New Diet, t = 1 week

[grandmoffdavid.livejournal.com]

Starting Weight: 214.6
Current Weight: 211.8
Current Weight Loss: 2.8
Total Weight Loss: 2.8
Goal: 200

Not bad for the first week, but I always drop a ton of weight the first week of any diet. This just supports my theory that since you loose weight faster at the beginning of a diet than at the end you should stop and start your diet as frequently as possible. The annoying thing about this part of the diet, though, is that my stomach hasn't quite shrunk yet, so I'm hungry more often than I used to be. Fortunately, I'm being better about eating healthy snacks like bananas and apples. Also, I finally looked up how many points I'm supposed to get at my current weight, and it's two less than I used to get, which is just mean.

Exercise is still continuing well. I've been able to up my distance some (although I still need to recalibrate my pedometer). My ankles and shins have been bothering me in the morning still, but they loosen up pretty quickly. I think I just need to get some new running shoes.

raising the bar

[racerxmachina.livejournal.com]

Well, as far as I can tell my food discipline is going to be for crap until I can pinpoint how to avoid a couple of "I need/I can justify a treat" stressors that lead me to eat badly.  I need to go through the kitchen and throw out everything left over from the party, since my waste-not-want-not sensibility always overrides the "since when does it make good householding sense to have half a bag of chips?" voice.
 
What I can do, and have the time for, since I'm not in the headspace to successfully deny myself stuff, is to add things to my regimen in order to feel like I'm in control in some way.  I saw a public health message with a tip about walking 5x a week for thirty minutes.  Now, THAT I can do.  This is, of course, in addition to any gym time I do during the week.  The additional calorie burn should hopefully be somewhat useful!
Also, taking the stairs whenever possible-- I've been punking out on that and using the elevator.
Thirty minutes is a jaunt around the block after I get home from work but before I get inside and veg out.  Thirty minutes is a walk to Human resources across campus and back.   Thirty minutes is window-shopping downtown.
Hm, yeah.

Well, maybe a little denial of the flesh. No refined sugar.  I know I can do this one.  I've been slipping into bad habits (see also: Sugar Butter Flour).