Oy vey.
So, I haven’t written in awhile. Part of it was motivation. Part of it was weight creeping up and me feeling bad about it and not wanting to write and acknowledge it. Part of it was just as I was getting back into things, I did something to my left knee again (I think it was the way I was sitting) and I could barely walk, let alone lift weights or anything else, and that lasted a week.. And part of it was – and is – work. And then a part of it was just a few days ago, the fires in Colorado creeping up on us; I was very close to an evacuation zone, then another fire from the south came up and I’m close to that evacuation zone, so I spent several days cleaning and organizing the house and getting things together in case I need to be evacuated.
Of course, that’s only in the last few days. A big part of my issues in general was a refusal on the part of my self-control to STOP OVER-EATING. Going over one day and under another just wreaked havoc on things and, as I said, weight was creeping up. And, until I could get that under control, there’s practically no point in anything else: Weight is lost in the kitchen, not on the treadmill, as the saying goes.
So, what have I done? I’m “starting over” this week, which is Week 27 and marks (approximately) a six-month point from when I started back in April. I’m not calling it “Week 1” or anything like that. I feel more motivated than I have in awhile. I managed to not over-eat today, for realz. I put in all the tracking that I was hiding from my spreadsheets that I had written on paper. The fires are more under control. Work is still going to kick my ass, especially since we’re in the middle of grant-writing season, but it is what it is and I managed to work around those issues for several months, I can do it again.
I also lowered the calories and food to what they are for 190±5 lbs, even though I’m at about 206 lbs so still in the 210±5 lbs range (sigh). I do have a lower metabolism than others, and I was plateauing, so the decreased calories (which are still not unreasonably low!) should help get back on track, IF I DON’T OVER-EAT.
So, how’d I do today? I was ridiculously tired all day today because of little sleep the last few nights due to the fires, and also simply being stressed out from the fires (apparently, stress can make me tired). My sleep schedule is all out of wack anyway, going to bed at 3:30am for a week for no good reason, so that’s why I did not get any exercise in. I did (as I noted above) manage to stick to my food limits, though!
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