Our daughter Chloe (as you know her by now I'm sure) is sick with the flu. It hasn't gotten her sense of humor down though. On the way home from the doctor she quipped "this should add to my weight loss" and grinned. She is just eating soup and drinking low cal sports drink. Hopefully, she will be well soon and no one else will get sick...that's what I'm hoping anyway.
I weighed at work today and only lost .4 since last week. I was kinda down, but know I've been eating well so I'm not going to sweat it. I am having a separate issue that I think is causing a slow down in weight loss. I can't go number 2. Sorry to be blunt and share so much, but it's ticking me off. I ate my chili all day Sunday. I had smoked sausage for lunch yesterday and two turkey and cheese sandwiches (with lettuce used like bread) for dinner. Today I skipped breakfast (had a low carb energy drink instead) and only ate a turkey burger with lettuce for dinner. I missed lunch due to leaving work to take Chloe to the doctor. I snacked on a few peanuts as a snack. All that food, yet I have not went for a deuce since Friday evening. I don't hurt, but man I am bloated! Tomorrow I am going to eat my egg breakfast, but no bacon or other salty item with it. For lunch I'm taking 2 turkey burgers. The only snack I have at work is a beef stick. Maybe I need more fiber than the little lettuce I am consuming can offer. I also am only going to drink 1 low carb energy drink and everything else will be water. I have not had enough water lately. That's enough about that.
My wife's birthday is Saturday the 5th and we are planning a shopping trip to Lexington. The old me and new me are battling already over the food. Old Mike says "have pancakes at IHOP for breakfast and whatever bad thing for dinner at wherever you go. A day off is needed and if a weekend off last month didn't kill your weight loss, than surely a day won't hurt". The new Mike says "you feel great and are getting closer to your goal each day. Don't blow it and risk never getting back on track. You have managed to eat good food without bread and sugar, so why purposely eat that crap this weekend?". So the compulsive eater I am is already torn with what I will do. I'll be honest, I would love to eat all you can eat pancakes and maybe some good bread, fries and other crap on Saturday. I should want to say "heck no, I don't want that crap!"...but part of me does want it. I won't know until Saturday for sure how this will play out. My wife and daughter will do all they can to keep me on track (remember the son could care less...he's 9). Chloe could break bad and eat crap too if she sees me do it. So here is my bold prediction. I will have an omelet with no potatoes or bread and no pancakes for breakfast at IHOP that morning. However, I will have one bite of a pancake just to kill the craving without sabotaging my progress. At dinner, wherever my wife picks to go, I will have a protein and a veggie. I may have one fry, bite of roll or bite of potato to kill that craving. Also, if there is a desert at the table, I will say no to it altogether! I feel good and know I can eventually hit my goal if I do not cheat! If for some reason I have a bad day, I will not get discouraged. Last month I went off of eating well for 3 days and two weeks later lost 7 pounds from that time. So I know I am capable of getting back on my weight loss adventure and not just throw in the towel like I used to after a bad eating period.
That's all I got for tonight. More coming later, goodnight!
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