Slimdude

I’m just sitting here chilling and reading Blogs. Can’t believe the weekend is almost over already! The Boy and The Mommie are watching SpongeBob on DVD. I think we have five different ones including “Tide and Seek” and The Christmas Special and SpongeBob : The Movie.

I really like SB. I know not everybody does, but I do. He’s crazy and funny and such a nice guy… er… sea creature…

So today I initially felt a little… I dunno… not really depressed but just so stunned that I got up and let myself go nuts at 2am. That was so weird. I usually do so well if I can just get past the midnite section of the night. Oh well. I had a bit of coffee with sugar free creamer instead of breakfast. It’s not so much about depriving myself, but I’m just not hungry after I stuff myself only a few hours earlier, ya know? I walked a little bit while The Boy ate his breakfast and then his Mommie left for work so we played all morning and also I did little chores like clean the microwave, the fridge, the dishes, some laundry… you know.

For some reason I have this weird thing where cleaning up stuff is a peaceful activity for me. I see the fridge needs to be wiped down and organized so I go after it and then 20 minutes later it’s all clean and I feel great. I think that might be weird for a guy, and believe me I can be a total slob at some things. But dishes and laundry we keep on top of it. That’s why sometimes at night instead of eating I’ll organize something or clean something. It really distracts me.

Well I had The Boy help me as much as possible, and he was watching cartoons too… but he would stop and we would take “play breaks” every once in a while. he likes to play with blocks, cars and balls.

After our morning snack, we went grocery shopping and he was so good he sat in the little car they have attached to carts these days. The store had just opened so there was hardly anybody there and we had a great time racing around the store and getting the stuff on our list.

BTW… I posted a list of the type of things we buy at the grocery store on my main page under “Matthew’s Grocery List”. Just because there are still so many people out there who have no idea how to eat right at all. They still don’t know you are supposed to stay away from sugar and white bread and stuff like that. So that’s to help them.

Well we had my version of chili dogs for lunch. I buy the SmartDogs which are made out of soy. They are only like 45 calories and I like them but I’ll be honest with you : a lot of people don’t. I guess you have to try them to see… and I used Boca Chili and whole grain bread and fat free sliced cheese. And he ate it up! I was so glad after yesterday’s failed tuna cheese experiment. He also ate green beans and fruit coctail. I had an apple to compliment my two chili dogs.

Then he napped and I talked to my Mom on the phone while I walked 6 miles. I’m trying to keep up with my co-horts Ellen and Tatiana. I’m a guy and I’m very competitive so this challenge is working out very well for me. “Fat March” finale is tomorrow night, and The Biggest Loser kicks off on NBC Tuesday night!!

We are going to visit my Mom for her birthday on Columbus Day weekend and I hope I’ve lost a little more weight by then. I’m happy everyone was so happy for me here at BuddySlim about me losing 7 pounds but I didn’t really intend to lose that much at once. I’m hoping it will be more normal this week. 2 pounds. 3 at the most. I never felt starving :I ate about 1500 calories every day. It’s hard not to eat at night but the feeling isn’t really one of H U N G E R. It’s just this crazy urge to eat sweets. If I think about eating things like chicken or fruit or veggies, my body doesn’t want that stuff. So that’s why I think it’s so effective when I drink diet soda or chew gum. My body gets the sweet flavor it wants but without major calories. Also I’ve been known to use sugar free popsicles or sugar free Jell-O. It does work, I just have to get past that initial panicky feeling for 10 minutes or so.

This week is “Moving Week”. My wife is off a lot of this week and I am, too. We will try to get all our stuff taken care of for the new house, and then Saturday we are moving all the big stuff like furniture over there. And Friday is the AF Ball. It’s going to be a fun and busy week.

Later!

—Matt

You know what, BSers? I cannot believe this, and I HATE having to type it out for all the Internet to see… but last nite at 2am I did indeed give in to a minor feast. I would say about a “6″ out of “10″. I did cut it off before it got ridiculous… but still… gosh I really thought I was past this thing!

Oh well. Today I have a “minimize the damage” plan. I’ll cut back slightly on my calories, plus I plan on “Gazelle-ing” a lot. I’m going to try to put in at least ten miles today. I have the time I think, plus I’m trying to slowly increase my distances. I already did one mile while The Boy ate his breakfast. I could get in another 4 while he naps this afternoon and then five tonight while the football game is on.

I’m glad I have this thing to exercise on because today I am feeling very sore plus I have a slight headache. It might be from the rum yesterday. Sometimes I get headaches when I drink. Even though I only have 2 or 3 drinks max. Yesterday was two. I hope it goes away.

Other than that, my only plans for today are to go to the BX and Commisary and try to clean up stuff around here. It’s hard because we are moving for these next two weeks anyway so I ask myself “What is the point?” of cleaning up or anything… but I can’t just let the house be all crazy cluttered. It gets on my nerves, ya know?

Goals for this week : 152 weight. More pushups and sit-ups. More walking.

—Matt