Sizzler
First, a note: Today I got a comment from my friend Liz giving me kudos for losing 55 pounds… and it hit me (I mean I already knew this since I set it up) that the running weight loss total on here in the ‘About Our Blog’ section shows what I have lost since starting the Lighten Up program, but I lost 14 pounds from my high weight before I started that.. so today I decided to change that running tally to show all the weight from my all-time high… so no, I did not lose 16.5 pounds this week… and thank you Liz! 🙂
Second note: This past Monday when I refocused on my health and weight loss I had to guess at my weight (I entered 351) because I was heavier than our scal can weigh… we have one of those doctors scales with the weights and it only goes to 350 pounds…. and when I got on it was not having it. With the weights all the way over the beam was still pointing up… snd you can push on it and feel how close you are to 350 (not feel how many pounds, but just if you are really close to 350 or not.. how sad is it that I know this) So I guessed 351 which I figured was low. So after a solid week, last night and again this morning I weighted 347.5 pounds… so officially I lost 3.5 pounds since Monday… unofficially I believe it was more like 5-7 pounds (since my starting weight was probably higher than 351)
This week I exercised Monday and Tuesday, then slacked off… but the good news is that I have 3 days left this week right now and I plan to get a workout in at least twice more.
I also learned something last night.. when dieting didn’t go to Sizzler and don’t get popcorn at the movies (like I didn’t already know that) Cece and I went to a screening of ‘Yes Man’ and had dinner before. I figured I would get a small dinner and salad bar (which I did).. Got salmon with broccoli and small serving of rice and about 2/3 of a piece of cheese toast… no baked potato, no butter on the broccoli.. good solid meal… and the salad bar… I even brought in my fat free dressing packets so I wouldn’t use the Blue Cheese Dressing that I love and usually cover my salad with… so I started out at the salad bar very responsibly.. lettuce, mushrooms, carrots.. then came the blue cheese.. I had to have some so I put a small spot on the side of the plate… then around the corner.. imitation Crab salad… a small portion… and then a small serving of spaghetti and sauce… really not too bad… and I should have been done.. but then a second trip with another small portion of Krab salad, some tuna and pasta salad, spaghetti with a meatball this time and a chicken wing… so it was small portions of each, but I really didn’t ‘need’ that second trip…
Then to the movie screening.. when we get to go to these (thank you Joe) they give you each coupons for free soda and popcorn.. and the theater it is at (Archlight) has AWESOME popcorn with real butter… so on the way there I debated just getting a lite lemonade and no popcorn… and of course when I get to the counter I order one popcorn for Cece with extra butter and one for me with a little butter… of course I eat the whole thing… again a poor choice…
So the willpower is a little weak, but I have to look at this as a success. Why? Because 8 months ago I would have gone to Sizzler and had a steak and baked potato w/butter and sour cream and a salad drenched in blue cheeses, and 6-8 fried chicken wings and a large portion of spaghetti with 4-5 meatballs.. and a couple of cheese toasts.. then at the movies at least the amount of popcorn I ate last night (probably more) and perhaps some sour candy of some sort… so while I was not ‘perfect’ last night, it was a huge improvement!
I have been trying a new standard in the mornings… I am frying a single egg (with a little cooking spray) and then putting it in a half a pita… wrap that up in a paper towel (that makes the Pita soften up some) and eat it on the way to work.. then an apple at work and decaf green tea… that is breakfast… then lunch (4 of the 5 days this week) has been a salad with fat free dressing and a pack of 100 calorie snacks. It has been working well and leaving me quite a bit of food available for my dinner.
So this work week has been productive for the company and for my weight. My drive is still focused, I just need to be more vigilant in my choices and work on my willpower.