but no time to write... must get much work done before splitting to watch the Caps win game 7. Weight is still at 234... but I'm getting a ton of exercise to combat all the bar associated stuff I've been consuming.
More later.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Monday, April 13, 2009
A Delayed Post from a Delayed Winner...
Sorry I'm such a tardy poster but I've been scrambling for the last week or so. I won the Biggest Loser pretty handily. I ended up losing 43 pounds of total weight and saw a 27% decrease in my body fat. I'm pretty happy to say the least but I've still got unfinished business.
Right now I'm writing from Megan's parent's computer in South Carolina. The last week has been, while not the most unhealthy I've ever been, not exactly my ideal New Mac. But I guess that's to be expected. I'm having a little fun with no restrictions.
Jason and Megan both tried to pry out of me what I wanted for my first guilty meal but I didn't have anything in mind. There was no craving. I just wanted a smoothie and a salad and I would have been happy. J wasn't having any of that so we went to Chipotle. Megan certainly wasn't having any of that so we went to Taco Bell. I didn't go crazy at either place as my body and mind knew I couldn't take too much junk but I was kinda sketched out as to why I didn't want anything. Lifestyle change is good and all but I figured I'd still want a burger or something.
My moment came at work on Tuesday or Wednesday when the cafe had some hot lunch options for a Spring Break Camp we were hosting. I ignored the adult fare that was prepared for us working stiffs and immediately locked on to the steaming pan of oven baked mac-n-cheese.
This was an orgasm on a plate. Fucking simply fantastic.
My co-workers that were walking with me in line said my face was priceless. My face froze in this huge wide-eyed smile. Kinda sounded like the people in the "Blackhole Sun" video by Soundgarden back in the day. Anyways.... My stomach is still my stomach and it was quite happy being filled with heavenly cheese.
Since I've been down visiting Megan's parents we've been eating like it was going out of style but mostly its been snacking. The Kelly's are infamous for it. So I've been enjoying myself but all the while knowing that when I get back to DC, on Wednesday morning I'll be back at spinning class to make up for all these Easter goodies.
It doesn't help either that the Caps start their playoff push on Wednesday night and Tim and I will be in our seats at the Phone Booth. I promised my bartenders at Bar Louie that I would make up for lost time so there’s another bunch of calories I'm going to have to make up.
Bottom line is this. I'm going to allow myself to eat "good" stuff but it has to be countered with a hard day at the gym. I still have a personal goal now that the Biggest Loser is over so I can't go back to my old self or even just get into a maintain mind set. I want to be down to 220 or so by my beach trip in August. This will allow for a slower loss schedule than the 3lbs/week I was shooting for the last three months but will still require effort on my part. I'm actually kinda excited to see if I can do it now that there's no money on the line.
Oh yeah I don’t think I ever mentioned... I pulled down $1280 in this whole thing. :)
Megan, her sister Ashley, and I are about to go out to the outlet mall near her house and I'm looking for a new backpack so my flight home tomorrow morning wont be quite so cumbersome.
The blog will continue with entries once or twice a week. I think that is pretty obtainable. Thanks for all the support and well wishes through this whole thing. I found out that far more people are reading this thing than the "fans" I have listed so I guess I owe you guys some of my prize money.... who am I kidding... those greenbacks are all mine!
Once I get back into town and actually have stats in front of me I'll recap this whole thing. And setup the next round of fun.
Talk at cha later!
Right now I'm writing from Megan's parent's computer in South Carolina. The last week has been, while not the most unhealthy I've ever been, not exactly my ideal New Mac. But I guess that's to be expected. I'm having a little fun with no restrictions.
Jason and Megan both tried to pry out of me what I wanted for my first guilty meal but I didn't have anything in mind. There was no craving. I just wanted a smoothie and a salad and I would have been happy. J wasn't having any of that so we went to Chipotle. Megan certainly wasn't having any of that so we went to Taco Bell. I didn't go crazy at either place as my body and mind knew I couldn't take too much junk but I was kinda sketched out as to why I didn't want anything. Lifestyle change is good and all but I figured I'd still want a burger or something.
My moment came at work on Tuesday or Wednesday when the cafe had some hot lunch options for a Spring Break Camp we were hosting. I ignored the adult fare that was prepared for us working stiffs and immediately locked on to the steaming pan of oven baked mac-n-cheese.
This was an orgasm on a plate. Fucking simply fantastic.
My co-workers that were walking with me in line said my face was priceless. My face froze in this huge wide-eyed smile. Kinda sounded like the people in the "Blackhole Sun" video by Soundgarden back in the day. Anyways.... My stomach is still my stomach and it was quite happy being filled with heavenly cheese.
Since I've been down visiting Megan's parents we've been eating like it was going out of style but mostly its been snacking. The Kelly's are infamous for it. So I've been enjoying myself but all the while knowing that when I get back to DC, on Wednesday morning I'll be back at spinning class to make up for all these Easter goodies.
It doesn't help either that the Caps start their playoff push on Wednesday night and Tim and I will be in our seats at the Phone Booth. I promised my bartenders at Bar Louie that I would make up for lost time so there’s another bunch of calories I'm going to have to make up.
Bottom line is this. I'm going to allow myself to eat "good" stuff but it has to be countered with a hard day at the gym. I still have a personal goal now that the Biggest Loser is over so I can't go back to my old self or even just get into a maintain mind set. I want to be down to 220 or so by my beach trip in August. This will allow for a slower loss schedule than the 3lbs/week I was shooting for the last three months but will still require effort on my part. I'm actually kinda excited to see if I can do it now that there's no money on the line.
Oh yeah I don’t think I ever mentioned... I pulled down $1280 in this whole thing. :)
Megan, her sister Ashley, and I are about to go out to the outlet mall near her house and I'm looking for a new backpack so my flight home tomorrow morning wont be quite so cumbersome.
The blog will continue with entries once or twice a week. I think that is pretty obtainable. Thanks for all the support and well wishes through this whole thing. I found out that far more people are reading this thing than the "fans" I have listed so I guess I owe you guys some of my prize money.... who am I kidding... those greenbacks are all mine!
Once I get back into town and actually have stats in front of me I'll recap this whole thing. And setup the next round of fun.
Talk at cha later!
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