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Weigh-In Wednesday - Week Six
Sep. 15th, 2010 08:29 amMorning Weigh-in: 229.51
Almost five pounds in six weeks, and at a steady rate. Sure, going on a "proper" diet like the South Beach plan (which I've seen work with my father; he dropped from 230 to under 200 in the course of four months) would give me more dramatic results, but slow and steady makes me feel better about it.
The only things I've done thus far:
Those things were the biggest offenders in my diet, and I'd rather not change my lifestyle any more than I have to. I'm also not going to do anything different yet; I'm waiting until this weight-loss tapers off, and I'll re-evaluate from there. If I'm not comfortable where I end up, I'll kick another vice or change another major food and go from there.
This is working for me, both physically and psychologically, and the latter is what diets are really about. If you struggle with a diet, you're more likely to give up completely. Making huge lifestyle changes is unnatural, and doing it too fast is too much of a shock to your habits. Doing it one step at a time may not get immediate results, but it's a lot easier for small changes to become ingrained habits than it is to turn at right angles. More importantly, I'm happy with this, so please don't start saying things like "WHY AREN'T YOU DOING THIS IT'S HORRIBLE WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM". If I wanted to be prosletyzed at, I'd go to church.
Almost five pounds in six weeks, and at a steady rate. Sure, going on a "proper" diet like the South Beach plan (which I've seen work with my father; he dropped from 230 to under 200 in the course of four months) would give me more dramatic results, but slow and steady makes me feel better about it.
The only things I've done thus far:
- Switch completely to Diet Mountain Dew
This is what's currently killing me, and it's taking all the willpower I have to not crack open a single bottle of regular. I've even foregone Throwback - although, in all fairness it was only because the stores don't sell individual bottles, or even the six-pack. All they had were the large cases of cans, and I wanted to cheat only every once in a while, not fall off the wagon completely. So the wagon remains solid.
I still hate the tastes of most diet sodas, and restrict myself to Sprite Zero, Diet Mountain Dew, and Diet 7-UP. I'll grab the occasional Pepsi MAX since it's closest to regular taste than Diet (and everything thus far is zero-calorie, zero-sugar, zero-corn-syrup, and relatively-low sodium), but that's about it. Soda in general is one thing I'm not going to kick yet. - Reduce portions
This is the big one. I used to gorge myself. Now I'm restricting myself to reasonable portions. I'm not really changing much of what I'm eating - I'm getting salads slightly more often than I used to, I've switched ham for turkey, and I've swapped from white to wheat breads, bagels and crusts, but that's about it.
Those things were the biggest offenders in my diet, and I'd rather not change my lifestyle any more than I have to. I'm also not going to do anything different yet; I'm waiting until this weight-loss tapers off, and I'll re-evaluate from there. If I'm not comfortable where I end up, I'll kick another vice or change another major food and go from there.
This is working for me, both physically and psychologically, and the latter is what diets are really about. If you struggle with a diet, you're more likely to give up completely. Making huge lifestyle changes is unnatural, and doing it too fast is too much of a shock to your habits. Doing it one step at a time may not get immediate results, but it's a lot easier for small changes to become ingrained habits than it is to turn at right angles. More importantly, I'm happy with this, so please don't start saying things like "WHY AREN'T YOU DOING THIS IT'S HORRIBLE WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM". If I wanted to be prosletyzed at, I'd go to church.
- The scale in the mailroom was flickering between 229.0 and 229.5, which means I'm on the lower end of 229 instead of closer to 230. I've been rounding up if it's been on a half-pound mark (hence the weeks that haven't changed; they have but rounding up sucks), but I wanted to feel better about it this week so I didn't round. Sue me.
I still consider it a victory.
