Weigh-In: Week 82
Well, in spite of my best intentions, I did manage to have a gain this week. However, though I had mentioned before that I don’t keep Christmas (thus, meaning that it would not have a negative impact on my weight like most people), I had two parties to deal with this past weekend.
The first was the reason for the extra housework over the last two weeks. It was a 50th birthday party for one of my wife’s sisters. We had a total of 22 guests and a ton of food since we had decided on a potluck style which allowed for a lot of variety.
There was one bright side of this party. I had not eaten as much as I might have had I not been conscious of my choices. I loaded up my plate first with garden salad, pasta salad, one fried chicken wing (the smallest in the pan) and one strip of brisket. Thus, I was already filling up on healthier choices before getting something else. In the end, my second plate had a small bowl of chili and a variety from the veggie tray and some potato salad. All in all, I avoided the heftier items. My drinks, on the other hand, could have been better, but also were not as bad. I had one soda, a small glass of wine and a glass of champagne & cranberry juice. After that it was water the rest of the night.
The second party was on Sunday evening which was thrown by a friend of mine who was celebrating his 40th (minus 1) birthday by having a poker party. I had never played Texas Holdem before so I “crammed” by playing some free games on Pokerstars.net to bone up on the general play action. It was only after we started a practice round for real that I learned what big-blind and small-blind meant. I ended up coming in 2nd place on the first “real” game (with a $2 buy-in, that meant the winner won $12 in the first game and $14 in the second game when my friend’s wife joined in after delivering the food).
He and his wife provided fajitas from a local Mexican restaurant. Again, my choices could have been much worse than in the past. I got a few chicken fajitas in the flour tortillas with a lot of the onions and bell peppers, a little sour cream and pico de gallo. No cheese, no refried beans, very few tortilla chips and a little rice to round out the meal. I’d had one Smirnoff Ice and then water the rest of the evening (there might have been one soda, but I cannot remember exactly).
All in all, I did make better choices, but not the best choices and I paid for it on the scales. Thankfully, that should be the last major event/celebration for a few months.
I do want to leave you with this quote from a member at our meeting tonight (it applies to a lot of things in life, not just weight-loss):
Slow in the right direction is better than any speed in the wrong direction.
Starting weight: 319.0 lb
Previous weight: 285.8 lb
Current weight: 287.8 lb
Current loss/gain: +2.0 lb
Total loss/gain: -31.2 lb
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