suechru's Journal, 08 August 2010

I'm really surprised to be down 2 lbs this morning. I had wine last night, I figured that alone would dehydrate the hell out of me and I'd see a higher number.

I went to hang out with a few good friends last night that I hadn't seen in a few weeks. At first I was kind of dreading it because while I enjoy their company I go off the rails when I'm with them. Somehow hanging out delves into a big thing where I eat a lot of unhealthy stuff and drink a lot. In fact, I think that's probably how I put on a lot of the weight I lost since I was around 220ish max when we became friends.

I made the probably really wise decision to eat before I went since I knew they'd probably want to order something. Sure, I could've had a slice of pizza but that plus wine plus snacks is not something I wanted to do. I also didn't want to have to worry too much about the wine. We walked to the pizza place and I was surprised how the walk was no big deal to me and a problem to one of my friends. Had some somewhat healthier chips and the wine and it seems like that was totally fine by my body.

It's also amazing how I didn't have the compulsion to go through an entire bottle of wine by myself. In the past due to several reasons I used to be a pretty hardcore drinker. With the exception of social occasions and the really rare night at home, I don't even drink anymore. I have wine, I like it, but I don't feel the urge to get shitfaced on a bottle of it alone every week. It doesn't feel as good as getting outside among people and exercising for stress.

I seriously DO feel a little dehydrated but that might because I just woke up. (I didn't make it to bed until 2 am.)

255.7 lb Lost so far: 16.4 lb.    Still to go: 90.7 lb.    Diet followed reasonably well.

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1473 kcal

Fat: 35.45g | Prot: 111.68g | Carb: 195.57g.   Breakfast: red raspberry preserves, light wheat bread, nonfat milk, stevia, iced coffee, water, Greek Style Nonfat Yogurt - Blueberry. Lunch: stevia, skim milk, iced coffee, Dijon Mustard, low salt boiled ham. Dinner: tomato sauce, part skim mozzarella. Snacks/Other: halo farms, dijon mustard, deli sliced chicken, light wheat bread, apple, garden patch veggie soup, reduced guilt tortilla chips, banana pepper, water, thin stick pretzels. more...

3838 kcal

Activities & Exercise: Walking (slow) - 2/mph - 10 minutes, Driving - 40 minutes, Walking (brisk) - 4/mph - 1 hour and 4 minutes, Desk Work - 4 hours, Housework - 59 minutes, Sleeping - 8 hours, Resting - 9 hours and 7 minutes. more...