Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Monday, January 30, 2012
BLAME HIM
In order to adequately celebrate my friend’s birthday I was
obliged to take him to breakfast Saturday morning…AND…to have a meal with him
Sunday evening! Thus my cheat “day” became a cheat “weekend” – and I can only
hope that Don appreciates the EIGHT pounds gained in his honor! I am certainly blaming him!
Well, that is mostly the truth. The bigger truth would
include the cookies I made and enjoyed,
…the cookies my sister made and I enjoyed,
…and the cookies that Jan made for her open house and I
enjoyed!
Perhaps the pizza for lunch and the squash soup made with
half-and-half contributed…I know for sure that the rolls and butter at Sunday lunch
helped me along.
What I know for a fact is that Rene’s fabulous Carrot Cake
was the crowning touch to my weekend dedicated to kicking up the metabolism!!!
And I also know FOR A FACT that I will be
super-uber-laser-focused on eating NO grains, sugars, or dairy this week! I
fully expect that I will lose that eight and get to 160 by next Saturday
morning!Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Day 150: The Unjustice of Cookies
I deserve a medal. A BIG one!
Yesterday I came home from work and was greeted by that most delicious aroma of fresh baked cookies wafting from the kitchen! This was no little wafting...it was a tidal-waft of rich, sweet, warm goodness.
My son, who is now done with his wrestling season (did I mention his 18 win 3 loss season?) had no practice so decided to fill his afternoon baking with his friend! A boy after my own heart! That's all great. But when you're on a diet that does not allow butter, flour, or sugar, you are out of luck!
So I sat through dinner staring at those crispy edged, soft middle circles of temptation just begging me to have ONE, just ONE. I then watched Ben and Cooper prepare a butter icing (yeah, more butter and sugar) to pile on top. And then I just couldn't take it any longer - so I left the room!
And now it's the next day, there are some left on a plate covered with Saran wrap waiting to go into the boys lunch today. Well, two of the boys of the house, not mine. Instead I will feast on the knowledge that I dropped a pound yesterday, that I'm keeping to my goal, and that there are cookies in my future...just not right now!
Yesterday I came home from work and was greeted by that most delicious aroma of fresh baked cookies wafting from the kitchen! This was no little wafting...it was a tidal-waft of rich, sweet, warm goodness.
My son, who is now done with his wrestling season (did I mention his 18 win 3 loss season?) had no practice so decided to fill his afternoon baking with his friend! A boy after my own heart! That's all great. But when you're on a diet that does not allow butter, flour, or sugar, you are out of luck!
So I sat through dinner staring at those crispy edged, soft middle circles of temptation just begging me to have ONE, just ONE. I then watched Ben and Cooper prepare a butter icing (yeah, more butter and sugar) to pile on top. And then I just couldn't take it any longer - so I left the room!
And now it's the next day, there are some left on a plate covered with Saran wrap waiting to go into the boys lunch today. Well, two of the boys of the house, not mine. Instead I will feast on the knowledge that I dropped a pound yesterday, that I'm keeping to my goal, and that there are cookies in my future...just not right now!
Monday, January 23, 2012
Days 135-149: Gone At It Alone
Remember how excited I was to have others dieting with me? How it was sooooo easy because we were all in this together encouraging one another? How sharing food helped to eat the right things and not take a lot of time?
Well, after Christmas most of my fellow dieters dropped off to pursue other diet plans or just to drink more beer. I'm passing no judgement. I'm just saying that the "this is hard to be disciplined factor" went up exponentially!
I've overall been keeping to the principals that started me on this fat-loss adventure and I am keeping the weight and body fat off but it's been much slower and I feel that I've hit a wall. Last week I was in Florida and had too many cheats! The upside is that I got lots of sun and exercise, so maybe the two canceled each other out!
This weekend I was determined not to go too crazy and as a result I didn't gain too much weight but I think I did get the metabolism reved up for this week of clean eating.
My birthday is coming up in March and it's been my goal to hit the 12 percent mark by that point. I'm worried that there is not enough time to do it. So here's my plan: kick up the physical exercise to get some burn going (not sure what that will look like yet) and be super disciplined in my eating. Simple, right?! I'll let you know!
Well, after Christmas most of my fellow dieters dropped off to pursue other diet plans or just to drink more beer. I'm passing no judgement. I'm just saying that the "this is hard to be disciplined factor" went up exponentially!
I've overall been keeping to the principals that started me on this fat-loss adventure and I am keeping the weight and body fat off but it's been much slower and I feel that I've hit a wall. Last week I was in Florida and had too many cheats! The upside is that I got lots of sun and exercise, so maybe the two canceled each other out!
The banana gelato milk shake that accompanied the burger and onion rings!
This weekend I was determined not to go too crazy and as a result I didn't gain too much weight but I think I did get the metabolism reved up for this week of clean eating.
My birthday is coming up in March and it's been my goal to hit the 12 percent mark by that point. I'm worried that there is not enough time to do it. So here's my plan: kick up the physical exercise to get some burn going (not sure what that will look like yet) and be super disciplined in my eating. Simple, right?! I'll let you know!
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Days 132-134: Second 5 is harder than the first!
Last week I was hopeful to shed my ten pounds from Christmas over-eating. I lost five of it fairly easily, but as I got into the second half of the week, the next five didn't come off so easily. I hit a plateau at six and was stuck there. I ate very cleanly and said NO to lots of goodies at work. It was back to sauteing veggies with my eggs and eating beans at breakfast for the week!
Yesterday was cheat day for me but I didn't want to go too crazy. I had some pancakes with my eggs and sausage for breakfast....I had some bread on a sandwich for lunch with chips...I had pasta with my dinner. Then while watching Pirates of the Caribbean in the evening I had my biggest cheat with a bowl of ice cream, Oreo cookies and caramel corn!!! Come on, I couldn't disappoint you! :-)
When I weighed in I was up two pounds from yesterday morning, but as we know the point of this is to get the metabolism moving again and my guess is that by Wednesday of this coming week I'll have lost it plus those other "Christams pounds!"
(Here's a super easy breakfast: fry green peppers, onion and a few pieces of bacon together, when soft, dump your eggs over top, stir a pit in the pan and your done!)
When I weighed in I was up two pounds from yesterday morning, but as we know the point of this is to get the metabolism moving again and my guess is that by Wednesday of this coming week I'll have lost it plus those other "Christams pounds!"
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Days 128-131 Down 5, 5 to go!
I've been using one of my Christmas presents to track my slow, but steady, weight loss this week. Deanna got me a digital scale, so no more jumping on the old one until I got the reading I liked! ha!
I'm telling you, this diet works. Once I started back to the simple principles of eating protein, beans, and veggies and NOT eating any grain, dairy, or sugars the weight comes off! I'm back to drinking only water (and coffee) and I'm back to my regular work out routine. This week we went at it Mon, Tue, and this morning.
So in the spirit of starting to choose the "right" foods, I've posted this picture to show the foods I was eating over Christmas. Can you identify the ones that I could STILL eat today? There are more than you may think!
I'm telling you, this diet works. Once I started back to the simple principles of eating protein, beans, and veggies and NOT eating any grain, dairy, or sugars the weight comes off! I'm back to drinking only water (and coffee) and I'm back to my regular work out routine. This week we went at it Mon, Tue, and this morning.
So in the spirit of starting to choose the "right" foods, I've posted this picture to show the foods I was eating over Christmas. Can you identify the ones that I could STILL eat today? There are more than you may think!
Sunday, January 1, 2012
Days 118-127: TEN in TEN
Flew in last night from out family vacation in Maryland. This morning I reluctantly stepped on the scale. We were gone for ten days and I managed to gain TEN POUNDS!!!
This should not come as a surprise as Deanna's mom likes to cook and we spent a lot of our time gathering as a family and EATING! I had told myself I just wanted to "maintain" through the holidays, but it looks like there was WAY to much cheating!
Given my love for sweets, it's no surprise that once I allowed myself daily (each meal even) sugar cheating that the pounds, and I'm sure body fat to move in the opposite direction of 12 Percent! I never thought that in just one week that I would be able to put on that much weight!
I worked out three times while away which is lighter than normal. There was plenty of sitting around playing games, talking, laughing, and eating! All good things...but as a result I've got my work cut out for me!
But I'll end on some perspective. This is a picture of Deanna and I with Deanna's 92 year old grand mom. She had us over for lunch before we left. She drives, shops, cooks (she's responsible for a least 2 of my 10 pounds!), has her own home, and has a sharp mind. I guess all this "march to 12percent" is only a blip on the screen of life. This women has eaten butter and bacon fat most of her life! Maybe she doesn't have "abs of steel" but she's doing pretty well!
That said, today is January 1 and I'm BACK ON TRACK!!! Protein and beans for breakfast! Look out 12percent - here I come!!!
This should not come as a surprise as Deanna's mom likes to cook and we spent a lot of our time gathering as a family and EATING! I had told myself I just wanted to "maintain" through the holidays, but it looks like there was WAY to much cheating!
Given my love for sweets, it's no surprise that once I allowed myself daily (each meal even) sugar cheating that the pounds, and I'm sure body fat to move in the opposite direction of 12 Percent! I never thought that in just one week that I would be able to put on that much weight!
I worked out three times while away which is lighter than normal. There was plenty of sitting around playing games, talking, laughing, and eating! All good things...but as a result I've got my work cut out for me!
But I'll end on some perspective. This is a picture of Deanna and I with Deanna's 92 year old grand mom. She had us over for lunch before we left. She drives, shops, cooks (she's responsible for a least 2 of my 10 pounds!), has her own home, and has a sharp mind. I guess all this "march to 12percent" is only a blip on the screen of life. This women has eaten butter and bacon fat most of her life! Maybe she doesn't have "abs of steel" but she's doing pretty well!
That said, today is January 1 and I'm BACK ON TRACK!!! Protein and beans for breakfast! Look out 12percent - here I come!!!
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