7/27/2020 Weighing In

Yesterday was 215 even; today I'm at 214.25!!

I LOVE it when weight just peels off like this!!

I'm doing well. Yesterday, I avoided the midday munchies by going OUT from 2-4 ... gardening, Walmart (I needed locks for my backyard gates 😒). I had two soft serve meals, which were REALLY GOOD; I didn't need the BBQ crunchers, but I think I'll have crunchers tonight; I ended up eating a sirloin tip tartare last night.

I'll go out again today, at least into the garden. Maybe I'll go for a a walk by the river.

The one thing I really have to deal with is the sciatica. It's a real ouch much of the time. It interferes with moving around. Not moving had it feeling better; now that I'm moving again, it's irritated and hurting again. I'll give the chiropractor a call.

7/7/2020 Weighing In

Huh. I guess I didn't write in my blog yesterday. Well, yesterday I was at 223, down from Sunday's 224.25. Today I'm at 222.25. So ... water weight is gone (and my poor toilets have been flushed enough to prove that); I'm starting to show the slow fat burn now. Sigh.

 I drank my full quota of water yesterday; haven't had nearly as much difficulty with that as I expected to. Of course, the result of that is that I'm spending piles of time sitting on the throne. But that's ok; no one deserves a crown more than do I.

 I've discovered that if I'm sitting around doing nothing but watching TV, I am hungry; if I'm busy doing something productive, I'm not. The cause of hunger = boredom!! I shall use that.

 My first goal, of course, is to break 220. When I do that, I shall give myself a mini-reward. Perhaps a new audiobook....

7/5/2020 Weighing In

Yesterday was 226.75; today I'm at 224.25. That's 2.5 pounds yesterday ... gone! I do love the start of a weight-loss journey...

I drank 100 oz H2O yesterday.

I was hungry yesterday. I therefore ate two more "fuelings" than I was scheduled to eat. Today's plan is for five "fuelings" and one "lean and green" meal comprising eggs and spinach (I do love a spinach omelette). And I'd better go get my first "fueling"; I'm hungry, but the bed needed to be made this morning (and it is indeed now relegated to the kitties for the day).

11/6/2019 Weigh In

215.5, up 0.25 from yesterday’s 215.25.

That’s what I get for eating a stack of Club Crackers at 3 a.m.

I couldn’t sleep last night, I was so hungry. I’m not sure why; usually, I’m fine after the yogurt. But last night, I was STARVING. And thus I made a bad choice.

Tonight I have a date. We’re meeting at the coffee shop at Barnes and Noble in Wilton. His name is Richmond; I don’t know his surname, which is fine; he doesn’t know mine, either. We’ll see what happens....

Today's Plan:

Pre-breakfast: Lemon juice, vitamins
Breakfast: Bran pancake, strawberries, water
11 am: 5 minutes on NordicTrack, water
Lunch: Fish, salad, water
2 pm: Wasa, water
4 pm: Wasa, water
5 pm: 5 minutes on NordicTrack
Dinner: Chicken, salad, water
7 pm: Tea
When I get home: Apple, water
10:30 pm: Yogurt

10/28/2019 Weigh In

219.0. Again no change.

I rewarded myself for the 10 pounds lost yesterday with a new pair of RED yoga pants. They should arrive from Amazon tomorrow.

I didn't go badly off my Plan yesterday, but I did eat an extra bread serving. For whatever reason, I was HUNGRY last night. I don't know why; usually, I'm not hungry on this new lifestyle. Maybe I was just bored.

Y'know, I bet that if I climb on my NordicTrack for half an hour each day, the numbers might go down faster. What do you think? I'll give that a whirl this week and see what happens.

Today's Plan

Pre-breakfast: Lemon juice, vitamins
Breakfast: Bran pancake, water
9 am: 5 minutes on NordicTrack
10 am: Strawberries, water
11 am: 5 minutes on NordicTrack
Lunch: Chicken, salad, water
1 pm: 5 minutes on NordicTrack
2 pm: Wasa, water
3 pm: 5 minutes on NordicTrack
4 pm: Wasa, water
5 pm: 5 minutes on NordicTrack
Dinner: Fish, salad, water
7 pm: 5 minutes on NordicTrack
7:30 pm: Apple, water
9:30 pm: Yogurt

10/26/2019 Weigh In

219.25. Still no change. But 9.75 pounds gone from the day I restarted, so that's good. Only 0.75 pounds of it were this week, though; that's bad.

This is one tough plateau. It will break eventually, but "eventually" is taking its own sweet time coming, I must say! Talk about frustrating....

Yesterday did not go as planned at all. I ended up actually eating less than planned; I skipped out on breakfast and lunch. I had an extra piece of fruit, dinner, both bread servings and the yogurt. But I can't really do that every day; I was hungry by the time I finally ate, and I'm sure I didn't get all the nutrition my body requires on a daily basis. And I didn't drink nearly enough; I think I got in only half of the water requirement. Well, I'll do better today.

Gotta go grocery shopping today with the $67 left in my checking account after paying the massive bills this month. But I only need lettuce and chicken; those are cheap. And payday is on Friday, so we're good.

Today's Plan

Pre-breakfast: Lemon juice, vitamins
Breakfast: Bran pancake, water
10 am: Strawberries, water
Lunch: Chicken, salad, water
2 pm: Wasa, water
4 pm: Wasa, water
Dinner: Fish, salad, water
7:30 pm: Apple, water
9:30 pm: Yogurt

10/22/2019 Weigh In

220. No change. Again. No change since Saturday, and today is Tuesday.

Hmmm.

Egg-grapefruit day today.

You know, the funny thing about an egg-grapefruit day is that you really are not hungry. It's rigorous and it's nothing to do every day, but I don't get hungry on it. And it actually works. I expect to see SOME change tomorrow after having completed it.

Today's Plan
Pre-breakfast: Lemon juice, vitamins
Breakfast: 1 egg, 1/2 grapefruit, water
10 am: 1 egg, 1/2 grapefruit, water
Lunch: 1 egg, 1/2 grapefruit, water
2 pm: 1 egg, 1/2 grapefruit, water
4 pm: 1 egg, 1/2 grapefruit, water
Dinner: 1 egg, 1/2 grapefruit, water
7:30 pm: 1 egg, 1/2 grapefruit, water
9:30 pm: 1 egg, 1/2 grapefruit, water

Of course, it would help to hop up on the Nordic Track for half an hour. I haven't done that, and I do need to start. Gotta get in shape for the Great Western Trek next summer (or the summer after; depends on money)!

Oh, hey ... it's Derek Jacobi's birthday today! Happy Birthday, Sir Derek!

10/13/2019 Weigh In

222.75, down from yesterday's 223.0.

Hey. 0.25 pound is 0.25 pound. It's better than nothing. And I was hungry yesterday. I was (and am) very proud of myself for sticking to my Plan! I did NOT eat crackers. I did NOT eat a second dish of yogurt. I did NOT eat pizza. And I could have. But that would have sabotaged the Plan. All I did was move the times up by half an hour. That worked.

Today's Plan

Pre-breakfast: lemon juice, vitamins
Breakfast: Bran pancake, water
10 a.m.: Strawberries, water
Lunch: Fish salad, water
2 pm: Wasa, water
4 pm: Wasa, water
Dinner: Stir-fried chicken and bok choy, water
7:30 pm: Apple, water
9:30 pm: 1/2 cup Greek yogurt

10/10/2019 Weigh In

223.75, down from yesterday's 224.75.

A pound a day! Very, very nice! I'll take it! At that rate, I would be 70 pounds lighter in 70 days ... by Christmas. Yeah, like that's going to happen.

The reducing diet is going well. I'm a little hungry by meal times, but the meal satisfies. Yesterday's herbal teas kept me happy for snack in the morning. Today I'm doing fruit for a morning snack ... actually, for a top-off to breakfast, since I just woke up at 10 a.m. So the very first thing I get to do is drink three glasses of water, one with lemon juice in it, eat a bran pancake and ... oh, I'll eat an apple first thing.

Lunch is chicken salad and water. Right now, I have to thaw the chicken.

2 pm is herbal tea.

3 pm is Wasa and water.

Dinner will have to be early today; I have a Toastmasters meeting at 6, so dinner, fish (probably halibut tonight; I bought haddock, halibut and salmon yesterday), Wasa and water, will be at 5.

I'll get home from the Toastmasters meeting at about 8:45, at which point I'll have a bowl of strawberries and water.

10/8/2019 Weigh In

225.75, down 1.25 lb. from yesterday's 227.0.

YES!! 1.25 lb lost yesterday ... I'll take it.

And I woke up this morning not hungry. Yes, I can easily eat, but I'm certainly not ravenously hungry. I rather like the two cheats I had yesterday (an extra piece of fruit and 1/2 C plain nonfat Greek yogurt with almond extract, Stevia and cocoa powder); they seem to satisfy the hunger. I shall keep them for the moment.

I am working on exorcising the demon that has kept me fat for all these years. I've always been heavy, and that has sat badly with a demon whose voice has been with me forever. The driving force behind that demon ... a fat-shaming close family member ... has been dead and gone for nearly five years now, and it's time to get that voice out of my head. I deserve to be fit and healthy ... even though, yes, I'm now in my 60s and have arthritis in one hip and extraordinarily tight hip flexors in both hips, so I now walk with a gimp and can't run at all. I walk, actually, like my grandmother walked ... grabbing onto solid objects as I pass them for support. That pisses me off. I never liked that grandmother much.

This is the shape I need to get out of before I go on my Grand Tour of (some of) the western National Parks next summer. Weight loss, NordicTrack, and personal trainer to the rescue!

Goals. Time to set goals. I will weigh 210 lb by Thanksgiving. That's a goal. It's achievable; not easy, but achievable. I have 1.5 months to lose 15.75 lb. It's an important goal; I'm off to England for a week right after Thanksgiving! First time in decades I will have visited London!

Long-term, 145 remains the pie-in-the-sky dream, but that is totally invisible to me at this moment. I'll do this in shorter chunks.

So. Today's Plan:

Pre-Breakfast: glass of lemon juice, vitamins
Breakfast: bran pancake made with cinnamon and stevia, water
10 a.m.: orange, water
Lunch: salad, chicken, water
2 p.m.: Wasa, water
4 p.m.: 1/2 C Greek yogurt with cocoa powder & almond extract, water
Dinner: salad, chicken, Wasa, water
7:30 p.m.: apple, water
9:30 p.m.: 1 C strawberries, water

The yogurt and the strawberries are cheats on the strict diet. I figure that if I plan the cheats, I won't cheat the Plan.

UPDATE at 10:26 pm:

I stuck to the Plan ... except for some of the times. I exchanged the timing of the Greek yogurt and the strawberries (1 cup of strawberries is less than I wanted it to be...), and I had the Greek yogurt at 8:15, not at 9:30. I am now going to bed comfortably full.

Tomorrow will be challenging since I'll be in my office all day with clients. I'll likely do the same Plan tomorrow, except I'll substitute salmon for chicken for lunch.

Weighing In 9/12/2018

209.75, down from Monday’s 210.5. Hey, I broke a 10s digit!! Reward time!! I’m going to my 15th FPLC reunion and will enjoy that this weekend, so this weekend is my reward. All that walking up and down the hill between the hotel and the school!!

I didn’t get on the scales yesterday here, but the fancy fat-measuring scales at my Official Weigh-in for the challenge at the gym said 212.4 after a breakfast and 20 oz H2O and a half-hour workout with my personal trainer, Darryl. That counts for there, but it’s an inconsistent number for here so I don’t count it.

I was hungry last night, having eaten all I was supposed to eat. So I had 2 extra breads, some extra H2O,  and an extra apple. That filled the bill quite nicely. And it didn’t do any damage!