Weigh-in #21: could be better

Peak: 435 lb
Previous: 362.2lb
Current: 360.2
Loss this week: 2lb
Total Loss: 74.8lb

I went off plan and I didn’t deserve much of a loss. Last week I scored myself 5/7 for food and 7/7 for exercise (12/14). This week it’s 2/7 food, 3/7 exercise (5/14). Even though I lost this week, I’m disappointed in myself.

Having a cooking class on Monday that runs 6:30pm – 9:30pm is a bad way to start things off:-

  1. I can’t do my usual evening workout.
  2. I grab something quick for dinner because I’m rushed.
  3. We cook nice food during the lesson, which screams EAT ME! (Last week was Ricotta+spinach ravioli with a tomato sauce, mmm!).

I suck at mornings on the best of days, let alone on a Monday, so there’s very little chance I’ll get up early to do a pre-work gym session; today I’m going to work a “half-day” at work* instead, so I can get up at my normal time and hit the gym around 9am. I’ve got some errands to run too, which will include preparing a healthy meal for the evening. (*I’m able to do this because I’m self-employed, kinda).

I pulled things together on Tuesday and Wednesday, discovering a new favourite meal (prawn stir-fry) and hitting my gym sessions, but then things slid again on Thursday and continued badly over the weekend. I can’t think of any trigger events that caused this, but it definitely felt that once I started to slide it was easy to keep on going: “today was a bad day, so it doesn’t matter if I eat another piece of cake” – we’re pretty irrational/stupid animals sometimes!

Over the weekend I went and saw my family and got a fun comment from my mum: “You’re like a snowman who’s melting, soon we’ll be left with a pile of clothes on the floor!”. I’m holding off on buying new clothes until I hit my 100lb milestone (only a couple more months!) but I can’t wait to see what sizes I am. This year I’m totally saying “good riddance” to the specialist shops :) .

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5 comments

  1. AndrewENZ
    February 8, 2010 at 16:53

    That cooking class sounds great! I think 2 pounds is not too shabby to be honest.

  2. Harry
    February 8, 2010 at 17:20

    Yea I know. I wrote most of the post on sunday expecting a 1lb loss, then magically lost weight while I slept. Still, could have been better. Pizza, kebab, biscuits, cake, candy, beer, crisps and chocolate are not supposed to be on the menu! ;) .

  3. Anonymous Fat Girl
    February 8, 2010 at 17:36

    Harry I’m proud of you. Look how far you have come already! A two pound loss is fantastic. And what is prawn stir fry? Sounds tasty.

  4. Harry
    February 9, 2010 at 19:15

    :)

    My stir-fry is something like this: http://www.channel4.com/food/recipes/popular-dishes/stir-fry/chilli-prawn-stir-fry-recipe_p_1.html.

    Good calorie-value and it’s just protein and veg.

  5. Erin
    February 9, 2010 at 21:09

    Two pounds is fantastic!

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