Progress Report: September 7th, 2010
Weight: 268.8lbs
Body Fat Percentage:  35.9%
BMI: 39.1
Weight loss so far: +3.8 lbs

I told you I wasn’t going to lose any weight this week.

So for the time being I guess the blog is going to be called 268.8andfalling.  Another setback in the overall goal, sure, but I had a great weekend and I wasn’t really expecting anything to happen, so it’s all good.  I’m a little confused as to why my body fat percentage dropped .01%, but I know with digital monitors you have to make sure the conditions are identical when you measure so I think I will consider this an approximate.

There was some slacking though workout-wise.  My goals from last week kind of went to the wayside. 

But still, I’m not worried.  It’s a new month, a new season (for all practical purposes) and no more Buffalo Wing Festivals in sight.

I want to focus on some steady weight loss.  A shocking huge number would be nice, in all honesty, but I think if I focus on slow and steady I will have a better shot at keeping it off this time around.

I am once again going to attempt calorie counting, I hope to stick with it, but we will see how that goes.  Between sites like Sparkpeople or Dailyburn, or even just making a note on my phone, I think I can pull it off.

The things I am most excited about it are trying to get back into running, and trying the workouts that Steve has laid out in his new Rebel Fitness Guide.

I got it last week and I’m hoping I can use it to help with the diet, as far as getting into a more focused Strength Training program (instead of just going in the gym and doing whatever).  It’s a great guide with a lot of great information, so if you haven’t checked it out already, then you should.

And…that’s all I got.  There will be no more wings for a while, time to get back on track (again…for the millionth time…).

Don’t give up on me, yet!

Source 

Emotional
Stress
Boredom

You could basically fit any of those words (and probably a few more) into the title of this post, and you’ll have my eating habits for the past two months.

Now, I’m not trying to dwell on what I’ve done wrong before, but I sorta have to acknowledge it if I want to be able to move forward.

Things started going to crap when I began working from home.  I was suddenly thrown into a situation with no structure, and while I didn’t have alot of food in the house, I’d get bored and eat anything I could, or I would order delivery or hop in the car and head over to McDonalds or Wendys.  If these were my meals, it probably wouldn’t have been so bad, but this was a fairly constant thing throughout the day.  I also grew less interested in cooking, so almost every meal was eaten out, with little regard to healthy choices.

I resolved to do better in June, but that was a joke.  I housesat for my aunt for two weeks, in a house FILLED TO THE BRIM with all sorts of food, and I basically had at it.  I wasn’t eating out as much, but I was making up for it by eating all sorts of shit otherwise.

At the end of June I was on vacation in Winnipeg, Canada.  Again, lots and lots of eating out.  My only real saving grace there was that most of the eating was at actual meal times, there was very little snacking in between.

I don’t know why I get like that.  If I get upset at anything, I eat.  If I am stressed or bored, I eat.  If I have a craving for the slightest little thing, I eat.  If I try to allow myself one cheat meal, that basically gives way to a cheat day, which can give way to a cheat week, etc…

It sucks, and it sucks worse in that after I’ve eaten, I have very little motivation to do much else.  I just want to veg, so my workouts go out the window.  I workout a lot better on an empty, or near empty stomach, and over these past couple months having a empty or near empty stomach was a rarity.

But…hopefully that is all in the past, and I will get back on track.  Hopefully maybe even better than before, because the diet is something I’ve always struggled with to an extent.  I’m just not sure as to the best way to go about it.  I’ve tried counting calories before, and that lasted maybe a week.  I’ve tried meal tracking on Sparkpeople and Diet.com too, but quickly lost interest there as well.  Hell, the only reason I set up a twitter account was to tweet my meals, but that didn’t last long either.  I don’t know why it gets like that, especially I have no problem tracking each and every workout on Dailymile.

Blarg…I don’t know.  I was thinking about Weight Watchers for Men, but I don’t want to pay for something I’m going to end up not using.  I could just strive to eat healthy and not keep track of anything, too.  I know that works for alot of people, but I’ve been surprised in the past at how bad my “healthy” eating could be.

I’m rambling, so I’m going to shut up now.  I know something needs to be done, so it will, even if it means revisiting some old tools I tried to use in the past.  In the meantime, any thoughts or advice would be greatly appreciated  

Have a great day!