kingkeld's Journal, 13 February 2012

It's Monday morning, and I feel pretty good, everything considered. I've been quiet throughout the weekend, so I better explain what "everything" is.

I reached a brilliant new low of 76.7 Saturday morning. Feeling confident, I planned my meals for the entire day, and then during the day I just as confidently threw it out the window and went crazy on chocolate. That DAMN chocolate. I had way too much. WAY too much.

Then when I reached dinner time, I got sick. I'm not sure if it was what I had chosen to eat through the day, of if it was the actual dinner (I doubt it, as I reacted during the meal - and I feel that it would be too fast for my body to react) but I got SO sick and had to go to bed. It was pretty bad. So the meal I had been looking forward to was no joy at all. :(

So, not only did I go way over my RDI (even for Indulgence Day), but I didn't enjoy the foods, I got sick AND I felt horrible about it afterwards.

Hopefully this will teach me a lesson.

So, yesterday, I wanted to do somewhat better, get back on track, and get my head back in the game. I did so just fine.

Wife and I woke up kinda late, and decided that we weren't gonna do ANYTHING yesterday. The main focus for the entire day becase a Lord Of The Rings movie marathon. That's 11½ hours of movies! The only breaks we had was to go microwave lunch, and put chicken to cook for dinner!

I will say that I felt bad for not exercising and moving around much - but I DID manage to do an hour on the bike during the first movie. I wanted to do more, but my body politely asked me to not push too hard. I think getting sick Saturday put a natural stop to it. I did manage the one hour, though, and this made me feel better.

I did much better on my food choices too. I had a few snacks - it was Sunday with movies after all - but I kept it WELL within my RDI.

Sunday morning I weighed in at 79 kgs - a new low for a Sunday. This made me really happy, but I was also prepared that it would most likely climb a little for Monday morning. And it did. Today I am at 79.7 kgs. I'm happy that I'm still below 80, but it's still a little high compared to what I had hoped for. I'll survive, though. It's not that big a deal.

So, this week I will "punish" myself for having my slacker weekend. I will put more effort into exercising. I will put more effort into staying within RDI. The latter part will be a little easier this week, as I am again upping my RDI with 100 calories. This week I will be at 1900, and see where it takes me.

Right after this journals is done, I will get on the bike and do 30 minutes. I will try to do this every morning, if I don't do some other kind of exercise instead. I just want to move, do things, burn a few extra calories here and there.

Today will be a great day at work. I have one interview, and this is an interesting case. I wish I could talk more about it, because it's one I am really curious about. Of course, confidentiality clauses (and my personal ethics) bid me to NOT talk about it. But let me assure you, this case has been on my mind this weekend, and for once in a positive way. :)

Today I am thankful for
- an awesome weekend with Wife.
- Peter Jackson and Co. doing The Hobbit. I can't wait to see it. I'm pretty sure that once they are out in the wonderful extended versions on Blu-Ray in a few years, there will be a two day marathon of the whole Tolkien saga doing on at our house. :)
- My body (im)politely telling me to lay off the damn chocolate!
- A new, shiny Low on Saturday. Let's hope for another one next Saturday (though I am not sure I'll make it with the massive setback I gave myself).

Have an awesome week, buddies. Never forget that LIFE IS GOOD!

EDIT: 30 minutes morning stationary bike ride DONE! :) Hope to hit the gym this afternoon for a nice walk/movie.

175.7 lb Lost so far: 166.0 lb.    Still to go: 0 lb.    Diet followed 100%.

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1756 kcal

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3472 kcal

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