Hot hot heat

Ran my 5+ mile loop today (about 5.3 miles total per Google Earth) in 62 minutes. Felt kinda strong but flagged in the middle. Stopped three times for water and a couple of times to walk. Ate some Jelly Belly Sports Beans right before the last mile (with water). Listened to music - turns out my iPhone will fit in the armband I originally bought for my iPod nano, if I don't mind it stretching.

That works out to an 11:41 pace, which is damned slow. Damned slow. Fucking slow. But I did it!

One step at a time

Weighed 193.5 this morning. Just as I'd hoped. I resisted temptation mightily yesterday after a large lunch at Chang's Mongolian Grill (celebrating Tracy's birthday), which included ice cream. Tracy kindly offered me one of her chocolate chip cookies, and I had to turn her down. I didn't even have dinner, nor any snack, even though I stayed up late to watch Battlestar Galactica and didn't get to bed until after 11:00p.

I did have about 3000 mg of Vitamin C, though! Ha! Those chewable tablets are about 5 calories each and I had six. Just had to have something in my mouth, I guess. Better than eating a donut and regretting it in the morning, though.

Succeeding a day at a time

194 even this morning. My diet required some attention yesterday because I and my co-workers ate at American Dream Pizza for lunch, and one slice of their pizza is a lot of calories. But I avoided snacks by telling myself I didn't need them (and I didnt) and I ran, actually ran outside, for 35-40 minutes, and ate a simple sandwich for dinner, and drank lots of water.

I was afraid that I'd want a late night snack because I was staying up to watch the season finale of "Lost", which didnt finish until about 2 hours past my normal bedtime. And I did want a snack. But rather than walking to Foster's Market for donuts, or a cup of coffee from Twin Paradox (with plenty of cream and sugar), instead I ate an apple, and barely went over my goal at all.

And it paid off when the scale showed a half pound drop from yesterday. Good choices lead to good results.

Oh, and another thing: count everything. I ate some jelly beans from a vending machine. Just a handful, maybe 10 or so. Almost dismissed them but didn't. Ate part of Tracy's giant chocolate chip cookie, just a bite or two in size. Almost dismissed it but didn't. And those two things together would've put me over by 250 calories! So count everything!

Finally

Finally dropped under 195 today. By a half pound. Right direction, though.

Again

195. Again. Ugh. No loss? What the fuck?

Stuck

Damn. 195 even again this morning. And Calorie Count says my trend went up, not down. I'll just keep keepin' on.

Resisting tempation

Just as I said, I ran-in-place in my apartment for a (timed) thirty minutes. Man, was I sweaty afterward, but it felt good. And I was very hungry.

My late lunch / early dinner tonight was another Applewood Smoked Bacon White Cheddar Burger from Mike's Drive-In, just like yesterday. However, today I only about about 75-80% of the burger. Yes, I resisted temptation. I did eat all my French fries, though. That was around 4:30p.

And then I didn't eat anything else for the rest of the night. I did drink a lot of water, though.

Steady

I almost slipped up last night and bought a donut, a delicious apple-filled bear claw, last night when I was walking back from the video store. I say "almost" because I almost bought more than one donut. But the single delicious bear claw I bought, coupled with my self-restraint all day, still kept me under calories for the day.

So when I woke up this morning and weighed in at 195 even, I was pleased. Until I plugged that weight into the calculator at Calorie Count and found that my trend is now steady at 196.2 and has been for the last couple of days. Ugh. I need to be very good today calorie-wise and exercise-wise so that I can get past this.

It's pouring down rain so running outside is going to be a pain in the kiester. I was considering hills or a tempo run today but that probably won't happen. I'll have to settle for indoor calisthenics.

Fucking fuck

196 this morning. I ate around 2100 calories and ran for over an hour yesterday (albeit at a fairly slow pace).

I resisted the urge for donuts and snacks in the evening.

Maybe my guesstimates on calories were low? Or maybe I should just keep doing what I know works.

Today I'm going to work in a little calisthenics or somethin'. Maybe some pushups and sit-ups.

Wish I knew what I've been doing wrong and why I'm seemingly stuck at 196 for the past several months.

Keeping on

I went to bed early last night, partially because I felt tired and partially to avoid eating more than the 1850 calories I'd already consumed.

Woke up around 9 AM and weighed in at 195.5, which did not budge my trend line at all.

Ate a single slice of toast with a modest amount of peanut butter and raspberry jam, then two hours later went out for a run. I followed my 5.5 mile course, and it was muggy, and I walked a lot, and it took me around 70 minutes.

Then I ate an applewood smoked bacon and white cheddar burger and fries. I'm not hungry but I don't feel over-full, either. Just perfect.

Run!

I ran my 3 ½ mile loop this afternoon. Had to walk a couple or three times, but otherwise kept moving at a steady pace. It was cold-ish, around 54° when I left the house, but I warmed up quickly.

I'm getting back in shape. Even if I am still way too heavy.

Poor eating habits

I'm at 197.5 today, after three straight days of being 197.

Gotta stop eating so much. Just gotta.

After effect

If I'm going to give myself a guilt-free eating day, as I did yesterday, I shouldn't keep track of calories.

I kept track yesterday: over 3100 calories in.

And today I'm up to 197 pounds.

Yeah, guilt.

Down

194.5 this morning. "Morning" being only technically accurate, since I got out of bed around 10:00 AM.

And even though I just had a large piece of cake (white with chocolate frosting) I'm doin' OK on calories. Heat helps make me much less hungry.

Wanted to run this morning but my left little toe is still full of pain. Sharp pain, not the friction-burn pain I had before that made me think it was a blister. No, now it's sharp. Is it broken? I'm hoping that wearing sandals and flip-flops helps it heal.

Falling in the right way

195 even this morning, which, while up a half pound from yesterday, still pushes my overall 30 day trend under 196 for the first time since my latest "new beginning".

*phew*

Hit 194.5 this morning. Again. It's going the right direction. And I feel better, too. Amazing what a difference even just 4 or 5 pounds can make. Not going to stop here, though.

Extending

The weather is awesome and I'm in a good mood.

I ran my 3.5 mile loop tonight for the first time in, probably, months. At least it feels like that without going back and checking.

I started a stop watch before I left the house, and subtracting the ~3 minutes walking before and after, I ran it in around 40 minutes, which is, simply, great, considering how I'm basically starting over.

I "celebrated" with a chicken and pepperjack sandwich. Yum.

Delicious pizza

I was craving delicious Pizza Schmizza pizza yesterday and by FSM, I got some in the evening. It put me a tiny bit over calories for the day (total for the day was 2016) but I also walked a mile or so and I'm running tonight, so I don't feel too bad. Also, I ate not just one, but two green salads, both with very little dressing, yesterday, and the goodness of fresh veggies totally offsets any potential badness of eating too many calories.

Today I'm up a half-pound to 195.5 but I am not worried.

I'm down another half pound, to 195 even.

A little bit easier

Tonight I ran.

Yes, outside.

I did two miles, out and back. Stopped at the turnaround point to get water, walked about 10 steps back then ran more than a half-mile until I had to stop for traffic. Another brief stop and then I ran all the way back to my starting point.

A good weekend

Saturday was hard and I ended up over my calorie goal. Not sure how much because I dint count the cake I ate at my ex-girlfriend's wedding reception. But I was at 2400 before then.

Sunday started with a 1600+ calorie late breakfast at the Limelight. Mmmmm, meat scramble. That stayed with me all day. Around 5p while I was killing time for the bus I stepped in to a Starbucks... and ordered a skinny latte. Even though there were cinnamon rolls and cookies in plain sight.

This morning I'm down to 195.5 lbs. Yay me!

Cave running

I just couldn't leave the house. Not sure why. It wasn't too cold, just about perfect, actually, mid-50s, overcast, no rain.

Still couldn't leave.

So I ran in place, inside. For about 30 minutes. I sweated, but did not get out of breath.

Running again

I ran about 2 miles last night, and managed to keep my calorie count under 1800 (I'm uncertain of the exact count because I was eating leftovers from Montage).

And I'm down a half-pound to 197 this morning, although the trend is working its way back up again. Which might be because of the rich Montage dinner and rich Papa Haydn dessert I had Wednesday night.

Oh, but the running. It felt a teeny tiny bit easier than last Monday. I only stopped to walk three times total, including the water break at the turn-around point.

I think I'm aiming for a 4 mile run this weekend.

New new start

Calorie-wise, I've been doing pretty good for the weekend past. Staying around 1800-2000 calories per day, with some dips to 1600 or even just over 1400.

It's exercise that I've been neglecting.

Last night I started over. The weather was gorgeous and warm, in the 70s, and as soon as I got home I suited up and went for a run.

Ran a mile out away from home. Started feeling that old sensation of my lungs burning even before a half-mile, but kept moving until the mile mark. Stopped for water, turned around, walked a minute or two, then started a slow run again. Stopped twice more for walking and once for traffic.

So, my first (new) goal: run solid for 20 minutes. How long until I can do that simple thing again?

And my reward: this morning, I weighed in at 195.5, one pound down from yesterday. That's the right direction.

Another day

198.5.

That is all.