The honeymoon was absolutely awesome. As predicted, it helped me reach new heights. Yes, heights never previously attained. Unfortunately, this is not a good height. It's a height that is only reached by stepping on the scale. Yes, I have reached new heights in my weight. Re-outgrown many of my shirts, and am in desperate need of getting back on track with my food intake and exercise.
This time around, i am not posting my actual weight. I'm going to only post the weight gain/loss day to day until I can be proud of some amount of weight loss. Just know it's higher than it has been in any of my previous blogs. If you really care that much, you can go back and look at former posts to find out, and add 1 pound to the highest listed weight total.
My overall goal for life is to drop 50 pounds. Believe it or not, that would put me at CLOSE to a decent weight for my height. It may seem like too much, but it's really not. I was half way there in February when I got pneumonia, but it's been a slow incline since then. I will take it 5 pounds at a time though and not do anything ridiculous.
SOOO, once again, here are the rules of Joe's latest Diet of Convenience. Enjoy and let's see how this goes! I want to stress the idea that YOU SHOULD STOP ME FROM EATING/ORDERING/MAKING POOR CHOICES. Don't feel like you are going to make me mad. If i get mad, its only because I want to eat something bad and I know that I should not!
MY JOBS:
- STOP SUCKING AT LIFE!!! (My diet life, that is. Let's be honest, I'm AWESOME at the rest of life) :-D
- Go to grocery store and keep stocked of good, healthy foods
- take the time to cook instead of grabbing fast food/Dunkin Donuts/711/etc
- Get back to the gym for lifting AND cardio - get back to running, find more people to play tennis and racquetball
- Stop making excuses and start making right choices
- Follow the rules I created (below)
- NEVER LIE to my people who are following the blog. I will not, I promise. That would defeat the purpose.
- Let me know if you are actually following this. The more who follow, the more apt I am to do well!
- If you are out with me, do not push me to eat more than I order
- Do not offer me your leftovers
- If you are out with me, you are welcome to question my choices of food and remind me that I have to make better choices! If I reason with you as to why I'm choosing something, realize when you are going to lose the battle. If its 11pm, and we are out after a concert, and I get 2 scoops of ice cream, while you are all eating buffalo wings, french fries, and tons of beers, realize that 2 scoops of ice cream is a victory for my standards of late night eating.
- If we are out, and I am not drinking, deal with it and realize that I am fun as hell, regardless of whether or not I am drinking. Look at it this way, i can be the DD if I'm not drinking! This is an especially big one because in the past, I have been to many bars with many people, and have drank countless glasses of water. Although some people are cool with it, many others spend too much time making me explain myself and then try to convince me to do otherwise. We are not 17. There is no peer pressure to drink. You have your beer, and I'll have my water if i choose!
- Yell at me if you see me making bad choices. I really don't want people to tell me I'm doing poorly, so if you do, it will motivate me to do better!!!
- Realize that no matter what you eat or drink, there is probably SOMETHING wrong with it. If i'm eating a "Healthy Choice" meal for lunch, I know its loaded with sodium. But its so much better than eating 4 chicken fingers, 2 cookies, mac & cheese and some fries. So realize that not every food will be perfect. it just needs to be better than it WOULD have been.
**I do not want to "Diet" in an unrealistic way. i want to try to do something i can keep up with for an extended period of time (forever). This means that I will not be forcing myself to not eat things, I just need to limit how much i have and how often i have it.
- Pizza: Pizza is fine. 1 slice. With or without toppings, and not more than once a day. I should not have any appetizers with that. Just the one slice.
- Soda: Diet only, and only if necessary. Try to do more seltzer and spring water.
- Water: 1 gallon a day is the best. Not always easy to remember to drink it all, but just drink lots of water.
- Breakfast Sandwiches: Really no reason to buy one. If I really need to, I can make my own taylor ham or turkey sausage, with 2 egg whites, 1 whole egg and a bagel thin at home. This is a very reasonable breakfast made at home.
- Beer: Keep it to light if possible and don't just have a beer for the sake of having a beer. Save the beer drinking for a night out at the bar.
- Breakfast in General: Fruit Smoothies would be the best, egg whites, Cheerios with skim milk, nature valley protein bars. Breakfast should be prepared at home. No excuses. There is no need to buy breakfast, since it usually ends up being unhealthy. Stay away from Dunkin! But if you must go, get an egg white flatbread.
- Evening: No late night eating. All attempts should be made to eat the last meal by 8pm and the last small snack before 9:00. TGI Fridays, Applebees, 1/2 price apps are a NO-NO. I can go, but I do not eat/drink. Stick to Water. (Maybe a salad?) I can hang out, but don't let me order my triple chocolate meltdown, boneless buffalo wings, crap like that.
- Snacking: 100 calorie packs are good because they are small and tasty. Salads at home are awesome, fruits veggies, etc. I always have them in the house, so I need to eat them!
- Frequency: I should be eating frequently and small portions. This will keep me from eating huge meals!
- Vacations/parties: SOMEHOW, i need to keep it contained on vacations and at parties. Limit the ridiculousness of larger/fun events. This is currently my worst.
- Buffets: not allowed! Under any circumstance. I will allow myself a buffet for every 10 pounds I lose, although I don't necessarily HAVE to go. Wedding cocktail hours do not count.
- Fast Food: Its ok to go, but no super-sizing, only one sandwich, and try to get a bottle of water with the meal instead of a soda. Fries kill! Small fries if needed.
- Money: Get over the fact that it costs more to diet. Also, get over the fact that a bottle of water may cost $1.50 at a restaurant when i could get a case for $4. Deal with the $1.50 and drink the water instead of getting a soda, gatorade, or other options.
- Carbohydrates: Sorry, i'm not going on a no-carb diet. not going to happen. But there are ways to limit it. There is no reason to ever have a full bagel (360 calories) when I have bagel thins (110 calories) at home. Taco night at home - no need for the tortilla. Just have all the stuff i usually put in it. Try to make choices when out to eat that do not include large rolls or amounts of bread. Moderation is the name of the game. not completely cutting it out.
JOEY V
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