Yesterday, I went to the gym for the first time in six days and I painted our living room ceiling (at least I primed it, the final coat will be applied today). I felt really good during the workout. I got a lot of physical exercise and I stuck to the diet. Well, almost.
Last night we went to the Cottage View Drive-In for one last time. We went with some other people, it was kind of cold out there, and I ended up not watching the movie. I also had a beer: a can of Surly Furious. Normally, this would have been a happy event, but I did not enjoy it, as I knew it was contrary to the diet and my main goal of losing this weight. The whole experience was less than positive.
My takeaway was this: I'm so totally dedicated to this project that I can't enjoy a single beer. I should have, because I've done a lot already and a little reward here and there should be okay. I recognize that, I know that, but I don't want it. My reward is recording weight loss on the spreadsheet. That's it. Well, that's not completely true, but the point is, the priority is to lose the weight and get in shape.
I don't know if you need this kind of single mindedness to pull off an 85 pound weight loss, maybe you do. I have it, I guess, and I'll just go with that.
Day 47
Weight: 258.7
Total Loss: 25.8
Different strategies for different people. Hopefully, at some point you will be able to switch the mental focus from weight loss per se to health and fitness more generally.
I'm lucky in that I've never had a tendency to put on weight. Probably in part because I made the transition from a "see-food" diet as a football player to a modest diet when I stopped being a competitive athlete (with a bout of mild depression in-between, in which I lost a LOT of weight in a few months). My dad, on the other hand, has struggled with his weight his whole adult life. I got his dad's skinny build. He got his mother's ability to put on and hold weight. It's not all about willpower or habits.
I am making a pot of pinto beans for tonight. We'll have burritos with tomatillo-avocado sauce and salad. I also bought a package of "country-style ribs", which are just fat strips cut from a pork butt. With the Boy gone, I have to scale back on meat purchases, because mrsS and I could never eat a whole pork butt before it went bad.
Another post-Boy realization: I have to cut back on milk purchases. mrsS doesn't drink milk, and the Girl drinks almond milk. So it's pretty much just me. I used to buy two gallon packs at Costco, but I don't drink that much milk. I don't even know whether I'll be able to finish the current gallon I bought before it turns.
On the other, other hand, there was still cold-pressed coffee in the pot for me this morning. Not having the Boy around means that I won't have anyone else to blame when my coffee is gone in the mornings. At least until the Girl starts stealing it again. 🙂
Is there a way to make your cold-press coffee non-Vegan?
bacon flavoring!!
did you know that bacon bits are actually a vegan food?
Not Real Bacon Pieces tho'.
maybe i should have phrased that as "bac `n bits".
I always thought it was Bac-o-bits.
(also, gross.)
In-laws get these jars that real bacon pieces, like the bacon inspiration for Baco Bits. They need to stay in the fridge.
I have occasionally just eaten a spoonful.
I had a weird schedule yesterday - wake at 7, work 8-12, sleep 1-6, awake 6-3:30AM, sleep 3:30AM - 9AM today. Got up and went to the gym today. Cooking some rice and beans right now. Gonna go do some yardwork later and then nap before my shift tonight.