Sunday, May 25, 2014

Would One Of You Please Get Off?

Hello faithful followers.  I regret to say that I have been a bad boy for awhile, but I'm hoping its time to get back to positive eating and exercising habits.

Today, I got on the scale and instead of it giving me my weight, it just shouted at me: 

"WOULD ONE OF YOU PLEASE GET OFF?!?!?!?!?!?!"  

After a very significant weight loss of 22 pounds in the first few months of the year, I have slowly regained my old form and slipped back into uncontrolled eating habits.  In this time, I have gained back 8lbs and I can not let it go any further. 

There are a few key components that I have slacked on and will be looking to get fixed up.

  1. I have slipped back into my old morning routine of 1 donut, 1 buttered bagel and a red bull for breakfast.  So I will be putting myself on a 1 month complete ban from Dunkin Donuts in an attempt to re-program my brain.  After 1 month, school will be over.  When I'm not in school, I don't really go to DD because its not conveniently on the way to work when I haven't eaten breakfast yet.  Therefore, I will probably end up having DD 1-2 times a week over the summer, which is acceptable. 
  2. My between-meal 7-11 runs have snuck back into my life.  This is bad because it is like adding a meal that I do not need.  Its almost a 4th meal in a day, which is silly unless I'm having 5-6 light meals, but that's not what I'm doing.  Soooo, I will also put myself on a 1 month ban from 7-11 in an effort to, again, re-program my brain that I don't just automatically need to stop there every other day.
  3. Fast Food - I went all of last year without going to any of the major fast food chains - McDonalds, Wendys, Burger King, etc.  New Year's brought me back, but I still only went 1 time in January.  Each month, I have had a little more, and a little more, and now, i kind of just get it at will, whenever I feel like it again.  This is bad.  The 1 month ban will include all major fast food chains.
  4. Late night food - I have actually been really good with this.  I have not been going out for late night food, so I can't complain about this.  I don't need an official ban on this, but I will be trying not to do it.
  5. Exercise - I had gotten into good shape with preparing for the 5k at Bear Mountain, but with the busy schedule of school in May, I have not done ANY running since then.  I need to get back on track with that.  I have an unofficial goal of doing a road 10k at the end of the summer if possible, so if that's going to happen, I need to work!
On July 1, I will be going to Korea for a 13 day trip, funded by the Cresskill Korean Parents Association.  I am told that this trip will test my physical stamina and I should be in shape.  I want to get my diet under control and get the 8lbs that I gained back to go away before this trip, if not more.  I hope that I can get back on track and use the willpower that I had used so well the first few months of 2014.  I don't want to use the busy schedule as an excuse, so its time to get back to it. 

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