BlobBlogI had a good week. Then a terrible weekend. I ended up half a pound down and consider myself very lucky. I must try harder. I must try harder. I must try .. well, lets face it .. a bit at least! This week starts with an "All You Can Eat" Chinese meal with family. It'll probably take me the rest of the week to recover from that. Which could be a problem with my Brother's birthday party on Saturday and my Mum's home cooking on Sunday. Uh oh.
Uh huh. Another 2.5 up. Straight back to 17 stone. Why, oh why and such forth. I know I should make promises to do better but since I'm out tonight, eating & drinking, and again tomorrow, I don't fancy my chances. Ho hum. I really don't want to be heading in this direction though so I'm going to have to make the effort to stem the flow.
What a top week it's been. Superb meals at home and from friends. Nice hot, greasy meals to fend off the winter and lots of boozing and snacking. It's been great .. until now. Weigh-in time. Uh oh. Let's just say I'm expecting a gain :o(. I never could diet at this time of year. (Like it's been that impressive at any other time this year.)
Up two and a half pounds which is no major surprise with all that Stag food and drink. Ho hum. Salad for me I guess :o(.
Another week, another weight. Result 16st 9lb. It would be an understatement to say I was gutted that I'd only lost 1/2 a pound after the efforts of the last seven days. However, I prefer to think that last weeks figure was suspiciously low so maybe I have done better. I certainly hope so 'cos I'll be blowed if I'm gonna diet more than I did over the last week! Either way, I'm happy to be approaching the mid sixteens at long last.
Long time no update, again. Ho hum. Latest scores on the doors have been:
I know I should be ecstatic about the latest result but: (a) I'm feeling too ill & groggy right now; and (b) whilst I did work hard to lose some weight this week I suspect part of the loss could be linked to me being ill. I'm gonna wait until next week before I celebrate. There's no particular reason why I can't have another good week. So if this week's result is legit then hopefully I can knock it down a notch or two. On the other hand, if dehydration and stuff is having an effect hopefully I'll come out of it with a similar result. It would be sweet to start making a strike towards the magical 16 stone target at last.
It was up 1 today (taking me to 240.5). I'm determined to do better this week. More salads, more fruit and less chocolate. I wonder if I'll remember this new resolve tomoroow ;o).
Has it really been that long since I updated! Naughty, naughty me. Here's a quick summary of my weight over the last couple of weeks. The Tuesday 20th result was 242 lbs (up 1). Then I deliberately took a diet hiatus over my Birthday. This was supposed to last a week but was more like two. Unsurprisingly I gained a reasonable amount of weight. I believe I got up to 243.5, going by the scales at home. I couldn't weigh in on the 27th September as I was on a course. Since then I have been no angel in all honesty. I guess I have been active enough to burn of a few calories though. When I weighed in last Tuesday I had officially lost 2.5lbs over the fortnight, being at 239.5. I can't help feeling it was a tad undeserved but I'll grin & bear it :o).
I've also been far from perfect over the last week. It's been a strange mixture of quite simple or healthy meals combined with some snacking (sometimes in lieu of a proper meal). I could well be pushing my luck here but strangely I'm hoping I'll be alright. I really ought to get back on the case properly. I have this modest dream of getting below 17 stone (238 lbs) and staying there awhile. Of course I'm supposed to be aiming for a stone under that by the end of the year. Oh well, off to do the deed ...
Hoping to break even. There was good food at the wedding ;o). Also the plan for the next couple of weeks due to birthday celebrations.
The "official" result was 241 lbs. So a loss of 2 lbs which is nice. It also seems that our new scales may be acurate enough to use in the future. I'll carry on as is for the moment though.
Well our scales have me at 240.5 lbs. That would be very nice but I suspect they're weighing lighter.
I'm going to predict 1 off this week. I've been very good but we had a couple of take-aways this week. We now have our own scales which I'm hoping to test each week when I usually get weighed. If they seem accurate enough I might take to using those to weigh in. At the moment I pay to go to a slimming club simply to enforce a weekly check. This is a rather expensive way of doing things but it does work. I better go jump on our scales now ...
1 lb down today. A small step in the right direction.
Only two days to go to the next weigh in. It could be a tough one to predict. I've had some good times and some bad times over the last two weeks. I would hope that I haven't gained.
To my credit, I didn't apply for the perfect job. £35K/yr to travel the world as a chocolate taster for Fortnum & Mason. Mmm, chocolate. IMHO It's a better way of making cash from eating than suing fast food firms. When will the madness of suing anyone for anything be stopped? Not any time soon if the Stella awards are anything to go by!
1 lb on :o(. No weigh in next week (on holiday).
I don't want to talk about it. Let's just say I'll be off Santa's Xmas list:o(.
In an effort to shy away from reporting a very poor effort on the diet front in the last 24 hours, here's a couple of weight related links ...
Apparently, Gender affects the brain's response to food. Here's a brief excerpt from His-and-Her Hunger Pangs: For example, when hungry, men had more activity than women did in the paralimbic region of the brain, an area involved in processing emotion. When sated, women had more activity than men did in the occipital cortex, the seat of vision, and men had more activity than women did in an area of the prefrontal cortex associated with feelings of satisfaction.
If I really cut down my food, would I live longer? Whilst that may be rather extreme, I guess I should be able to gain a little time just by being healthier ;o).
I'm gutted. 1/2 pound on :o(. I could have sworn I'd done well this week. Show's what happens when you snack instead of eating properly. Nuts. That's up to 243 lbs for those who are counting.
Well that's the idea behind predicting here. I can't back out of it and claim I knew I was going to gain ;o). Now to come up with a better plan for the coming week. It's due to be a tricky one too (meals out, wedding, drinking, ...).
It's the night before again. Trepidation time. Could be tricky to weigh in tomorrow because I'm on a course at the moment. The plan is to dash there and back if I'm lucky. I'm hoping this has been another good week and I will be rewarded with a couple of pounds off. We'll see. Wish me luck!
