Last week was a pretty good week. My older son and I attended 3 days of Cub Scout Day Camp, and I managed to keep the weight stable through that. I slid through a snack day at work without causing too much distress. (Up two tenths of a pound, the smallest increment my scale will measure)
Then, came Friday. We spent a weekend in Southern Illinois visiting family. We had long ago decided that we wouldn't burden others with our dietary choices, but would instead try to fit our diets into their food framework. Ha!
Friday night was McDonald's in the car. They have some healthy foods, but the only South Beach compliant items on their menu are salads, which you can't eat while driving.
Saturday morning was reasonably healthy, but Saturday Lunch was with my boys, my father-in-law and brother-in-law at Buffalo Wild Wings. Again, there ARE a few items on their menu that fit the lean meat, low carb lifestyle that I'm supposed to be following. And my entree was one such (a grilled chicken wrap). But adding the giant basket of fried stuff that our table shared probably ruined any hope I had of staying healthy.
Dinner Saturday night was the sort of meal that was "almost" compliant (my father-in-law grilled)
Late Saturday night a few of us went to a Mexican restaurant late and had appetizers and desserts. Ouch.
Sunday breakfast, by request, I was very, very bad. I made homemade biscuits and gravy for my in-laws, and it was so good that I had two servings. With real pork sausage and not the turkey stuff I use at home. With real butter in the gravy, not light oil of some kind. (At least I held myself to 2% milk instead of whole or cream).
We skipped lunch, but dinner was Fried Chicken and a slice of pie.
Not only am I up several pounds this morning, but I spent a big chunk of the night being sick to my stomach. :-(
Serves me right.
On to the new week!
Monday, June 25, 2012
Saturday, June 16, 2012
When all the numbers changed.
Back on January 21, I blogged about my bathroom scale. (See - http://atrickleofrandomthoughts.blogspot.com/2012/01/how-many-angels-can-dance-on-head-of.html)
One of the things we'd noticed was that my weight always was either an even pound or a half pound. . . 225.0 or 225.5 - and my wife's weight was always an even tenth of a pound 162.2 162.4 162.6 etc.
I wondered where the point was where the scale switched from rounding to the half pound and started rounding to the 5th of a pound. Well now I know.
My weight Thursday morning was 220.5, and Friday was 220.0. This morning . . .219.6.
So, for any weight under 220, the scale rounds to the nearest even tenth of a pound. Pretty cool.
On a side note, this morning's weight for Karen was 164.4, which is her lowest weight since the birth of our children. (Although, she emphasized, she is NOT to her pre-pregnancy weight yet)
We're easing back into Phase 2 this morning, so wish us luck. On Phase one for the last week we've experienced about a half pound to a pound of weight loss per day. Once we slip to phase 2, we typically look for a pound a week.
One of the things we'd noticed was that my weight always was either an even pound or a half pound. . . 225.0 or 225.5 - and my wife's weight was always an even tenth of a pound 162.2 162.4 162.6 etc.
I wondered where the point was where the scale switched from rounding to the half pound and started rounding to the 5th of a pound. Well now I know.
My weight Thursday morning was 220.5, and Friday was 220.0. This morning . . .219.6.
So, for any weight under 220, the scale rounds to the nearest even tenth of a pound. Pretty cool.
On a side note, this morning's weight for Karen was 164.4, which is her lowest weight since the birth of our children. (Although, she emphasized, she is NOT to her pre-pregnancy weight yet)
We're easing back into Phase 2 this morning, so wish us luck. On Phase one for the last week we've experienced about a half pound to a pound of weight loss per day. Once we slip to phase 2, we typically look for a pound a week.
Friday, June 15, 2012
Continuing On . . .
I didn't expect to just STOP blogging when I reached the one year anniversary of my start on a healthier path. . . but my schedule got a little full and it just sort of happened.
Same way with the weight loss. On May 15, I weighed 221 pounds, a loss of 61 for the previous 12 months. So . . . with great fanfare I created a new spreadsheet with our weights, and put the starting weight at 221 instead of 282. Perhaps I jumped the gun a bit. In the last 31 days, we've travelled a little bit, we've been to a couple of parties, a church pot luck. We've adjusted to a summer schedule that sometimes means meals on the run . . .
The end result, of course, is that weight loss stopped also. In fact, weight gain commenced. Most of the last four weeks we've been on our various plateaus with me up about 2 pounds and my wife up about a pound. The peak came 10 days ago, when we returned from a weekend professional development course my wife took. . .7 weekend meals all out and about (2 of them were picnics with healthy food, but the others -- the worst kind of restaurant meals). I peaked at 226 pounds, up 5 from my "beginning" weight.
Since then, we've gotten strict again. Correct portion sizes, no junk food. We rediscovered fresh seafood. And for the last 5 days, we've been back on Phase 1 -- no carbs.
So, at 31 days in to year two, I'm back to 220.0 pounds -- exactly one pound less than a month ago.
My wife, providing a great example for me, is down almost two pounds from a month ago. (And her peak weight was only about 2 pounds up from her May 15 start)
Wish us luck, as we continue on!
Same way with the weight loss. On May 15, I weighed 221 pounds, a loss of 61 for the previous 12 months. So . . . with great fanfare I created a new spreadsheet with our weights, and put the starting weight at 221 instead of 282. Perhaps I jumped the gun a bit. In the last 31 days, we've travelled a little bit, we've been to a couple of parties, a church pot luck. We've adjusted to a summer schedule that sometimes means meals on the run . . .
The end result, of course, is that weight loss stopped also. In fact, weight gain commenced. Most of the last four weeks we've been on our various plateaus with me up about 2 pounds and my wife up about a pound. The peak came 10 days ago, when we returned from a weekend professional development course my wife took. . .7 weekend meals all out and about (2 of them were picnics with healthy food, but the others -- the worst kind of restaurant meals). I peaked at 226 pounds, up 5 from my "beginning" weight.
Since then, we've gotten strict again. Correct portion sizes, no junk food. We rediscovered fresh seafood. And for the last 5 days, we've been back on Phase 1 -- no carbs.
So, at 31 days in to year two, I'm back to 220.0 pounds -- exactly one pound less than a month ago.
My wife, providing a great example for me, is down almost two pounds from a month ago. (And her peak weight was only about 2 pounds up from her May 15 start)
Wish us luck, as we continue on!
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