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Since last October, with the help of my MTM friends, I was able to lose 40 pounds. I complete the 30 day jump start and the 100 day challenge........
Then life got in the way. In the past month I have gained aprox 6 pounds and am back to eating like the old days. I don’t want to go back to my old ways and I don’t want to be the old Jeff. So I need your help. Starting tomorrow I am going back to a method that worked for me in the past. I am going to blog every day with information about how well I had eaten and what exercise I did.
The final point is why 78 days? Well.... in 78 days my baby girl is getting married! I want to look at the wedding the best I have looked in years.
What has worked in the past was a lot of exercise and recording everything I ate. I used a website http://www.fitday.com to record my eating. I listened every day to the daily boost and kept focused. This has worked for me. Has is the key word.... look at my next posting for my sad story!!
OMG… I am so out of control. The holiday weekend was a loss. Today was a loss. I don’t know what to do. I have gained 10 pounds from my lowest. Most of it in the last 3 weeks. Every morning starts the same.... today is the day..... every day seems to end the same...... Tomorrow is the day.....
Does anyone have suggestions on how to get by act back together?
I’m totally feeling the same way Jeff… I had an especially unhealthy food week (camping with friends) that has sneaked into today as well and I too feel out of control. Luckily I have a new class starting tomorrow morning that I’m really pumped about… even though, because of the way things have been the past few weeks, I am scared silly and trying to find ways to avoid going. But I have clean workout gear, I have childcare and I planned breakfast… basically I have no excuses. And I have an expectation that I will “click” back into gear following it. Maybe that would work for you… go to a new class at the gym or pick up a workout DVD so you get to try something different… it you haven’t tried spinning, it is pretty fun.
I also just signed up for Vitabot (just one month to give it a try) and I found the new tool somewhat motivating to get the food back under control. Oh and I bought a new workout shirt (at costco instead of some “treat” food)… not sure if that is just a coincidence or because I thought it might keep me focused on what is important.
I’m hoping these things will re-ignite my motivation and get me going again… let me know if you think of anything else that might be motivating!
Perhaps we can keep each other accountable. To that end I am going to try posting a couple times a day.
Tuesday 7-7-09
Breakfast (at 10:30am) Slow cooked oatmeal with rasberries. I make this by mixing 1/2 non-fat milk with water. Add the rasberry and some low cal sweetner. I bring to a low slow boil before I add the oatmeal and then cook for about 5 minutes. It is very, very good!
Tuesday ended very well. 1500 calories. 60 minutes exercise. Weight was 226 in the evening. I am happy with that.
Breakfast of Oatmeal and a Banana. Lunch a cup of Hot & Sour Soup and 2 cups of veggie Fried Rice. Should have skipped the rice. Total calories so far are 1200. Does not leave much for dinner! Typical stress eating. I got some news on my job...... stress so I eat!
I’ll check back after dinner
Dinner was a hamburger (minus the bun), salad and fruit. In the evening I finished the left over Hot & Sour soup. Finished the day at just over 2000 calories. Not too bad. Did not exercise but spent the evening water proofing my deck. My back hurts, I guess that counts for something!
Good luck Jeff. You haven’t said what you’re doing for exercise. When I spend my “extra” time exercising, I seem to be able to keep the food in check better.
I agree with the exercise keeping my eating in check. It’s like my body is smart enough to say “you’re working too hard to eat that”. I was running (up to 3 miles a day) when I injured my knee. I have been doing rehab and it is getting better. For now I do cross training and weight lifting.
7/9/09 Breakfasts was oatmeal with fruit. Lunch was a Ezikeal english muffin and almond butter.
Week was OK at best. Sunday morning I left (drove) to Washington on a business trip and took my son along. Spent the day walking a lot. Dinner was Thai food that was not too bad.
How was your weekend? More gooder than badder?!?
Today for breakfast a bagel with lite CC. Lunch was Kung Pao Scallops and a little bit of rice. Total calories to date is 1000. I hope to work out at the hotel and have a good dinner. I’ll let you know!
Salad, 1/2 dozen hot chicken wings and a small DQ cone (necessary due to the hot wings!). Less than 2000 calories. No workout. Spending the time with my son in D.C. and having a good time but no time for workout. More gooder than badder!
To quote an old saying… I have more excuses than Carter has pills! My focus is not very focused. This last week my son was in church camp so I used the excuse to steal my wife for a get away week in the New York Finger Lakes. Lots of food and wine. OK.. OK.. today. I will get focused. I’ll let you know!
Ok. So get focused! Which lakes did you explore? When you were in the Finger Lakes you were close to where I live (everything being relative). My husband worked for a number of years in Ithaca which is at the southern tip of Cayuga Lake.
Well I think I got focused a few days ago. I am three days in and doing well.
My wake up call was this past Sunday. I got up from my chair in the basement and got hit with a round of chest palpitations and light headedness. Having been a paramedic I thought I new what was going on (PAT, Proximal Atrial Tachycardia). It faded in a very long few moments (less than a minute) but scared the cr%* out of me. I have been drinking a lot of caffeine lately and I am pretty confident that was the problem. But it has gotten me focused!!!!
Of course I did not go to the doctor. Hey I am a guy after all!
Hi Jeff, You should go to the doctor. It is part of taking care of yourself. Think of someone you really care about and that means a lot to you. If the same thing happened to them what would your advice be. Someone cares about you too so like Joan says be good to yourself. Be careful and keep going just don’t over do it!
Okay--we’re waiting--did you go to the doctor? And how are you? You can’t just leave us hanging here. Hope you are doing ok and that it was just the caffeine.
