Weight loss and exercise #2

@Tucson - A lot of times all we can do is guess and then react to trends if they occur.

I keep rolling forward several hundred calories without making much of a dent in it. I am thinking about not rolling it after today and just setting my goal lower for a while. So much of this is mental. It's like once I concede that I am not resolving the rolled forward calories today, I no longer have a strict goal. I really want to be solidly below 155 before Christmas.

EDIT - I deleted 3 high calorie items that had been rolled forward for 2 or 3 days. This puts me back below goal though I will go over at dinner. I won't roll that either. I will just keep it low. One reason I will certainly go over at dinner is that I have set my goal low again. Yet I just had a roll with honey as a snack. Leftovers need to go...

I ended up having 1010 calories yesterday. I just couldn’t stomach anything else today. I didn’t weigh myself this morning but I weighed myself a few minutes ago in the middle of the afternoon and I was 153.6. So I’ll probably be like 150.6. when I weigh in the morning. I had Wendy’s today which was 880 calories. Dinner will be 200 and then I’ll have a 100 calorie snack.

I meant I couldn’t stomach anything else yesterday. Does anyone use a digital food scale? What brand do you use? I just use a non digital one I bought from a thrift store for $3 and measuring cups. It’s worked out fine, but I’d like to upgrade to a digital one. I looked at Best Buy and I couldn’t find one. I might look at Bed Bath And Beyond on Tuesday.

I use a non-digital one, but I don't use it as diligently as I should.

Digital won't help without diligence. I also have a food scale and weigh food when I can to log calories accurately but I could not stay on track without frequently weighing myself.

I will have consumed about 2500 calories by the end of the evening. I am baking a short rack of ribs. For $17, I ended up with the equivalent of six short racks of ribs. I just found out that I should have placed it on a metal rack. Unfortunately, as a consequence, I consumed allot of liquid fat. Drowned out the flavor. So I am sure that this added allot more calories.

Note: Soy sauce, ginger, scallion, garlic, and honey or jam is a good way to glaze pork. This is a good enough excuse to get some honey. But there are many different kinds of honey.

170 pounds. Exercise? It us difficult to get back into a routine again.

@Tucson - I use a similar marinade/glaze a lot for chicken and shrimp (I haven't eaten mammal meat in over 2 years). My .02 - use store brand clover honey. So much is wasted and with it being a non penetrating glaze mixed with spices that overpower everything but the sweetness, there really isn't much point spending extra. If you used corn syrup I doubt the honey mix would do any better in a blind taste test.

Once again, I went a little nuts late. I was 157 yesterday morning after a gym trip the night before, so I figured it was a low spike but I decided to quit rolling forward and allow myself a last splurging day. I didn't log the late stuff.

Starting at zero today with a low goal - 1500. I am thinking about not weighing for several days if and only if I stay under goal every day. I will log my gym sessions, but only the cardio at a rate of ~400 calories per hour. I am trying to mix up the rules to see if I stick to it better. I still have not gone over 160 (or at least not that I have allowed myself to see; I suspect I have spiked over a couple of times), but it is really getting to me that I have been stuck near the top of the range for so long. This is especially dangerous going in to the holiday season.

I weighed 151.4 today. I am eating 1200 calories today. My lunch had a lot of sodium in it, over 2,350 milligrams, so I’m hoping it won’t wont affect my weight in the morning.

My weight hasn't changed....got to see if I can get it down still.

My weight in the morning actually turned out to be 169. I only have been able to eat/2325 calories, that is if I can finish this half size of pie. I am still wondering about that.

I stuck to it yesterday. 1500 exactly (it is never exact, but that's what logged items add up to) today.

I worked out this morning. My latest plan is to have a protein bar right after working out and then treating all days pretty much the same outside of that. So I won't have a higher allotment for meals and snacks on workout days. That's what I did today. Actually a protein bar and some yogurt pretty much hit the total I logged for exercise. i can still have snacks, but will limit it like any other day.

My weight was still 151.4. I didn’t do too well today. I’ll have to get back on track.

I blew it again late yesterday. I decided to weigh again this morning to give myself a good swift kick. Every recent day but the day before yesterday has been over, some by quite a bit. I was 159.6; right up at the very top of my range.

I should probably adjust the range. In early January I have a physical and there is a reasonably good chance that I will officially be 5'7". That matters because I calculated my original weight loss goal of 164 based on that being a BMI of 24.9 at 5'8". At 5'7", 24.9 is 159. So if I am actually 5'7" now, I am technically ever so slightly overweight. I should us 145-155 and try to stay around 150. That's 10 pounds away. not just a minor adjustment.

Am I playing head games with myself? Maybe. But it really spooks me that I don't seem to be in control of my eating lately. I just keep hitting the gym for heavy cardio to burn off just enough to stay in range. I am getting a shoulder scoped early next year and will go weeks without a workout that burns more than a couple of hundred calories.

I didn’t eat a ton today. I had an iced coffee for breakfast. A raspberry lemonade, half a New York strip steak and half an order of fries for lunch. The rest of my lunch I had at 3PM. A 36 calorie piece of candy at 6. Nothing for dinner. I worked today too. So a lot of lifting and standing and stuff At this point I think I’m just maintaining my weight.

Yeah I just calculated and I estimated everything at around 1570 calories. So more then usual, but still not much at all.

4 calories short of 1500 today; about to turn in with nothing more until morning. Going to the gym in the AM. Weigh on Thursday AM.

I was 152.4 today. I had some cheese at 10 and a diet Snapple at 10 which was 240 calories. Then I went to McDonald’s around 1:30 and my lunch was 750 calories. I plan on just having a can of soup for dinner. It will be about 1,160 for the day. I’d like to be 149-150 by Saturday.

My log says I am 23 calories over, but I am actually probably under. I logged a burn of 400 for an hour on the arc trainer. I estimated high on a couple of things I ate but didn't measure; I have been doing this long enough to know. Anyway, I will weigh in the morning an I am not expecting any nasty surprise.

2593 calories, which means I am 93 over. I will weigh myself tomorrow. Bacon for breakfast does help with the calories. I also have a pie from Thanksgiving dinner helps too. I need to gain a few pounds before I start to run again. Meanwhile, I should motivate myself to go to the fitness center. I have been away from that place long enough.

A little under 157 this morning. On track, I think...