Everyday Systems

Well, here I go again. Apologies for just disappearing without a word (again) but, well, shit happened. Perhaps more details some other time. Things are better now. Not much lasting harm done. I did gain weight though. Managed to lose some of it again, but still a long ways off from where I want to be.

Also, I seem to have developed a really bad habit of surfing the net way, way too much.

So here's the rules for this time:

First, I'll be doing the standard no-s thing with the exception of snacks: I am allowing myself plenty of snacks as long as they are unambiguously healthy snacks. That's pretty much how I've eaten the last weeks and it seems okay.

Behaviour goal: 21 days (starting tomorrow).

Weight goals

Current weight: 79.1 kg.
Healthy weight range: 62-76 kg.
Ideal weight: 66.6 kg.

Short term goal: 75 kg

Mid term goal: 70 kg

Long term goal: 65 kg

Short term is relative. I'll be quite content if I achieve that by the end of the year.

Second, I am going to limit my computer time. Starting tomorrow I'll stop all aimless surfing, except on Sundays past 4 pm. I'll still do e-mail and research and stuff, but no random google searches to look for pretty pictures and the like. I'll also allowing myself to watch one video on the computer per day. A movie, one episode of a tv show, a five minute youtube clip. Doesn't matter. One video it is.

Behaviour goal: one week (This is more of an experiment. Stricter or
completely different rules might be required.)

As a special incentive I'll strive to report failure with this immediately here when I get weak.

I am going for weekly Check Ins (on Sundays), but no worries if I skip one or several.

And that's all, folks.

Nice to be back.

Weight check: 77.8 kg.

No-S: Thursday was a failure. Not a very bad one, but still.

Exercise: Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday. (Skipped Wednesday, but made up for it.)

Keep down surfing: Held out until Friday. Will reconsider approach.

Not a bad week really. Not perfect, but a decent start, I think.

Hey, welcome back! Not to worry, I disappeared for awhile too. I make an exception too, but much worse than yours. I tend to allow a sweet if I want it as long as it's with a meal and not a snack.

It's good to know Im not the only one who aimlessly spends hours searching the net.

Hi Sinnie! Thanks for the welcome!

Weight: 78.0 kg

Kind of a relief, it's been a very s-full week. Tuesday was a success, the rest were failures. Hmph. Still, could have been worse.

Exercise: Monday, Wednesday, Sunday. Good enough, I guess.

Not that bad all in all, considering the circumstances. Don't want to go any details right now, but short story is I had a mid-sized nervous breakdown a while ago. Things are better now, but I'm getting professional help now to deal with stuff and this week my therapy sessions started and it's been... actually not that intense really so far, but it's still been very exhausting for some reason.

Also, there's been some social eating.

Will see how the next week goes. Maybe I'll give a mid-week report this time.

Monday: Success
Tuesday: Success, exercise
Wednesday: Success (some funny stuff), exercise

Okay, this is more like it. Just two more days...

Thursday: Success, exercise
Friday: S-day
Saturday: S-day, exercise
Sunday: S-day

Weight: Uh, I dunno. I checked this morning, but I forgot. (It's been a busy day.) I suppose it was good since I remember beeing cheered up by it? Let's say it was.

Plans for next week: Taking a break from no-s. Kind of a shame since I was hoping to shoot for the 21 day club, but it right now it's not first priority and I can't deal with everything at once. I'll still keep track of exercise though. Also, I'll avoid actual binging.

Main resolution: Stay off the freaking computer in the mornings.

Also I'm thinking my final goal might be a bit unreasonable. Doesn't really matter that much at this point since I'm still aiming at the 75 kg goal at this point, but I wonder: How do you set a good goal weight?

Welcome (belatedly) back!

Sorry I've been too distracted these last few weeks to properly tend the checkins, but things are easing up and I hope to be more regular here.

I wonder: How do you set a good goal weight?

I don't actually think it's so important. Set a goal behavior instead. The weight will follow.

Reinhard