Gr8Loss

Happy first day of spring everyone!

PPP. Pizza. Pastries. Pop.

December - Present saw me fall off my horse. The good news is, however, that I didn’t fall that hard. I’ve only gained about 5 pounds, which still has me at a net loss of about 10 pounds since I started in November.

My current demons are the 3 P’s. I’ve decided to relaunch my campaign by only allowing myself to eat one of the P’s a day. If I have pizza, no pastries or pop. A pastry, no pizza or pop. Pop, no pastry or pizza.

We gotta have rules. It’s as good a place to start as any.

I had a nightmare last night that my coworkers were force-feeding me junk food. Needless to say, I’ve had some anxiety about food the past week. Last night I was at work late and my boss said she was ordering pizza for everyone. I shot out of there like a bat out of hell.

On Saturday my partner asked if I wanted to have lunch on my half-hour break, I said sure and asked where we should go. “How about pizza?” “Noooooooooooooo!”

The dream more or less has to do with the fact that we’re launching new food today, and I desperately want to try some, but I know I can’t. I haven’t been writing my weight on my hand for about a week now, but I might have to implement that little check today.

I’ve maintained my weight the last few days, though I was eating a bit more than I was allowing before, it’s probably good to have some idea of how much I should eat to maintain, since I won’t be losing forever.

I’ve known for a while that it’s my habits that got me into so much trouble with my weight. Two years ago I started my job and it just became a habit of mine to grab some food out of our pastry case on one of my breaks. For lunch I would just go to whatever food joint is within walking distance from work, Subway, local pizza shop, Chinese place ect. There was never any thought into what I was eating, and two years later the results are clear.

I thought it would be difficult to adjust my habits at work, but two weeks into my new regimen and I find it to be almost as effortless as breathing. Not only do we have tasty distractions in our pastry case, but my coworkers are constantly bringing in goodies to share, but I found I haven’t been tempted once to break my new rules.

I certainly find myself hungry, however, which makes me wonder if I should be eating more. I have not been counting my calories because I don’t want to get into that obsessive game; I know when I’ve had too much to eat and I don’t need a pie chart to tell me. Though I am concerned I might be undermining my progress by eating too little. I guess we’ll see what happens as I plow into week 3.

Kurt Vonnegut, Bluebeard (1987)

I made some good choices for breakfast today, but I’m a little bit more concerned about dinner. I had a diet pepsi, which my coworker tells me is zero points on her weight watchers program, so I don’t feel quite as bad about it, but I feel like I made a mistake. I dunno!

I also went for a hike today in Ellison Park. It wasn’t as long of a hike as I did the other day, but the trail I went on today was a lot steeper, so I feel like I had a good workout.

I know this will probably sound incredibly unhealthy, but the only thing I’m sure is more unhealthy was the way I was eating before. I’ve lost 9 pounds in a week. I think about some of the foods I was eating and I’m actually a little scared of them now, I feel like I was suffocating my body. I know this isn’t some sort of miracle that just happened, I had quite a bit of self control, as well as the fact that I have PLENTY of weight to lose, so I know it will only continue to get harder as the pounds become more stubborn and we approach the holiday goodies season. I know I couldn’t have done this without the support of my friend Jenn! She kept me motivated, gave me some awesome food ideas as well as telling me about tumblr. Thanks Jenn!

I do work today, I’ve got a cup of Greek yogurt with blueberries, a banana, some more pumpkin oatmeal, and some leftover chicken chili for food throughout the day. With some more effort this will be the start of another good week.

futurejournalismproject:

A scientist demonstrates that when you fill your Kindle with digital books, it actually gets heavier.

Via The Telegraph:

Using Einstein’s E=mc² formula, which states that energy and mass are directly related, Prof Kubiatowicz calculated that filling a 4GB Kindle to its storage limit would increase its weight by a billionth of a billionth of a gram, or 0.000000000000000001g.

This is roughly equivalent to the weight of a small virus, while the equivalent number of books – about 3,500 – would weigh approximately two tons.

So now we know.

(Source: futurejournalismproject, via npr)