are, not that I'd know.
Keep up the good work, you are an inspiration to me!
Today was OK. I am SO ready to be finished and I'm making it harder on myself with this attitude. Building the anticipation is counterproductive. This is how it goes with me and really the only way to get through it for me is to keep going and let it die out on it's own; don't be hard on myself for feeding it, just let it be what it is and move forward anyway.
My weight was UP 1.5 pounds this morning. Hopefully that will be an outlier. I'm posting a screen shot of my weight graph. You can see the 3 day bender I went on had a HUGE negative impact - NOT good - and all the salt in the food I ate likely drove the huge numbers. All the other previous "binge" days I was upset about, were in fact not really binge days. I'm on a different scale because of all the exercise I'm doing and I don't like that I've been so freaked about the earlier "binges" but I guess I'm just learning through this process and these are the reasons why I'm tracking and logging what I'm doing. In the end, I have to be OK with how I go about this and I think I am. I just wish I could've relaxed a little more earlier on. I may have been farther along and not so uptight about things through this last bit.
Today I went to the gym but felt pretty worn out. I only got in about 10k steps. Went home and laid down for a bit and was out for 2 hours. The nap I had felt wonderful. It was basically my body forcing me to get rest. My sleep was down for the past couple of days.
Food-wise today was good. Normal for breakfast: eggs, yogurt and fruit, and lunch: chicken, turkey burger patty, broccoli. For dinner I had chicken stir-fry.
My weight was UP 1.5 pounds this morning. Hopefully that will be an outlier. I'm posting a screen shot of my weight graph. You can see the 3 day bender I went on had a HUGE negative impact - NOT good - and all the salt in the food I ate likely drove the huge numbers. All the other previous "binge" days I was upset about, were in fact not really binge days. I'm on a different scale because of all the exercise I'm doing and I don't like that I've been so freaked about the earlier "binges" but I guess I'm just learning through this process and these are the reasons why I'm tracking and logging what I'm doing. In the end, I have to be OK with how I go about this and I think I am. I just wish I could've relaxed a little more earlier on. I may have been farther along and not so uptight about things through this last bit.
Today I went to the gym but felt pretty worn out. I only got in about 10k steps. Went home and laid down for a bit and was out for 2 hours. The nap I had felt wonderful. It was basically my body forcing me to get rest. My sleep was down for the past couple of days.
Food-wise today was good. Normal for breakfast: eggs, yogurt and fruit, and lunch: chicken, turkey burger patty, broccoli. For dinner I had chicken stir-fry.
Fantastic that you listened to your body and took a rest! Sleep is so fundamentally important - I believe science doesn't know why, but it's a fact that all human experience attests to. And also great that your meticulous recording is paying off in getting you past the urge to blame or fret about hiccups in that (by the way, wonderful - it just came up on my screen) downward trajectory!
Cheering for you, Rob! \o/ Also, yay for broccoli!
Cheering for you, Rob! \o/ Also, yay for broccoli!
Hi Rob, please don't let the little uptake in weight freak you out. You know you have this, even if it takes a little longer than you planned! You are beyond dedicated, and you know what to do, so I hope you'll just try your best (even when your best includes a few days that aren't what you had hoped for) and things will sort themselves out. You've done amazing so far and it seems like as long as you go by "nothing to fear but fear itself", you have this!!
alligatorob
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Amazing graphic! It really tells your story.
I wasn’t at all thinking that way.
Cate
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Had a pretty good day. I ran 7 miles and walked another 5 so my calories out are high - about 4700 according to my Fitbit. I tried to eat about 1000 more than I usually do so my total intake was about 2900. So I'm still in the red about 1800 which I think is OK with some room for Fitbit's overestimation error. It's a big improvement on previous days when I exercised this much. The trouble with this though is that I ate close to bedtime. Perhaps I should bring along some protein bars for right after I exercise so I don't end up eating more later.
I had mostly leftovers today and tonight I had some salmon with a salad.
I have a doctor's appointment on Wednesday. I'm due for a physical and labs. Trying to put a list together of all the labs I want as a baseline. I haven't been this healthy and in this good of shape and off all medication for a very long time. If anyone who's reading has some suggestions or thoughts on labs that they monitor or have found helpful to get, especially vitamins, please let me know. I'm thinking about the following - vit D, iron, A1C, CRP, lipids, tsh, cbc, metabolic, advanced cholesterol (maybe depending on insurance).
I had mostly leftovers today and tonight I had some salmon with a salad.
I have a doctor's appointment on Wednesday. I'm due for a physical and labs. Trying to put a list together of all the labs I want as a baseline. I haven't been this healthy and in this good of shape and off all medication for a very long time. If anyone who's reading has some suggestions or thoughts on labs that they monitor or have found helpful to get, especially vitamins, please let me know. I'm thinking about the following - vit D, iron, A1C, CRP, lipids, tsh, cbc, metabolic, advanced cholesterol (maybe depending on insurance).
Had an OK day. Cravings and tired feeling this afternoon like a sugar crash but I didn't eat many carbs for lunch. I rested for just a little bit and then I went up to the gym. I did the indoor cycling class again. The instructor was motivated despite the dull enthusiasm from the class.
Breakfast was eggs, yogurt with raspberries and strawberries. Lunch was a chicken and egg sandwich and some pistachios. I had a protein bar after my workout and for dinner I had a Mediterranean chicken bowl with marinated slaw. Snacks throughout the day were almonds, pistachios, raisin bran with almond milk and tomatoes. Total calories in were 2661.
Total calories out after running and the cycling are 4474. Calorie deficit of about 1800. Total steps 22,833.
I still have a lot of fat around my gut area that I would like to see gone but it's not going away as quickly as other areas. I could be burning more visceral fat now which would be fantastic. My belt is getting loose again and it looks and feels like my shorts are just wrapped around me held up by a belt, they're so big. It'll be nice to get some new clothes.
Breakfast was eggs, yogurt with raspberries and strawberries. Lunch was a chicken and egg sandwich and some pistachios. I had a protein bar after my workout and for dinner I had a Mediterranean chicken bowl with marinated slaw. Snacks throughout the day were almonds, pistachios, raisin bran with almond milk and tomatoes. Total calories in were 2661.
Total calories out after running and the cycling are 4474. Calorie deficit of about 1800. Total steps 22,833.
I still have a lot of fat around my gut area that I would like to see gone but it's not going away as quickly as other areas. I could be burning more visceral fat now which would be fantastic. My belt is getting loose again and it looks and feels like my shorts are just wrapped around me held up by a belt, they're so big. It'll be nice to get some new clothes.
alligatorob
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Hey Rob, thanks for posting on my diary, and I always appreciate you suggestions and advice. Even if I am not always wise enough to follow.
It appears you have craving problems as well, and you found a way through them, good for you.
Those lose shorts must feel good.
It appears you have craving problems as well, and you found a way through them, good for you.
Those lose shorts must feel good.
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