My Jacked-Up Body

That pic pretty much describes my weight loss to a T. I was back down to my low-mark, 303.0 this morning.

Here's what I've learned over the last 96 hours:

- Screw lame diets. The low-carb thing worked for 48 hours, but my body doesn't like it.

- Normal eating is key. Yesterday I did nothing special, just kept it clean and ate something every few hours.

- Gotta be active. Again, nothing special, but went out and tossed the football in the heat, just to do SOMETHING.

- I'm a very impatient person. I still don't get why my body added weight those four days, but I know better than to panic like that.

So, tonight is a cheat meal day - our first in over a week. We're having pizza, and I'm having three pieces. That's it. I would very much like to be at 299 early next week. I'm sick of seeing a 3 on that scale every day. Driving me nuts.

Have a great weekend...

Read the post below this one, too

Week One Summary

Starting Weight: 310
Ending Weight: 305.2

Total Lost: 4.8

It looks good on paper, but the frustration is that I was at 7 pounds lost four days ago, and I put in 2.2 pounds over those four days. It's frustrating as crap, as outlined in the post below this one...

Up, Up, and Away

I need to step away from all of this for a while. I have some intense personal stress right now, and that may be contributing to this, but I also can't stand to keep seeing this scale go up for no reason. I'm up another 1.2 pounds today.

Not going to say I ate perfectly yesterday, but I didn't go much above my calories, and most of what I ate was salad. Nothing in my diet yesterday should have resulted in bouncing that high.

I'm beginning to think that I just can't lose this weight this time. I dropped 96 before, and it was almost easy, but I was four years younger. Now, I've spent the last two years not being able to break back into the 200's for more than a couple days - especially in the last 12 months. I get to about 302, and that's as far as I go - my body just stops losing, no matter what.

But I have too much going on right now to be able to handle seeing that scale go up every morning. For anybody wondering why I weigh every morning: http://jeremy.zawodny.com/blog/archives/006851.html

I really don't know what's next. I have zero motivation to keep working only to see no results, but I also hate being who I am right now. If I could afford a trainer, or some Muay Thai lessons to whip myself into shape, I'd be all over it. But it's just me, my diet, and my basement, and that's not enough, it seems.

I just don't know...

BREAKTHROUGH!!!!

I dropped back down by 0.2 pounds!!!! That's right!! ZERO-POINT-TWO pounds.

Screw this.

Stupid

Right. So, another day of clean eating, a 4+ mile bike ride, tons of water...

...up another .8 pounds.

I've now gained 1.2 pounds the last two days.

A little too ticked off to blog right now. 

A Kick in the Gut

OK, so it's only 6:30, so a lot could change in the next 90 minutes. But, as of right now, I am 1.2 pounds up from yesterday. I still had fewer than 30g of carbs, I went on a 1.9 mile ride, and a casual .75 mile ride with the family later. I forgot to do my 100 push ups, but I did get in 30. I also had fewer than 1,700 calories (which might be the problem, actually).

All of that, and I ADD over a pound to my weight?

Man, do I hope that weight doesn't hold. Ick.

***EDIT***
Not AS bad. I leveled off at 304.4 this morning. So, still up, but nothing panic-worthy. I'll stay clean, stay active, and see what tomorrow brings.

Quick Sunday Update

Started sliding the carbs back in yesterday. Went to a salad bar, and had a cup of pasta salad with egg noodles, so not the healthiest stuff. Still, kept it around 50g of carbs for the day, which I can deal with.

Weight this morning was down another 1.4 pounds. Not sure if the slow in dropping is from the carbs, or from eating too little, as I only had about 1,500 calories yesterday.

Still, I sit here at 303 pounds, lowest I've been in a long time by .8 pounds.

This morning I went for a quick 2-mile bike ride, and I'm going to do 100 push-ups through the day - 30 down, so far.

Hoping to get these 300's behind me very soon.

**ALSO** Congrats to Beck for dropping back under 200 officially for the first time in a long time! Check her blog out on my sidebar, "One More Round."

Perfection

Well, my goal with the whole no-carb thing was to get back to where I was a few days ago when I let myself go and piled on some quick poundage.

Mission: Accomplished.

I was 303.8 about five days ago, then I topped off as high as 311.6. On Thursday morning I was an even 310, and today, after two carbless days, I'm back to 304.4. Exactly what I planned.

So today, I'm going to gradually re-introduce healthy carbs. I found a site last night that said if you're eating about 2,000 calories a day, you should be taking in around 250 grams of carbs. I've done less than 10g the last two days, so I'll up it to maybe 40-50 today, then 75 or so tomorrow, and so on, until I'm up to my 250.

The long-term goal here is to drop to 295 by July 31, the day on my foundation's big event. I needed to lose 15 on Thursday, and today I'm 9.4 away. Not a bad jump-start.

Have a great weekend!

The No-Carb Re-Boot

So, day one of going carbless was a success. Was a little hungry last night, but fought through it, and didn't give in.

I dropped 2.2 pounds yesterday. Yes, I know it's mostly water weight and excess carbs, but that's all I want to do, really. I ate HORRIBLY early this week, so I want my body to level off to where it should have been, had I not eaten like total crap those days.

While I assume I'll drop another couple pounds tomorrow, and the temptation to keep this diet going full-time could be strong, I already see how going no-carb is really unhealthy - at least for me.

I ate 500 calories of eggs, bacon, and cheddar today for breakfast. No carbs, but I just feel greasy. For lunch, it'll be cheddar wrapped in bacon, wrapped in lean roast beef, then microwaved for a few seconds to make it all gooey and awesome. Sounds great, but also gross at the same time. Dinner will be a grilled chicken breast with lemon pepper, and a salad with an oil-based dressing, and a little shredded cheese. Snacks through the day will be cheese sticks.

I mean, I just don't think I could do that long-term. I need some whole grains. I need a little BBQ sauce. I need miracle whip on my bread.

So, the plan, as it's always been, is to gradually re-introduce carbs tomorrow morning. Only good carbs, of course - whole wheat bread, brown rice, etc. We'll see how it plays out.

Just hoping this is a nice 2-day jump start to getting me back on track.

No More Stupididty

Does this sound familiar?

Do well, lose weight, get happy, celebrate with pizza and cookies...

Yeah, that's been me, jumping between the weights of 312 and 303 for the last...I don't even know...maybe 18 months? It's a stupid cycle that I need to break. I need to FORCE myself out of it.

So, I'm acting desperate. I am going 100% carb-free for the next 48 hours, starting this morning at 8am. So, that means only lean meats, and some veggies and fruits until breakfast Saturday. Not going to be easy, as I LOVE me some bread.

We shall see how it goes. It needs to happen NOW.

No more being stupid.