The mantra is "One Week, One Pound"
Last week was 313.0 and this week is 310.8 for a drop of 2.2 lbs.
January started with a 317.0 and that is a 6.2 lbs drop for the month and if I take a look, goals-wise, there were four weeks so four pounds was the minimal acceptable weight loss and I beat that by 2.2 lbs. That's like one whole Kilogram!
So the goal for next week is 309.8 lbs and there is the Super Bowl too. For those uninitiated to this U.S. custom it is the second biggest eating "holiday" behind Thanksgiving. However the food is much worse with its deeply fried, heavily breaded and thickly sauce covered meat and cheese products. Chili-cheese isn't a food, it's just a topping on other foods on this day. So there will be challenges getting into the first week of February.
Four Mondays so four weigh in days in February and a minimal of four pounds again. Short month but at least I have the Winter Olympics for some motivation. Winter Olympics? Anyone? Yeah, I like to pretend to be a competitor too, but the folks in Newnan, GA don't like seeing a guy in cross country skis and a rifle going down GA 34.
Speaking of exercise, still not much in the way of cardio but I am finally adding some crunches to the regimen. I can't deny that even at the low dumbbell weights of 6.6 lbs each and maxing out reps-wise around thirty of each exercise the results are really visible after…how long had it been? Two months? Either way, the nearly regular exercise program has produced some tangible results. Nothing more annoying than finding out that in the very basic sense what they say is right. Keep at it and you will see the results. Damn it! I had hoped that my usual one day of trying and then quitting because I didn't see improvements was the right thing to do!
Some day this week I am getting the DVR through the cable company and also getting the phone through the cable company so I have a weekday at home. That could be fun too, but the challenges of eating when I am home all day are daunting. I've kind of solved this by not having food in the house. Really, I have bananas, skim milk, yogurt, frozen fruit, breakfast mix and V8 juice and that's about it.
But I do have a car and cash so eating out can be a breeze. I can't wait to go to the cupcake place on that day. The bastards are open from 9am to 5pm Monday thru Friday so I can't get a cupcake most work weeks, but now I am already thinking about it. The head is the one part of this changing my lifestyle that is really not getting into the game. I can imagine food being good to eat. I also think about all the places I could eat on almost any given route I drive. Then I think about all the foods I could order at those places and it goes on and on.
Like an alcoholic I think I have hit rock bottom when I go out to lunch and order from Burger King and McDonalds on the same trip and I am trying to hide the BK bag from the McDonalds drive thru lady.
I also still have a capacity issue and I can't stop myself from eating everything I order nor am I very good at not ordering much more than I need to be full. 6 inch subs are filling, but I can fill up and then some on the 12 inch sub and literally it's a half second decision for twice the calories. Those are damn good subs though, well not really but there are Subway shops on every corner and the good Jewish delis are few and far between. Hit me up if you know a good deli in Newnan.
Well, now that I have gotten all up in my head about food I am going to eat my V8 juice for lunch.
Later.
