...And I Thought I Blew It

After a weekend of heavy eating lots of pasta (and I mean LOTSA pasta) and sitting around (four sessions of Stake Conference), as well as committing a few late-night candy binges, I thought all my hard work had been shot.  However, after stepping on the scales (after a quick workout) this morning, I was still hanging in there at 286.4 pounds.  I can hardly believe it.  Not too bad.  I'm just trying not to imagine where I would be with a little more self control.

P.S.  I did resist the candy bowl at grandma's house last night, though.  Heh heh.

P.P.S.  Every day I am also throwing away some of the less desirable sweets from the kids' stash.  Not the good stuff, mind you.  Just the stuff that would still be there at Christmas.

Post-Halloween Assessment

Despite the inundation of sugar and the invasion of pumpkin chocolate chip cookies, I am still maintaining.  This morning I was holding steady at 286.8.  Not bad.  Although I have to brag that I have only eaten three pieces of Halloween emptiness so far.  I think what did for me were the cookies and the most exquisite Kouign Amann from Les Madeleines (featured on The Food Network).  Wow!  I thought I was back in Europe.

So good. If you have never tried one, put it on your bucket list.

The junk on top of the fridge, though, isn't even tempting right now.  Hopefully, I can eliminate (dispose of not consume) most of it without the kids knowing much.  I'll have to be sneaky.

Small Breakthrough

So I've been hovering around 290 lbs. since the last time I posted.  I guess the weight doesn't really fit with the word "hovering," but it'll do for now.  Regardless, it was somewhat discouraging.  I've been working fairly hard: exercising, eating less, but it didn't really seem to make a difference, but this morning, after a somewhat crappy walk, the scale dipped down to 286.4!  It's going down, baby.  Even if it's incremental, it is going down like a bucket of chicken wings--one bite at a time.

A Little Easier

So yesterday I weighed in at 288.1 lbs.  That's the lowest poundage since April of this year.  Days where I feel like I'm starving are a little more bearable, though.  I find that I'm not craving chocolate (as much) or empty sugar calories either.  It's a little easier to walk by the free chips and salsa without gorging myself just because they're free and in my face.  It's a little easier to get up and exercise, although I still don't like the getting-up part.  I guess that's progress.  And for the math geeks out there that must have quantifiable data...since Amy and I have started our wellness challenge, I have lost (and kept off) 10 pounds.  That's 3.3% or 1/29.8 of my total body weight.  Not bad for a fat guy.

Anybody have any favorite snacks they could recommend?  I getting a little tired with what I'm doing.

Medical Evidence

Since I signed up for the school district's wellness stuff, I figured I should go in and see the doc.  I get a gift card for showing that I'm trying to be healthy, so why not?  Besides that, the fact that my cholesterol med prescription was out of refills, I figured it was time to go in for a physical.  So it had been over a year?  It could have been worse.  (More updates on my wellness plan later.)

So after the blood work last Tuesday, I went in this past Monday to get the good news.  Blood sugar is excellent.  Triglycerides are way down!  Good cholesterol is up.  Bad cholesterol is down. A lot!  Woo hoo!  I'm still working at it--not gonna grind to a halt just because the numbers say I'm not at much risk for heart attack or stroke or things like that (blood pressure is a teeny bit up--doc says it's stress and aging).  My weight is about the same as t was at this time last year, so I;d like to lower it some.  And it's coming off...very...slowly.

So, there.  I'm feeling pretty darn good about myself.  Portions are still hard, and so is battling the after-school snack desire.  It's a good thing there aren't any Oreos in the house right now either.

Like Bob Wiley, I'm not a slacker.  I'm doin' the work!

P.S.  Over the weekend I went under 290 (barely), but I'm back up to 291.  Work is still in progress.

Still Losing Weight...

despite eating grilled sausages, steak, chicken, (bacon and jalapeno) pizza, and a strawberry milkshake this weekend.  Down to 293.4, baby!  I just didn't gorge myself this time.

Witness the Willpower

Just so you know, in the past 72 hours I have passed on free cookies, cake, ice cream, donuts, candy bars, chips, Dum Dums (from  Sam), dark chocolate coconut almonds, and massive amounts of leftover pizza.  That should be worth something.

My mind and body don't agree, though.