Week Nine

So right off the bat a little (more) fudging was done this week. At least as far as when we weighed ourselves that is. We weighed ourselves on Friday before going on our cruise to Ensenada this past weekend. So to be official it was 164.5 on Friday, 170.5 Monday morning right after breakfast and 167.5 later Monday after, well, events transpired. Now it would definitely not be impossible to stay on plan while cruising to Ensenada. Healthy food was available for all meals and it looked great.

Just not as great as the burgers, the pizza, the pasta salads, the deserts, the deserts, um, the deserts. Not to say I ate entirely fatty foods all weekend. In fact I had awesome shrimp ceviche in Ensenada coupled with awesome fish tacos(yes they were fried). There was beer, though only in Ensenada, and there was plenty of rum and coke(no I didn't bother with diet).

So considering I went all out this past weekend I was quite pleased that I only spiked up to 170.5. It could have been a whole lot worse, BUT my stomach must have shrunk because I could barely get anything down there. One plate of something and I was full dammit! So now we're back on plan and I must say that I'm glad to be back to it. It was just so damn uncomfortable being so full all weekend. By Sunday I was so uncomfortable, not that I really ate that much, that I went up to the jogging track and put in two miles of brisk walking just to work the food through quicker. After the dinner, which I couldn't even eat more than a few bites of, I again had to go up to the track to walk off the weekends excess. Four miles in one day. The guy who can't stand exercising. Ack!

I'm actually pretty happy about the fact that I feel so full after overindulging for extended periods. One thing is for sure I can't remember the last time I crapped so much and I don't mean because my stomach was upset. I must have been burning some serious calories processing all that food so quickly.

Week Eight

Well I've got a feeling week 9 is going to be a lot like week 5 was. We had a great time last night and part of that consisted of consuming mass quantities.

Of everything.

No regrets, but knowing we were going to really enjoy ourselves last night I weighed myself yesterday morning. So that weight is what went into the table. Since we weren't home this morning I couldn't weigh myself first thing so we did that when we got home today and lo and behold I'd gained four pounds over night. I did mention we ate a lot right? So no big deal. I've got a feeling a considerable part of the measurement today was shall we say old food not yet removed. I've been drinking lots of water today and we definitely ate light since we were still full from the previous 16 hours of wild abandon.

Back on track and working towards the first goal. I'm planning on a bit of frugality this week since next weekend we'll be taking the weekend Ensenada cruise out of Long Beach. So I may not make my 10% goal for another couple of weeks, but I'll get there. I've made great progress over the past two months, but I'm not going to totally give up on splurging for a weekend. Or two weekends even.

3/20/2006 Update: Got on the scale this morning and was back down at 166.5. Looking good for hitting the 10% goal sometime during the next week. Yippee!

Week Seven

And yet another week where the pounds are in the minus column. And that's a winner for sure. I had doubts this week that this would be the case. I had anticipated a break even week seeing as we had a Bristol dinner on Tuesday that consisted of salad with warm andouille sausage and a tomato vinagrette, gooey cheese french bread, gumbo with so much good stuff in it and praline blondies for desert. Now these dinners at Bristol can not be considered low cal or healthy by any stretch, but man oh man do they taste good. Oh so good. This week was no exception. It was a splurge and worth it. Now if that had been all I wouldn't have had any doubts about another losing week.

However, for whatever reason I had a willpower break down on Saturday. I had every intention of hitting up Subway for lunch since Mrs. LK and I were planning on going out to dinner Saturday night. Didn't happen. I had a full blown double-double, animal style and half an order of frys instead. Basically a whole days worth of food at one sitting. Ack. Oh well move on. Still no biggee if we had skipped dinner, but that didn't happen either. Dinner consisted of pasta, calamari and shrimp in a spicy tomato sauce, a glass and a half of wine followed by tiramisu. Oi!

Amazingly enough even with all that I managed to shuck another pound. At this rate I't'll take me all year, but who cares. I had an enjoyable week as far as food goes. With the exception of those two days I stuck to the plan, ate right, walked a bit and drank a ton of water. This week is gonna be a bitch what with the ducktaco crowd throwing a St. Paddy's day bash, but oh well. Stick to the plan during the week and enjoy next Saturday.

Week Six

Looks like I'm back on schedule. Weeks four and five should have been switched, but what the heck does my body know anyway. This week contained a couple of really nice meals, but we managed to limit the portions so that we didn't break the bank. I don't want to say it's getting easy to pull this off because it's not. However, it is definitely getting easier to determine what is and isn't beneficial to my daily intake. I've certainly also gotten into a daily routine. Well semi daily anyway. I've found some things I like and work well within the plan. My two go to places, Jamba Juice and Subway, have certainly been nice to have. Mrs. Lil K's excellent cooking and efforts to keep us on plan have also made a huge difference in our success. I'm excited to see my continuing success and I think I can finally say I feel better. If things keep going this well I'll make my first goal in two weeks. Keep your fingers crossed.