Weigh-In: Week 91
This week, I declared war on sugars and sweets. If you review my menu on FatBloggers.net, you’ll see that there was a dramatic cut in desserts. I still did natural sweets (fruit, juices), a few snack items, and protein bars, but other than that, you’ll have a difficult time finding the old habit of a dessert at the end of every lunch and dinner.
The reason was mostly for my gout because it is still hanging in there (though doing the best today that it’s been since last Monday). However, I also decided that this would be something I stick with to fight off the gout and to kick start my weight-loss in the right direction.
This is my fifth straight week of losses on the scale and I want to see what I can do to keep up the momentum. Even my “celebration” dinner tonight was a Chick-Fil-A wrap with only part of the dressing, some baked tortilla chips, salsa and water. It’s a celebration because that was actually what I was craving more than sweets. Of course, I had not eaten nearly enough during today because I forgot to bring some fruit for snacking. This will have enhanced my loss somewhat, but I still think most of it was that winning battle against desserts.
I’ve kept up my exercise routine as well. I’ve only missed a couple of sessions due to my gout, but I ended up doing some while working through the pain of that ankle (in fact, sometimes it felt better after the workout than before). Like John quotes from his trainer, pain is weakness leaving the body. I’m here to say goodbye to gout and goodbye to that old me. The new me is here to stay and make me an even healthier man as I get closer to goal.
Starting weight: 319.0 lb
Previous weight: 282.4 lb
Current weight: 278.6 lb
Current loss/gain: -3.8 lb
Total loss/gain: -40.4 lb
Cross-posted to FatBloggers.net
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March 16th, 2008 at 10:38 am
Congratulations on kicking the sweets. Just one question. I’ve never understood the “celebration dinner” concept. Doesn’t that put food into the category of reward? Isn’t that part of the problem?
March 16th, 2008 at 11:24 am
I called it a celebration dinner, but we normally eat out on WW meeting night because we weigh-in at about 6pm, go eat and then come back for the 7pm meeting. Since I was by myself and got there a little early, I attended the 5:30 meeting after weighing-in. Then it was still a dinner afterwards. I called it a celebration dinner because I had originally planned on just having leftovers at home.
The concept of a celebration dinner need not contradict the reason of the celebration. I choose to celebrate by having a healthy meal out. Sometimes a nicer healthy meal than would usually be had.
It’s not a problem if going-out is the celebration and the food is still kept to the healthy side. One of our celebration dinners was to go to Applebee’s and order from the WW menu. We usually prefer fastfood like Subway so going to a sit-down restaurant is like a celebration.
This week, I went to Chick-Fil-A and avoided having their wonderful waffle fries, fried chicken breast sandwiches and soda. Instead, the wrap had grilled chicken, I substituted baked tortilla chips for the fries and water instead of soda. When I celebrate, I intend on feeling just as good after the meal (i.e., not guilty) as I felt before.