Slimdude

My third entry for Saturday. It’s about 11pm and yes, I did wake up and the thought occured to me to get in that kitchen and find some leftovers. Oh, how easy it would be to grab a whole sleeve of crackers and dip them all in that yummy yummy French Onion dip. Or have a big slice of pumpkin pie, topped with ice cream and whipped topping. Oh and that would be so good why not follow it up with Apple Pie! More ice cream and more whipped topping! Oh wait here is some mashed potatoes and mac and cheese Why Not I’ve Already Blown It, Right?

Aha! So here is where those rolls went, hmmm… oh here’s some cheese to put on those, oh there are cookies in here, too? Mmmm let’s see about ten cookies with some milk.

See where I am going with this?

But instead… a Vanilla Coke Zero… some BlogSurfing… and back to bed…

Tomorrow morning should be a great weigh-in. I did very good this week, despite being told I have seven fractured ribs, my exercise went way down… but I did eat right and NO BINGES. Tomorrow morning will make one full week.

Sorry, oh delicious high carb Halloween Candy, but somebody else will have to enjoy your sinful sweetness on another day.

—Matt

I’ve blogged before about how, very often — my house is full of tasty treats and sinful sweets.

 Today is another one of those days. Bowls of leftover Halloween candy… (which I need to take to work!!) and now we have this family get-together where all the food is high in carbs and high in fat. My strategy, though a little eccentric, is this : I simply had a balanced meal before everyone arrived and then sipped on Diet Coke while everybody ate.

It’s hard because the social norm is to pile up your plate with everything… and then you go back for seconds… and don’t forget all the desserts!! But I have to learn, if you want to be slim, you have to change your mindset. So I simply did not eat anything from the “buffet”. Macaroni and Cheese, Rolls, Sweet Potato stuff with Marshmellows on top. Now the ham doesn’t look too bad so maybe I’ll have a small slice or two and lots of veggies for dinner.

The desserts do look good and smell good : A huge honking apple pie and a pumpkin pie. Perhaps you are the type to take a few spoonfuls of each thing and stop at one plate. I myself am much better off simply avoiding it all.

The real trick will be later on tonight, at 2am… when the carbs and sweets call my name. Will I be able to resist? If I go one more night, it’ll make one week since I woke up and pigged out. That is quite a milestone for me.

Somebody asked me about seeking a Chiro for my lower back. I’ve considered it, but I think really I just need to take it easy on myself. I’m a stubborn Taurus and I try to do too much.

Now I’m going to visit some of you.

—Matt

Well, I do not know how much I will be able to Blog and Blog-Surf because it is already 6:15am and my son will probably wake up soon.

I went for a mild walk this morning… I think I covered three miles, which means I officially completed The Thanksgiving Walking Challenge. But I’ll still keep track of how many more miles I can get before then.

I am in kind-of a lot of pain this morning. Stiffness in the knees and left foot. Lower back is mildly sore and of course the rest of the crap-ola from my ribs. But at least now I know. Even as I was walking this morning I found myself wondering if perhaps I couldn’t at least do some biceps curls or something like that… it is going to be really hard for me to just “take it easy” these next few months.

The great news is, almost a week has passed since my last binge and my eating has been right on-point. This morning the scale says “144″. I wonder if that is a fluke? Tomorrow is my “official” weigh-in day, so I’ll update my ticker tomorrow.

Now I am going to try and see how many Blogs I can visit before my son gets up. My S-I-L is here staying with us. The rest of my In-Laws are at a campground about 30 minutes away. We are all supposed to spend the day together and I am looking forward to that.

Have a Great Weekend, BSers.

—Matt