I’ll Be Back

Out of town for a week or so. Catch you next month!

Weekly Wrap-Up – Week 5

This week I witnessed one historical event. On Saturday morning my weight had finally fallen below the 70 kg mark and I actually weighed something that starts with 6 – 69.6 kg. That was a major accomplishment for me. My weight didn’t quite stay there but one day it will, I’m sure of that. The end weight for week number 5 is 70.0 kg. A nice round number to start a new week with.

Weight loss progress

So far, I’ve lost a total of 6.6 kg – or 14.55 pounds. My weight loss has been faster than recommended, but in the end, it’s not up to me to decide where my fat decides to go and when, is it? Needless to say, I’m happy with the progress I’ve made. When I look in the mirror, I genuinely think I can see a difference. And that’s what I can see in the weight loss simulator as well:

Before | Now

This definitely gives me motivation to continue!

Thirteen

From 13th to 13th

I just realized that it’s November 13th. It was October 13th when I started my diet. And as it happens, I have managed to lose 13 pounds so far. I guess I have found my lucky number.

Anyhow, I wanted to post today to let you know that I’m still here even though my blogging hasn’t been quite as active as it used to be. I still weigh myself every morning but the changes in my weight aren’t so drastic that I’d have the energy to keep you posted. My apologies for that. Nonetheless, the graph on The Success Report gets updated on a daily basis and I will definitely keep writing in the future as well.

Emotional Calories

“If hunger is not the problem, then eating is not the solution”

I must apologize for being such a lazy blogger lately. I guess I could blame many things. The emotional turmoil in my life this past week. My busy schedule. The weather. Anything and everything. Yet in all honesty I’ve just been too lazy to post. My weight loss project has found a nice balance. I’ve started to figure out my daily energy need on my own without that much help from various calorie counters. My weight keeps going down and I feel like I’m getting fit. In other words, everything is going to the direction I wish it to go – and on a nice and steady pace. That leaves me with nothing major to report.

But I’m still here. Continuously trying to figure out what the best lifestyle choices for me are. The diet profile questionnaire on Calorie Count gave me a little more insight into things. According to my profile I’m an emotional eater and as such use food to affect my mood.

“emotional eaters should plan their meals ahead, and always have a clear idea how much they want to consume”

I guess my food diary has saved me from numerous “emotional calories” during these past four weeks. I hope I can keep it up in the future as well!

Go ahead and find out your own diet profile. I’d love to know what kind of obstacles other people have on their path to healthier diet.

I’m Back

It’s day 22 and I’m here again. My weekend went by quickly, and all that traveling left me quite tired. Nonetheless, I’ve decided to get back on track with my diet right here, right now. Luckily the weekend did not entirely wreck my diet and I didn’t actually witness any weight gain at all.

My weight for today:

72.1 kg

Focusing On Today

“Do you live in tomorrow when you must face today? At times, I forget to live in the moment, but what do I miss? The setting sun, the sound of birds’ singing and, most importantly, I miss meeting myself. I am constantly changing, and if I don’t spend time with myself in the here and now, I will never get to appreciate who I truly am because I am too busy focusing on who I want to be.”

Gary Barnes

I’m going to be out of town this weekend – focusing on life outside of dieting. Catch you on Monday!

Sounds Like My Day

“I burned sixty calories. That should take care of a peanut I had in 1962.”

Rita Rudner

Day 16

These past days certainly haven’t been that suitable for dieting. Weekend was what it was and not much changed on Monday. I usually tend to live like a hermit so on those rare occasions when social life is on offer I have a hard time saying no. So, yesterday, when a friend of mine asked me out for pizza I accepted her invitation. It was not too bad, though. We went to the local pizzeria quite early in the day so I had a chance to adjust my food plan accordingly. Still, eating a pizza surely isn’t the best choice for someone on a diet.

Today will have its challenges as well because I’ll be entertaining a friend later on. Luckily she knows about my new healthy lifestyle and will surely understand if the snacks I choose for us are from the healthier end of the scale.

I’ll do my best to stay on track!

Today’s weight:

74 kg

Day 15

Lazy days. I haven’t been exercising in two days because of my “day off” on Saturday and a nasty storm yesterday. Today, however, life seems to have gotten back on track so I can start this new week with similar enthusiasm as the past couple of weeks. First weigh in of the week:

73.9 kg

Day 14

Yesterday was a weird day. During these past two weeks I have grown so accustomed to keeping my food diary that taking a break from the habit felt odd. I missed it. I missed knowing exactly how much I have eaten and how much I could still eat. I guess that goes to show that I lack the ability to approximate the amount of energy I get from my daily meals. That’s something I eventually need to work on.

Anyhow, yesterday was not recorded in my food diary because my friend and I went out for lunch. I’m a perfectionist and since I wouldn’t have been able to be entirely sure of the nutritional contents of the food, I decided not to write it down at all. So, we headed to one of the oh-so-many Chinese restaurants in town and filled ourselves with noodles, shrimp, bananas and ice cream. Fried noodles of course. And fried bananas. Heck, in that place they probably fry everything – including napkins.

All in all, yesterday wasn’t too bad. I woke up so late that I only had time for a very light breakfast before lunch and after the final spoonful of fried bananas I was full for the day and didn’t even resort to snacks during the evening. What I did do instead was drink water. The food at the Chinese place was MUCH saltier than the food I have gotten used to so my body was in desperate need of water. That is to say that I’ve probably managed to gather at least some amount of fluids into my body during the past day or so.

Anyhow, my final weigh in for this week:

74.2 kg