Week 36 weigh in

I really don't understand my body sometimes. Sometimes I'll have a great week and gain weight (or lose very little). Other times I'll have a bad week and still lose weight. Fortunately, that was the case last week. I don't think I had a very good week, but I still managed a loss. The scale read 263.0 this morning, which is a loss of 1.6 pounds. Coming up on Christmas, I'll definitely take whatever loss I can, so I'm happy with that (even if I don't understand it).

Days 245 & 246 - Terrible weekend

I had a really bad weekend with respect to food. It was a great weekend other than that, but food was really not good. There were a lot of restaurants on Saturday and Sunday night ended up being a movie night, which of course included some snacks. I'm expecting to have to pay the price on the scale Monday.

Day 244 - Yet again, good day & bad night

I had another day where my food was good until the evening. Didn't have the greatest dinner and I did get into some snacks this evening. I've got to figure out why I struggle so much in the evening, when I can do so good throughout the day.

Here's how today broke down:

Breakfast:
- Cereal
- Orange juice
- Coffee

Lunch:
- Smart Ones frozen dinner
- Orange
- Yogurt cup
- Bear claw pastry
- Water

Afternoon snack:
- Granola bar
- Yogurt cup

Supper:
- KFC Chicken sandwich
- Fries
- Diet coke
- Christmas cookies (X3)

Evening Snack:
- M&Ms
- Christmas cookies (X2)
- Water

Workout:
- None

Day 243 - Good day, rough night

I had a pretty good day today. Food was good throughout the day, but I had some significant Christmas cookie calories tonight. I ate a bunch with dinner and had a few more tonight. They are pretty much one bite cookies, so I keep going back for more... but I'm trying to fight against them as best as I can. The old me would have had them all gone in one night (no joke).

Here's how today broke down:

Breakfast:
- Cereal
- Orange juice
- Coffee

Lunch:
- Smart Ones frozen dinner
- Orange
- Yogurt cup
- Granola bar
- Water

Afternoon snack:
- Apple
- Yogurt cup

Supper:
- Chicken chili
- Garlic bread
- Diet coke
- Coffee
- Christmas cookies (X5)

Evening Snack:
- Diet coke
- Christmas cookies (X3)

Workout:
- None

Day 242 - Just an OK day

Today wasn't a bad day, but it wasn't great either. I had pretty good food throughout the day, however, we had takeout tonight, so dinner wasn't the greatest. I did however bring home the small pizza instead of the medium (which I was considering), so it's not all bad :-) BUT, my wife made cookies today and she decorated them with my daughter tonight... and I ended up eating 5 of them for dessert. Sigh... it's going to be a rough Christmas season (wrt the waistline).

Here's how today broke down:

Breakfast:
- Cereal
- Orange juice
- Coffee

Lunch:
- Penne with meat sauce
- Orange
- Yogurt cup
- Granola bar
- Water

Afternoon snack:
- Apple
- Yogurt cup

Supper:
- Pepper pizza (6 small slices)
- Thai chicken bites (shared appitizer)
- Diet coke
- Coffee
- Christmas cookies (X5)

Evening Snack:
- Water

Workout:
- None

Day 241 - Another pretty good day

My food today wasn't the greatest, but it wasn't bad either. My meals weren't real healthy, however, portions were good and I didn't get into any snacking tonight. So I think it was a pretty good day overall.

Here's how today broke down:

Breakfast:
- Cereal
- Orange juice
- Coffee

Lunch:
- Grilled cheese sandwich
- Chicken sausage gumbo
- Diet coke

Afternoon snack:
- None

Supper:
- Beef chili
- Double cheeseburger
- Pancake
- Diet coke

Evening Snack:
- Hard candies (X3)
- Water

Workout:
- None

Day 240 - Feeling better... whole new week

My cold is almost gone and I'm feeling much better now. Still a bit tired, but much better. And I was able to start this week off with a great day. Good portions, limited snacking this evening and good food throughout the day, makes for a great start to the week.

Here's how today broke down:

Breakfast:
- Cereal
- Orange juice
- Coffee

Lunch:
- Chicken breast
- Corn
- Rice
- Orange
- Yogurt cup
- Water

Afternoon snack:
- Apple
- Yogurt cup

Supper:
- Sheppards pie
- Peas
- Water

Evening Snack:
- Hard candies (X4)
- Diet coke

Workout:
- None

Days 237, 238 & 239 - MIA

I had no update these days as I really had a bad weekend. Including overindulgences, snacks, fast food and bad meals. Let's just skip forward to next week shall we :-)

Week 35 weigh in

Well... let's just call last week "the week that wasn't". It had to be the worst week I've had over the past 35 weeks. It's easy to blame my cold... but really it boils down to getting back into my pre-diet habits. Those habits that pushed me over 300 pounds.

I have decided to not have my old mentality of 'now my diet is broken, so it's all over'. I am re-devoting myself to good eating as of today. This is a whole new week... so let's see where it'll take me.

As for my weigh-in, I was surprised to see that I didn't gain 5 pounds. My weigh in was 264.6, which is a gain of 2 pounds. Obviously not happy with a gain, but as least I should be able to erase that gain this week... fingers crossed.

Day 236 - In a funk

This cold has really gotten me in a funk. I've pretty much thrown my diet out the window. I wish I hadn't (after snacking), but I just don't feel like I have the motivation to stick with my food plan. I'm hopeful that once I feel better (which is soon I hope), I can get back on track. I'm sure this evening snacking is packing on the pounds...

Here's how today broke down:

Breakfast:
- Cereal
- Melon & cantaloup
- Orange juice
- Coffee

Lunch:
- Deep fried fish (3 peices)
- French fries
- Diet coke

Afternoon snack:
- Apple

Supper:
- Baked fish sticks (3 peices)
- French fries
- Water

Evening Snack:
- Chips (large bag)
- Chocolate covered almonds
- Diet coke

Workout:
- None

Day 235 - Feeling worse again

Really not feeling well tonight. If I'm feeling like this in the morning, I may just be taking a sick day. And I thought I was over this cold... but now it's back with a vengence :-(

And to top things off, I had a really bad day today. I had a good day going until tonight. Feeling so blah made me want to sit in front of the TV and eat... which I did :-( Back to far too many snacks, which I know doesn't solve any problems, but for whatever reason I just crave it. I've got to find a way to break that craving once and for all.... sigh.

Here's how today broke down:

Breakfast:
- Cereal
- Melon & cantaloup
- Orange juice
- Coffee

Lunch:
- Smart Ones frozen dinner
- Yogurt cup
- Orange
- Special K mocha bar
- Water

Afternoon snack:
- Apple
- Yogurt cup

Supper:
- Chicken breast
- Rice
- Corn
- Water

Evening Snack:
- Chips (large bag + more)
- Dairy milk bar
- Mini-chocolate balls (X5)
- Diet coke

Workout:
- None