It’s been awhile since I posted. It’s been awhile since I’ve been able to focus. My dad was killed August 20. We are still dealing with / working through the aftermath of that tragedy. Four weeks later to-the-day, my mom’s younger sister died of early onset Alzheimer’s Disease. She was 67. At least I had made my peace with that death many years ago.
Out of the last 122 days (4 months, since August 11), I have been out of town 55 days, been involved in a major remote or in-person-but-local meeting 9 days, and then had my mom visit 9 days because she broker her hand the night before she was going to leave. That is 73 days, or 60% of the time, when I’ve had certainly some non-ideal-for-healthy-habits sit’iations going on.
Which is the excuse that I’ve used forever.
That excuse needs to stop. This is going to be my new normal. I have penciled in going back to Ohio to visit / help my mom every-other month next year. There will also be at least four work-related trips.
I’ve managed to continue to track my weight, if not daily then at least one measurement a week. It’s well-modeled as going up by 0.15% of my bodyweight per week; in other words I’ve gained back everything I lost from late-June through mid-August. That’s what really triggered me, yet again, a week or two ago to really take a hard look at things and try, yet again, to make the commitment to lose weight (and fat) and exercise more.
To say nothing of simply not having economy-class hips. It’s ridiculous when the tray table comes down on a plane and it hits your stomach instead of resting on its own supports. Seriously.
So, last week I put in the plan to target 1460 cal/day on average, which is my actual calorie goal for when I’m 170±5 lbs and trying to lose 1 lb per week from diet. Or, it’s a target now at my weight of about 225 lbs, if trying to lose 1½ lbs per week from diet. While I still didn’t exercise last week, I did manage to stick very close to the diet, and significantly curtail snacking, so I’ve told myself I’ve done enough to see some sense of re-commitment.
I’m also just over six months away from turning 40 years old.
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