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03 July 2013

Hello all...

Well, thankfully today is a much cooler day than yesterday, and I'm able to put a couple of intelligent thoughts together. I swear that yesterday my brain was melting.

So... I managed to lose some weight while AF was here. That's totally unheard of for me. Sadly, that's the last weight I've lost in almost a week. I've been maintaining within a half pound of my last weigh in, but I'm stuck.

And as always, whenever I get into a bit of a plateau, there's this ridiculous tape that starts playing in my head, saying things like "well, that's the last pound you are going to lose" and "this is where the numbers on the scale start going back up". I *know* that those things aren't necessarily going to happen, that I have the choice to let them happen or not. But that tape just plays over and over.

When this tape starts playing, I find myself starting to justify eating crap. I'm not gonna lie, I really REALLY want pizza right now. When the weight is coming off regularly, I have the motivation to push those cravings to the side, to go for my walks. But in moments like the last few days, I'm weak.

And that makes me mad. I'm not a weak person. Surely to goodness I can beat this.

Of course, with the incredibly hot weather I've been snacking a lot (mostly on my sugar free, diabetic friendly stuff... just a lot of it). Most of the snacks are cold things, like jello and ice cream bars (no sugar, no dairy). I know that's my primary issue right now.

I need to control the snacking. I need to get some better sleep. I need to power through.

Good heavens, this sucks.

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27 June 2013

Weigh-in: 253.8 lb

lost so far: 2.2 lb

still to go: 19.8 lb

Diet followed reasonably well

add comment losing 1.8 lb a week

25 June 2013

Howdy all...

No walk for me this morning. Not raining yet, but instead I woke up with AF announcing her arrival in very painful ways. I 'know' that exercise helps deal with the pain, but it's awfully hard to get motivated to get dressed and get outside. In a slightly good/interesting turn of events, I've only gained about a pound of water weight with her arrival... my norm is more like 3-4lbs.

I WILL do my squats today, as soon as the muscle relaxers kick in.

On a different topic, I find I'm struggling with portion control.

When I was first diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, I started measuring out my danger foods, and compensating for the smaller amounts of things like mashed potatoes or pasta with more veggies and protein. I was measuring out the max amount of carbs I could. This has become a habit, and now I'm finding that I'm getting overfull, particularly at dinnertime. I realize that my nutritional needs will continue to change as I lose weight. I'm just becoming aware that I need to shrink my portion sizes some more. And that's still a struggle.

I realize that this is a good thing. It's just another change that I have to adjust to. Initially, my focus was on limiting and measuring my carbs to control my blood sugars while using other low/no carb foods to fill me up. Now, I need less food, so that means that my balance of carbs and veggies/protein will have to change again. And I need to get used to seeing less food on my plate.

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24 June 2013

Good morning all...

Considering that I ate a huge bowl of popcorn (hello... CARBS! SALT!)last night, my weight is only up .2 of a pound. This is also astonishing, since AF's arrival is imminent.

It was a gorgeous morning out there today, and I got my walk in and feel good being able to be back out there again.

This month I've been doing the 30 day squat challenge and it's been going well. Now I'm trying to decide what my focus is going to be for July. I was thinking that I was going to work on my arms, but I really do want to see a decrease in my circumference, so now I'm thinking about some core/ab work. I've still got a few days to think on it, I guess.

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23 June 2013

Weigh-in: 254.8 lb

lost so far: 1.2 lb

still to go: 20.8 lb

Diet followed reasonably well

add comment losing 7.0 lb a week

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