The never ending battle.
 

I find that every time I take a vacation or have company for more than a few days I engage in bad eating and drinking habits. After that for me mentally it is easier to say "ah well screw it I'll diet later, you only live once". Well that procrastination has allowed me to gain back 10 lbs within the last 5 months. I went from calorie counting and exercising to vacation binging and drinking....and not letting up enough when I got home. Now I am over 30 and it seems that it's twice as easy to pack on weight and that's comparing my eating habits now to back when I had lost my initial 50lbs back in college. I didn't have to count then, and the weight fell off just by a few tweaks and some exercise. Now it's a battle..mental and physical.

My self control is my biggest enemy when it comes to consistency. I can do well for a short period of time, but once I break the cycle it seems that it all goes to **** and I end up gaining even more weight. Maintaining my goal weight has never happened. It has always been a battle between gain and loose. It's so frustrating and I am sure most of you have similar struggles too. I have just found my breaking point again (hopefully) since my uniform barely fits and is so uncomfortable it drives me nuts to wear it!

I'm looking at a 5 month journey at this rate to get to my original goal weight and that is at a rate of 5lbs per month. I have never been successful since college to go beyond 3 months on a rock solid diet/exercise plan. (vacation interruptions of course!) So here we go again. This is day one.


To follow will be my logs for the day, and probably some venting!

Well, you know what your weaknesses are, and that's half the never ending battle. Make a plan that will help you to avoid your temptations.

Thank You! I've done well before..even with counting alcohol calories. It's making it through the multiple back to back non routine days that always screw me up. I guess mentally I think I have to start all over again and I end up procrastinating even longer which sometimes ends up in more gain.

07/10/17

Total Calories: 835

Exercise: Interval running -300

Starting Weight: 170.4 :o

Measurements in Inches:
Belly Below BB- 38
Butt- 43
Arm- 13 1/2
Thigh- 25 1/2
Hip- 41 3/4
Upper Abs 33

First day went well. I know the calories look low, but keep in mind that number includes the calories burned.

7/11/17

Total Calories: 1140

Exercise: None

Weight 167.4

Well apparently running makes your whole body sore, because I feel like I got hit by a train! It's been 3 or 4 months since I did any real exercise so I guess it is to be expected. Still sucks!!!! And apparently the high weight was due to water more than anything....period started too. Still that number on the scale is something I never wanted to see go so high.

7/12/17

Total Calories: 1110

Exercise: Interval Running -160

Weight: 166.4

Nice downward movement on the scale!

Thanks! I know it's mostly water weight as it's the period week and just changing my eating habits into lower carb mode too...from now on it will probably be a lot slower!

Ah the weekend....

7/13/17

Total Calories: 925

7/14/17

Total Calories:1770???

7/15/17

Total Calories:1370

7/16/17

Total Calories: 2000

Are you doing intermittent fasting? Your calories seem to be up one day, down the next.

Those would be alcohol calories LOL. The weekend usually ends up in a higher number, that's why I try to keep it lower during the week.

7/17/2017

Total Calories: 1840

Weight: 168.4

Bit of a bad day since I was playing Betty Cracka all day. Baked a retirement cake and 2 batches of peanut butter blossoms all from scratch. I did a fairly good job of not snitching, but I did eat one cookie and a small piece of cake...so that number is a bit more like guesswork. Plus I always end up eating more on my Mondays at work since I am working nights....got up earlier than I would normally after a night shift= more food. Alas here we go again weekdays......

7/18/2017

Weight: 165.8

Total Calories: 880

Exercise -250 Walk 3.6 miles

Much better day, finally!

Way to stick to it!

7/19/17

Weight: 165.4

Total Calories: 1125

7/20/17

Weight: 165.4

Total Calories: 1015

7/21/17

Weight: 165.2

Total Calories: 1415

7/22/17

Weight: 165.2

Total Calories: 900

7/23/17

Weight: 164.6

Exercise: -200 Lifting

Total Calories: 1240

7/24/17

Weight: 164.0

Exercise: -225 Jog 30 mins
Total Calories: 875

7/25/17

Weight: 164.4

Exercise: -200 Lifting

Total Calories: 805


7/26/17

Weight: 163.6

Exercise: -225 T25

Total Calories: 900

Nice progress!

Thanks! I haven't been great about getting on here every day but I am logging everything still! Easier to do on my laptop than my cell!!!

7/27/17

Weight: 163.8

Exercise: -300 lifting

Total Calories: 1030


7/28/17

Weight: 164.4

Exercise: none

Total Calories: 1620 More of a rough estimate due to camping!

7/29/17

Weight: ???

Exercise: none

Total Calories: 2100 again rough estimate from camping (and drinking...)


7/30/17

Weight: ???

Exercise: none

Total Calories: 1265

7/31/17

Weight: 164.2

Exercise: -300 lifting

Total Calories: 605

There all caught up!

Well the last couple of days have been a doozie in my personal life......bear with me.

8/1/17

Weight: 163.2

Exercise: none

Total Calories: 1220


8/2/17

Weight: 163.4

Exercise: -300 lifting

Total Calories: 1030


8/3/17

Weight: 162.8

Exercise: none

Total Calories: 2485..which is more estimate than anything. Stupid Ihop..and beer hehe.


8/4/17

Weight: 165.2 (goes to show what a day of bad eating and alcohol do to your body!)

Exercise: none (does painting the house count??)

Total Calories: 1850 another mostly estimated number.

Needless to say the weekend got away from me. I got a job offer that requires a move about 9 hours away. So a huge life changing decision for my husband and I which unfortunately is a much harder thing for him to do that me. His family is here, and he likes his job. Me...not liking my job and my family is already a two day drive away. Its asking a lot of him and he is willing to try it so now for everything to turn upside down...Selling the house.....finding him a job....finding me a place to stay until he finds a job (sounds like the camper is the cheapest! LOL), and then not knowing how long we will be apart. Craziness! Absolutely the most stressed out I have been, EVER. I am leaving my comfort zone and everything I've known since I started out in the adult working world and dragging my poor husband with me. Maybe I'm crazy but I guess I don't want to live with the regret of not trying it and he feels the same for me. I am so lucky he's supportive. Anyways yes I have wasn't very good at keeping track of calories this past weekend nor working out. So I'll fast forward to where I did keep track.


8/5/17--------a very bad day...probably close to 3000 but I couldn't say for sure.

8/6/17

Weight: I didn't want to know after the night before of a LOT of wine and food......

Exercise: none (painting house again)

Total Calories: 2120 give or take...had tamales so who knows! plus my Monday at work since it's a Midnight shift I am awake longer...and end up having a higher calorie count.

8/7/17

Weight: 165

Exercise: none

Total Calories: 1255

It's understandable. Maybe make yourself a deal to go for a walk when you feel super stressed rather than eat. Or pray. Or knit. Something that you find that calms you down. I like to walk my dogs, or walk and pray the Rosary. Those things help me de-stress. :)

Thanks Dee! I get caught up in my guilty pleasure (booze) and then if I drink too much I end up binging......Although I like to make excuses to slack when I am stressed too!

8/8/17

Weight: 163.2

Exercise: -300 lifting

Total Calories: 1145

8/9/17

Weight: 162.8

Exercise: -300 lifting ( I may have torched a few more calories changing a tire on a tahoe.......talk about a 2 hour labor intensive project!!!!)

Total Calories: 1155

Nice! You've seen some good progress the past few days!