I am back back back below 85 kgs! After all the crazy fluctuations this last week it seems like the needle on the scale (figuratively speaking as my scale is digital) is finally starting to behave. I am back under 85 kgs, which was my last goal.
Last Saturday I had an Indulgence Day that went through the roof top. It was a conscious choice and I was aware of the consequences. I'm still okay with it, just not happy that I haven't lost any actual weight for weeks. I have definitely seen that the Indulgences NEED to be controlled - I do not want this to happen again. On the day that my weight peaked, I was at 89.5 kgs - that's 9(!) lbs over what I am today, and that was 4 days ago!
If I am to reach a new low this week, I will need to drop yet another 1.3 kgs by tomorrow morning. It's not impossible, I have done it before, but there is no way I can do that just out of pure will power. If it happens, it happens.
Normally, I drop a lot of weight on my Saturday Morning weigh-ins. I think it's because I play with my band all evening. I stand up for HOURS, carrying my bass guitar. This burns calories. At the same time I drink tons of coffee - which dehydrates. I am probably low on water those Saturday mornings.
Well, tonight there is no band practice. Too many people are occupied with Christmas parties, so we decided to skip. I'm curious to see how this will affect my weigh-in tomorrow.
I'm still sick, the cold/flu is slowly dying out but it's still there holding on tight. I have made a compromise with work today. I have one meeting that I can't cancel, so I will go and do that one, and then the rest of the day I will work from home. It's great that we have these options. I have basically taken home all the paper work that I need, and I can log on to our systems online and do it all from here. I just save documents in a separate place, and I can print them Monday. This way I can stay in, have coffee, be under the covers with my laptop and still do my work so I don't fall behind.
I really hate this cold. It's kicking my butt.
Yesterday, Wife made Indian food. It was the best! I think she's gonna try out another dish tonight - Tandoori chicken. We both love Indian cuisine, but we never really cooked much of it ourselves. Here in my little town is no store where we can really find the ingredients - the special spices, the right chutney etc. Well, a few towns over, we found a place, and it's very affordable too! So now, we're gonna try out some things. It's not terribly difficult to cook, and it tastes awesome. Can't wait for dinner tonight.
Tomorrow is Indulgence Day again. So what to do, what to do? Well, my first thought is to skip it. I really want to get to the 83's and under, and I really want to get there now. I am so close again, and not having met a new low in weeks really makes me hungry for that success. However, I know I have to be careful not to stall too. I know this. So I am thinking that I probably SHOULD do it, take the beating that comes with it and hope it'll dive under at the end of next week. It's so frustrating when you get close to your goal and then have to Indulge and the weight goes up. I really want to be done with losing weight and start on maintenance.
Which reminds me - Now that I have dropped a lot of the re-gained weight, it's interesting to see that my body fat percentage is back up to normal. It's about 10 today, and that sounds much more reasonable. Dropping a huge chunk of weight will do this to the percentage, and I am actually glad to see it back up like this.
So, today is gonna be a different Friday. I'm really excited to spend the evening with Wife. I am sure I will have lined up a couple of good movies for the evening, and this combined with Tandoori Chicken and a good low fat ice cream for dessert (Oh, how I love these - they truly help me staying sane in the evenings), it will be an awesome day.
No exercise yet. I simply don't have the strength. I'm a little worried that the medium level workout that I started doing Monday and Tuesday will be too tough when I start again. We'll see. I will try it out, be stubborn and just pause if it becomes too tough. I will see it though until I can do it again. Boy, I hate being sick.
Today I am thankful that:
- I can (mostly) work from home today.
- I get to spend the evening with Wife and her awesome cooking. :)
- I found an awesome wallpaper for my phone - my favorite movie!
- It's weekend and we're going to another Christmas market tomorrow (I hope I am well enough to go!)
- And finally, for all my buddies out there who actually manage to read my lengthy journals: I love all the comments and support that you guys give me. Sometimes I feel that I don't do enough for you guys - you keep me going, you inspire me and you make me smile every day. I hope I give you all the support you need. I love that I get messages in my inbox asking questions - I hope I answer them to your satisfaction. I love the little personal chit chats. You guys are the coolest people I have ever met. So many interesting personalities. So many people here only wanting to do good and help each other. If only we could implement this into the real world. No more wars! :) As a little thank you -
I made you this!Have a great weekend, folks! Life is good!
