kingkeld's Journal, 02 March 2012

It's 3:30 AM. I just finished 45 minutes on the stationary bike. Yup, you guessed it. The King can't sleep.

Today, I don't think there are any worries. I simply feel like I have too much energy to simply lie there and wait to fall asleep again. I'm 100% awake. I still feel constipated, so my stomach hurts a little, and of course that's not motivating for sleep either, but it's not TOO bad. I managed to do a little bit of "#2 action" yesterday, but not as much as I wanted.

When I got up, I weighed myself, but not as a serious weigh-in. I was still in my underwear, wearing glasses, and hadn't had that final visit to the rest room, but I could tell that I will have lost weight today. I just don't know how much yet. Too early to tell. I prefer to weigh in around the same time every day - though sometimes a little later on the weekends, as we sleep later.

To weigh in right now I'd have to go through the bedroom, and I don't want to wake up Wife. She needs her sleep. So I'll simply write my journal, conclude that I have lost a little weight, and then let the finished journal sit here waiting for the final number before I submit it. That'll work for today.

SO...

Today is the day where we celebrate my beautiful Daughter. She turns 18, and what an amazing young lady she is. Technically, she is not mine, I simply borrow her from Wife, my I am more than proud to call her my daughter when people ask. I've known her for 6 years now, and she is 100% family. Of course she is.

She is such a gently creature, she has such wonderful ethics and is just great in every way. I doubt that she ever reads my journal, but just in case she does - HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEE DEE!

Now I just gotta convince her that it's time to get a job and move out. JOKING! Juuuuuust kdding. She needs to finish her education, and prep for life, and I am more than happy to support here while that is happening. :)

Tonight is the big sushi night. Our little family is going to Holbæk, a town a few towns over, after work today. We'll go do a little shopping, finding some groovy boots for the birthday lady, go see the little Pakistani/Indian food supply store and then see what else comes along. I want to see if I can find low-sodium soy sauce, as it would benefit me at dinner.

Dinner is, as some of you know (as I've been excited and nervous about this all frickin' week!) is sushi at a "running sushi" restaurant. It's a great little place and the food is oooooooooh so good! I am really looking forward to it.

I've prepped my food plan already for all of today, pretty much:
- A slightly lighter breakfast, but not light enough that it'll leave me hungry.
- Salad with NOTHING bad or high calorie for lunch. It's basically raw thai stirfry, cabbage peas, chili peppers and a lot of other good stuff. Put in a little super low cal dressing and you have a killer, fulfilling salad. I think my lunch is just around 50 calories!
- I've calculated 15 pieces of sushi for dinner, some soy sauce, ginger and wasabi. I think it's enough.

If it's NOT enough, there is more than plenty of wiggle room in my RDI. I'm not even at 1000 calories of my 1600 RDI. So if I do good on the sushi, I can consider dessert. If I do NOT do good on the sushi, I probably will be too stuffed for dessert anyways. :)

Yesterday was a great day. I had a couple of very satisfying meetings at work, and on my way home a dear friend called and demanded a visit. We don't see him too often, and it was great that he stopped by. He started a new job which means he'll be in town much more often, and I hope we get to see him a lot more. Don't you just love when these things happen?

Other than that, we're prepping for the weekend. More birthday celebrations on Saturday. I hope I can get through today within RDI so tomorrow can be Indulgence Day as normal. I hope I can get through it without going through the roof though. I might even attempt to simply stay within normal RDI. Let's see. I cherish Indulgence Day, but I've had trouble limiting them to 2x resting metabolic rate, which is what I base it on. I think what I'll to is basically aim for 1600 (my normal RDI) but if things are fun and comfy then I'll allow myself to go over, up to 2xRMR.

Tomorrow is also the day where we go buy a new lawn mover for the garden. Yes, it's garden time soon. Wife and I have a little tiny patch of land (sounds much bigger than it is), and we're gonna spend quite some time out there this summer. We are going to put grass on larger areas there, to keep maintenance down, and make it a place for relaxing, enjoying the sun when it's out, and do some BBQ'ing. It'll be so nice. I'm dying to get going.

Gardening is not a all my strong side, but we're trying to rid ourselves of the hard labor garden that is there, and settle for more of basically a nice lawn with bushes and other low-maintenance things. The point to be there is to relax, not to work.

I am, though, curious as to how I will handle gardening. Last time I was out there doing yard work, I weight 25 kgs more than I do today. I'm sure that's gonna make a HUGE difference. :)

Well, my friends, it's 4 AM. Wife is getting up in a few and I need to start getting ready for work. I am going to work at 6 am today, so I can leave early for the Birthday trip. So I gotta stay on schedule.

Today I am thankful for:
- Another weight loss.
- The time to exercise and the will power to do it since I was already awake.
- Having the best daughter in the world.
- Friday Friday Friday!
- Sushi Sushi Sushi!
- A positive outlook on the day. I'm in a GREAT mood! Can you tell?

I hope your day will be as amazing as mine. Life is good!

173.9 lb Lost so far: 167.8 lb.    Still to go: 0 lb.    Diet followed 100%.

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2354 kcal

Fat: 54.36g | Prot: 98.26g | Carb: 375.85g.   Breakfast: Sliced Ham (Extra Lean), Egg, Rye Bread (Reduced Calorie). Lunch: Ranch Salad Dressing (Fat Free), Lettuce Salad with Assorted Vegetables. Dinner: XL protein bar chocolate peanut flavour, Soy Sauce, Ginger, Sushi. Snacks/Other: Sweet or Dark Chocolate, Soft serve. more...

3040 kcal

Activities & Exercise: Bicycling (moderate) - 13/mph - 45 minutes, Sitting - 7 hours and 45 minutes, Standing - 1 hour, Sleeping - 8 hours, Desk Work - 6 hours, Walking (moderate) - 3/mph - 30 minutes. more...