Good frame of mind, not getting fixated on the odd inevitable step backward or even building in allowance for some as long as overall the ball’s still moving down the field. When I take my break, I figure hitting 210 will be my Back To Work tripwire unless the week runs out first.
I’ll post up tomorrow morning… forgot yesterday and today.
Just dropped my dog off at the veterinarian. Her step-on scale weighed me seven pounds heavier, 167. Scale is inaccurate. Watch those lying scale.
So the question is… Is the vet scale right, or your scale…
But the scale of the problem is enormous. Most scales are not well calibrated. That’s why I try to just use the same one each time, so at least the increase/decrease is relatively accurate.
In the end, the key for me is to weigh in every day at the same time - for me, I wake up, go to the bathroom, then weigh in. I never weigh in any other time. The human body fluctuations throughout the day with food, water, etc so it really doesn’t tell me much.
I keep this up regardless if I am trying to lose weight or just maintain. It keeps you from really letting go. I even have a small travel scale for week long work jobs.
For Thanksgiving and Christmas / special holidays, I weigh in that morning then give myself off until the following Monday and am always at that weight or usually a tad less.
Regardless if the vet scale is right or not, weighing in on the same scale gives you the trend and total weight lost.
Was trying to reply back yesterday but got side tracked with the kids and never came back to it.
One of my biggest issues (too many to list, lol) is binge/over eating.
When I’m losing weight I’m eating more smaller meals throughout the day. Drinking lots of water. Skipping high sugar foods and drinks.
I tend to drop weight then get back into having soda more and more throughout the week, starting with 1 a week then will keep doing more and more. Going put to eat and finishing the over sized meals instead of setting half or more aside to bring home.
End of the year is always tricky, from October on I have my two sons birthdays my birthday, Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas. Lots of candy and good food.
Wife never made me my birthday cheesecake… maybe I won’t remind her lol.
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180.7
I was actually surprised, as I thought weight had gone up a slight amount.
The toddlers “helped” me rearrange the basement/lower level, so I’ve got the old pads down, as well as the kettlebells. Not on an organized plan yet, but regularly going down to move stuff and get back in the groove.
187 today.
Just took a mini vacation to Disney, lots of walking but didn’t eat the healthiest either…
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Ended the week at 204.2, a gain of 0.4. Low was 201.2 Friday morning; gain was probably attributable to my mother insisting on dragging me to her favorite Chinese carb-hell while out to get the week’s groceries. (I don’t think even that would have been a problem if it had been early in the week giving me time to adjust for it; just happened to be timed just right to screw my weekly metrics.)
180.3
Happy to not go up… But kicking soda (and chai tea lattes) alone has probably made the biggest difference in the past several weeks-month. About to hit the road for work again this week, which really presents the challenge.
I feel like being able to prep your own meals is pretty important and I’m no health guru.
Not at my current job but I’ve had ones where I had to travel for the day (visiting customer sites) this led to a lot of eating out. Or at times traveling for a week or weeks at a time training and that was worse. Normally didn’t have a room with kitchen to buy and make food.
Good luck!
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Actually, if you’re cagey about it you can eat out even most meals and still drop pounds–the trick is to avoid non-fiber carbs; my usual is something like a steak and salad with corn or green beans. It may not be the Express to Ground Floor the fad-diet gurus recommend, but my docs want me to make slow and comfortable changes over a longer timeline so I’m more likely to stick with them. Also, avoiding fast-food in favor of at least “casual dining” helps a lot; most of the fast-food I eat now is Arby’s roast beef sandwiches, and on those I throw the bread away and re-wrap the meat in a tortilla.
One thing I’ve been finding helps a lot is dumping sodas (okay, I have a couple swigs of Dr Pepper when I start the morning and a couple more at lunch, just enough to keep the caffeine withdrawal headaches away) in favor of flavored sparkling water like Cascade Ice; no carbs, no sugar, 5 calories or less, better flavor than tap water makes me more likely to drink it too.
Not gonna lie. I have enjoyed some energy drinks I found fairly recently. Something like Xience brand. A couple gas stations on my normal driving routes have them. 0 calories, tastes pretty good. Better than soda or diet soda or coffee.
Fast food is anyone’s bane, unless doing some super high impact workouts every day.
I’ve gotten good at finding decent salads, and steak/salad combos. Drinking only unsweetened iced tea with lemon at dinner. Most places serve steamed broccoli and it’s much better for you than corn. I’m actually glad that many restaurants list calories on their menus. One of my favorite lunches is at Red Robin, their chicken Ensenada is excellent and less than 600 calories with dressing. Surprisingly, McDonalds’s southwestern chicken salad is pretty damn good.
Tortillas aren’t all that good. Look up what a big flour tortilla has in it. It’s roughly the equivalent of two slices of wheat bread.
Getting rid of soda and energy drinks is a solid step to a healthy life. None of them are good for you. Good choice on the sparkling water. It’s really too bad you don’t like coffee 
It’s the easy solution to your caffeine issues.
So I’ve been holding steady for about a month because I’m behind my office computer 12 hours a day lately. I’ve wanted a rower for a long time so I finally ordered one on amazon. One of the best bang for the buck machines workouts IMO so hopefully it’ll be easier to get something quick but worthwhile in before I’m at work all damn day.
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The past two weeks I’ve hit my five day workout goal. I historically have always struggled with getting that 5th workout in but now that I’m getting into the swing of sticking to getting all five days in during the work week it’s becoming less of a burden and more of the normal routine.
Weight wise, I’m at 185 as of this morning. I’m not too concerned with that though as I can see my mid section has slimmed and my pants are fitting looser than they were a month and half ago.
Alcohol wise, I didn’t make it though sober January. I had a few beers last night and last Friday as well. I have however been a stickler to not drinking at all during the week.
Goal is to still drop back down to 170 by summer, so I might have to cut out that evening snack I enjoy while watching a show at night.
I don’t have to check to know that my weight will go up a bit tomorrow. Watched the calories overall, but didn’t eat as clean while on the road this week. Doing a better job with that when driving because I can bring food or stop and purchase; this week involved flights. So we’ll see.
Hey guys -
I’m 28.
6’0"
420 lbs.
Been going to the gym for about a year. Killing it at the gym, but having a hard time changing the nutrition and it shows.
Gained 0.6# this week, ended at 204.8 with lows of 200.8. Must be time to start hitting the salad bar harder again…
I was dreading stepping on the scale today. Had lunch out with the guys at work and then dinner out with the family.
Must have been pretty good the rest of the week. 185 today.
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