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Just had my seventh straight week of posting a loss………….this week number was 3 lbs………….that was nice because last week was a one pound……………that week I didn’t stick exactly to plan and was happy losing a pound…………..this week I stuck to the plan…………………and needed to see a good number………..most of know that we place too much emphasis on the scale but it is what it is……………I weigh myself only once a week……….at the same exact time…………..this week was really getting nervous……..knowing that I was on plan all week…………..started stressing worrying about the number……..well the worrying is over until next week……….

A member of the opposite sex called me skinny today…………..the smile might be off my face by the time I leave work………

This week was my sixth straight week of losing weight, this week’s loss was 1lb, no I am not hitting a plateu.  The past weekend I became over confident and went out to eat too many times and didn’t stick to my plan the results showed up on the scale.  My goal for the weekend is to stick to my plan and hopefully can get back to losing more weight.

Its great having a 3 day weekend been in a party mood since Friday, the only problem is that partying equates to over indulgences.  This is the first weekend since I started this epic journey where I threw some caution to the the wind.  One must ask how do we party and not completely undo the success that we accomplished.  For me a party weekend would mean drinking to excess Friday night, Satuday night and for both games on Sunday and with the drinking would be the chips, dip, pizza and the greasy diner food at 0200 and then the next morning would be pots of coffee and a big greasy breakfast to get the body ready for its next binge drinking and eating day.  Of course the 3rd day would be trying to get the body ready for work on Tuesday and that would involve copious amount of coffee and comfort foods all day and since I am much older this feelings would be with me on Tuesday also.

Well that didn’t happen my idea of partying this weekend meant that I ate out for 3 meals and did have a pizza party on Sunday while watching football.  This weekend I did sneak in some coffee drinking.  This a major no-no for me; the cornerstone of my health plan is the elimination of coffee, I cannot drink it in moderation.   I am addicted to coffee had a couple of cups this weekend and loved the feeling of the caffeine rush and sitting here this morning dying to have a cup but I know that I cant because if I do I will start drinking on a regular basis and the over cosumption of coffee has many adverse effects on my health and my mind. 

So I am looking forward to going to work tomorrow and get back on plan, I dont weigh myself until Wednsesday so I wont know the consequences of my behavior until then.  The weekend was a success because I didnt completely binge out didnt have any alcohol and did 60 mins of cardio and 40 mins of weights each day.

Have a great day off everybody

Plan

Organize

Work

Enthusiasm

Re-evalute

Just yesterday I was talking about the boredom of sticking to a plan.  After 5 weeks of dieting and learning new healthy habits the rewards are not so apparent and staying on plan means slow steady weight loss.  Yesterday got a call and a job offer came my way I will be joining the ranks of many Americans and say I know have two jobs.  This new job will mean that 3 days a week I will leave my house at 0630 and not get back home until 11pm.  My current plan has me working out 7 days a week and twice and 4 days a week.  So with this new challange I need to come up with a plan on how to keep my body energized without the use of stimulants and meal prepartation that allows me to be out of the house for that long.  It feels great to have a new challenge and I am really looking forward to pushing myself. 

It’s been 5 weeks since I started my diet…….each week has produced a weight loss…….early weeks 4 and 5 lbs losses……….this current week a 2 ½ lb loss………nothing shabby but slowing………….its time to get ready for the long haul………no longer just sticking and learning how to stay on plan…….I have the core of my plan in place………I basically have an idea what I am going to eat……….shopping is easier……..meal preparation done for the week……..I have all the tools in place…….now its time to start working on the mind to accept the fact that this is going to take months……..I have to learn how to balance the off plan eating that you start to allow the longer that you are dieting………..if I want to have some chips watching playoff football………….I know its okay………just make sure that these off plans are few and do not become binges………the excitement is gone…………happy to reach 239……….probably won’t get excited again until I weigh 229…………which is 5 weeks away………just voicing the demons in my head………its going to be harder to stay on plan because the bloom is off the rose……….

Lost another 2 1/2 lbs for the week…………..5th straight week with a loss…………reached my mini-goal of 240…………….reset for the mini-goal to 229 lbs……………..it feels great to say I weigh in the 230’s……………5 weeks from now I will be saying I weigh in the 220’s………..

Yesterday was one of those days that staying on strickly on plan was just not an option.  My total calories for the day were 2177, this is the highest calorie injestion since 12/26/2007.   Certainly not a cause for alarm and I’m not going to consider it a victory it is what I am supposed to do to maintain a healthy fit lifestyle.

Yesterday had several things going on that were not part of my normal routine so I needed to use my newly wired fit brain.  For lunch I knew that I wouldn’t be eating controlled healthy food, so I got up earlier than usual and did 60 mins of cardio before work and ate a few less calories before lunch than I normally do.   Did the right things at lunch eventhough I was off plan, didn’t load up on the salad dressing left the croutons behind skipped the bread and dessert. 

My day started at 0500 and because of something I had to do I wouldn’t be getting back to home to about 2300 this meant a very long day being away from my controlled enviornment. 

So before I left home I made sure my magical bag of tricks was packed.  I have a nice leather gym bagged that I packed with fresh gym clothes and the core items that I eat on a daily basis to live a thinner healthier life style which are;

Atkins shake………….great protein and vitamins………..160 clories great for mid-morning hunger…………Atkins bars………………same thing but solid…………eat one for breakfast………no mistakes at breakfast time……………..4 servings of fruit………and 1 hard boiled eggs…………….just a little protein to hold off hunger for a couple of hours if necessary…………..no I am not Atkins……….complex carbs have a place in life………I have eliminated simple carbs……….and God created carbs for a reason so I dont think its a good idea to eat no carbs…..

I had time to kill………….I had to be somewhere at 7pm and I normally eat dinner at about six………and since I eaten one meal out already didn’t want to eat another one……..just too hard to eat sensible portions and fat content.  So I decided I would do a second 60 min workout………got to the gym…………and found out they closed at 6 and it was already 535 so this part of my plan was changed did a 20 min cardio…….every little bit helps.  More time to kill not sure what to do, ate the egg just to keep hunger at bay……………..decided to get a decaf coffee and would read my book for an hour.

Here’s the rub……………not drinking coffee is the cornerstone of my health/thin plan……it is vitally important that I dont pick this habit of drinking coffee again………I drink green tea all day long………….I don’t drink decaf because its like an ex-alcoholic drinking Mousey beer………..if you dont change the behavior eventually you will slip and go back to beer………….green tea is different……….I dont need to green tea to feel comfortable in my own skin and if you are a heavy coffee drinker you know what I’m talking about…………….I wake up in the morning and I can function right away……..getting long in the tooth………….so I sip this decaf coffee the first one since 12/02/2007 and my lips jump to attention………..damn this taste good…………I had the sensation of by blood pumping through my veins………..I really enjoyed that cup of cofffee………..almost needed a cigarette after it (get my drift)…….

I went and did what I had to do and about 9pm I ate a zone bar to put my hunger at bay……………..I was no faced with an hour drive to get home……………so I decided let me get a coffee for the ride home…………..this one I added some regular to it………..and it kept me alert for the drive home……………the self talk that I used on the way home George you know that coffee hit the spot and since you were off plan it was okay to indulge……………..but starting tomorrow you are going to not have a coffee and not have one for at least another 30 days…..

I am really starting to beleive that I can be a Master of my Universe and can control my lifestyle and become healthy/thin……………today I woke up refreshed and ready to conquer another day…………..sitting here sipping my green tea…………..getting this chatter out of my mind…………..then going to the gym for a long work out…………….

We can all do this if we put our minds to it……………..a mind is a terrible thing to waste………Happy Weekend………….. 

Is there such thing as a free lunch…………….got a meeting today and there will be a nice spread out…………its a fact of life if food is for free we need to pile the plate as high as possible………..I have a buffet strategy………..find the most expensive items first………you know the Alaskan King Crab legs………..eat  them because they not filling…………then eat the assortments of meats…………no potatos or pasta…………..theyr’e cheap and filling………….and no matter how stuff you are…………….you must try 75% of the desserts……….the only thing better than a free lunch……………….is free booze…………and we know what happens with that………..

Well this lunch today is not free……………………..either there will be some bad news……….or I will get assigned those begining of the year tasks…………….or unattainable goals……….this morning did 60 mins cardio…………..and visualized how my eating behavior will be at the meeting……….I visualized myself feeling well physically………….eating mostly salad………..some protein…………staying away from fats and oils……………another luncheon next week…………..normally I welcome this occasions to get away from the desk and gorge on some pretty good food………..but I find myself concerned about sabotaging the work I have done…………

I just remembered what Momma taught me “there is no such thing as a free lunch”

Have a great day everybody and stay on plan, whatever your’s is. 

Today is weigh-on day for me, for the fourth straight week I have gotten on the scale at the same time, same day and have shown a negative number.  This week I lost an additonal 3 1/2 pounds totaling 15 1/2, my mini goal is 1 1/2 pounds away.