Everyday Systems

Ack. Haven't posted in about a month.

Weighed in at 212 lbs this week.

Monday, March 8 was SUCCESS.

Let's get back to the daily updates, see if we can't keep going with this.

Holy Cats... How could I... I somehow didn't check in all last week? Wha? I really thought I did. All last week was fine, SUCCESS. Gave myself an extra S day for Presidents' Day. Maybe I shouldn't have... My weigh in today was 211 lbs (+2). BUT... No stomach flu this time around. And just got throug...

Okay... Thursday and Friday were both sick days. Nasty Stomach virus that both myself and my 11-month old daughter contracted, so an added couple of S-Days there. Didn't eat much besides toast and a little soup until Saturday, so this morning's weigh-in, while a good number, feels a little tainted. ...

Wednesday was a success... But I got sick halfway through the day. Home sick today. Eating only toast and juice trying to keep that down.

Monday (2/1) and Tuesday (2/2) = SUCCESS

Friday = FAILURE, I don't remember why. No S Days went alright. No binging. Monday Morning Weigh In: No Change. 212 lbs. What does this mean? Well, it means that either those two failures prevented me from losing more, or I've reached what my weight is going to be if I don't add exercise into my day...

Ack.

Wednesday was a SUCCESS.

Thursday I'm calling a FAILURE. Added some maple syrup to my oatmeal in the AM without thinking. And for dinner, I got Thai take out with a buddy of mine and I went back into my Crazy Noodles for a second helping, and picked up one more chicken wing.

Me is shamed.

Tuesday = SUCCESS

Monday was a win. SUCCESS.

Thanks.

Friday was a SUCCESS! Now I just need to get my shovelglove up and running. four failures in a row.

Monday Morning Weigh-In: 212 lbs!

As per usual, that's clothed for work, sans belt and shoes.

Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday were all SUCCESSES!

Kept pushing off coming here, though.

Had another D&D night last night. Two slices of pizza and I was good. This might sound stupid, but that feels good. I was satisfied with two slices. I've never been satisfied with only two slices.

Monday was a SUCCESS! No Snacks, Seconds or Sweets.

FYI... Weight Goals. I used to be obsessed with my BMI and what my, "ideal", weight was. I am tossing all that out. I don't care anymore. I'm going to lose weight until I stop--until it balances out and more or less feels right. So I have no set-in-stone goal. BUT... It's been a long time since I sa...

Weekend Report: Went pretty well. I was all excited about eating some ice cream that my wife had bought, but found I couldn't eat as much as I could the last time I had ice cream. I normally put three scoops in my bowl... I could only get two down and then I was... Satisfied. Weird. Anyway... Some l...

Friday, January 15, 2009. Day 9 (not including S Days)

SUCCESS

THURSDAY, JANUARY 14 = ER... SUCCESS? Frell it, I'm calling it a success. Here's the skinny though... Breakfast... No problem. Lunch... No problem. Dinner... My wife talked me into making this soup. And she was home late from work and we have a ten month old. So making this soup took several hours. ...

Wednesday, January 13, SUCCESS!

TUESDAY JANUARY 12 = SUCCESS Had a big, naughty dinner, though. Fried Fish N Chips and a beer. Delicious going down... Felt bloated later on. Should have had the cob salad. But it's freezing in Boston and the hot fish was just awesome. I almost wanted to take it outside so I could eat the piping hot...

MONDAY, JANUARY 11= SUCCESS

I did have one bite of honeydew melon outside of my meal. I was demonstrating to my 10 month old daughter that it was, indeed, food. She was skeptical.

But I'm not counting that.

FRIDAY, 01/08/10 = SUCCESS Had a nice couple of reasonable S Days. Allowed myself real sugar in my weekend coffee--I thought I was going to pass out from the bliss. I've been afraid of using real sugar for so long. I'm listing my official, "Starting Weight", today even though I've been on No S for a...

OK, now I'm kinda proud! Played D&D with my friends last night... There were 4 large pizzas of varying degrees of deliciousness out. SUCCESS! Despite having the rest of the night to go back for seconds and thirds and fourths, I did it. Took two slices and a heap of salad at the start of the night an...

Thanks. I'm not quite at the proud-of-myself phase yet. But I'll get there.

Day 2: SUCCESS.

Day 1: SUCCESS. No seconds, no sweets, no snacks. Thought I was going to die last night, but believe it was all emotional snack withdrawal.