Motivated on Monday
Well it looks like Hurricane Dean will be headed towards Texas and Mexico, and not towards my side of Florida. I hope those people evacuate and I hope they will all be okay. Things can be replaced but family and friends cannot.
I peeked at the scale and it says “161″ this morning. I know you’re only supposed to expect a weight-loss of 2 pounds per week, but I suspect that if I can enforce my “6:30pm eating cut-off time” every night I could probably drop more than that. At least at first. So that is my secret hope this week. I can enforce the cut-off time and maybe I can make my “mini-goal” of 155 by Sunday.
I’ve noticed that a lot of BuddySlimmers are over 200 pounds but their pictures don’t look it at all. I guess I’m a bad guess-timator at weight. And I am pretty sure I am going to get officially added to the Worker Bees roster this week. That would be cool. It would give me a little bit more accountability.
This morning I am making my weekly “To-Do” list and it seems a mile long. On top of all the family stuff, the career stuff, and closing on this house, weight-loss always looms in the back of my mind. I have little doubt that the reason I wake up in the dead of night to eat is because of stress. I do not feel stressed at all during the day. But it really gives you a relaxing high to wake up at midnight and eat and eat. You do feel stuffed and guilty afterwards, but in the midst of a binge, it feels pretty good.
But really I need to satisfy myself with some blogging and some lighter alternatives, like herbal tea or diet soda or chewing gum. I know I will never get my flat stomach back eating banana and PB sandwiches at midnight.
So, BuddySlimmers! Let’s kick off Monday right! I’m going to do my brand new Leslie Sansone DVD, eat right (1200-1500 calories today), stop eating past 6:30pm, I may get an extra workout in the afternoon with my Flight, and I may Gazelle while watching Fat March tonight.
—Matt
I think that stress lays low, until we are vulnerable. I used to wake up late to eat, when I had 2 teens at home, an ex-bf harassing me, a new husband with two teens and a job I hated. At the time my weight was 121. I ballooned to 228 in a couple of years. Looking back I see the stress I was under, but at the time it just felt like life. It takes looking at yourself from someone Else’s eyes to realize where we are in life, and the stress we deal with daily - that somehow becomes “normal”.
Best of luck to you - sounds like you are on the right track. I too like the eating cutoff time - I loss more weight with that method than dieting.