Slimdude

I had a very great weekend. I re-started that “Night-time Eating” thread and so far I’ve had two days of No Bingeing in a row, even though right now that means that when I wake up during the day I have to go back to bed because “night-time” right now is the middle of the day because I am on MidShift… AKA Graveyard Shift AKA Third Shift.

I have been keeping up with all the walking and Gazelle-ing but I really need to work on push-ups and sit-ups.

With just two days of eating right and exercise and not binge eating, my weight went back down to about 147. So I’m not sure what to use as my “official weight”. I guess we’ll just say I’m “right around” 150 pounds. Which is fine.

In Other News… we bought a car. A 2004 Kia Optima that is pretty cool. I’m happy with the purchase and I think we got a good deal.

My friend’s birthday was Sunday night and we went to Golden Corrall which I love. I had a small salad with fat free catalina dressing, then some steamed broccoli and roasted chicken from which I took the skin off.

Later when we went back to their place to celebrate I did not have even one piece of cheesecake or birthday cake I just drank coffee with sugar free cocoa powder and sugar free caramel syrup. Yes, I felt pretty virtuous but it was funny…

Everyone else has pretty much gorged at G.C., eating lots of rolls and macaroni and cheese and stuffing and yams and they just kept going back again and again and then they went back and complained about how “stuffed” they were and how they needed to “work off the calories” and everyone was talking like this and THEN they still went and almost forced themselves to eat the cheesecake and cake. So I just sat there and drank my coffee and I felt perfectly happy passing up the cheesecake.

I knew beforehand that it would be there and I told myself if I really wanted some, I would have some. But then when it was time to eat dessert, I just wanted the coffee and the chocolate caramel flavor satisfied my sweet tooth just fine, with only about 30 calories.

We are hosting a Halloween Party this weekend.

And my Sister In law is finally back from 6 months in Iraq. I cannot wait to see her.

—Matt

So today I did end up Gazelle-ing about miles in all. I ate much less calories than I normally do (about 1000) but I just could not bear the thought of all my hard work this week being for nothing at the very end.

 So now all I have to do is start my “No Binge” streak tonight and I’ll be okay. For me to be “On-Track” as far as my desired plans, I need to weigh-in at 148 in the morning. I was below that about halfway through the week… about 147… but then I kept snacking and then of course last night’s complete binge.

 Today we went car shopping in the afternoon for a second car and I was surprised how many places were not even open but we bought a 2004 Kia Optima for about 2000 less than it’s supposed book value. I like it. It is white and it has power everything plus lots of stupid extras that I loved like new tires and a new battery and lots of cup holders and a kick-ass Air Conditioning and even a CD player. It’ll make a fantastic second car I think. It has about 60,000 miles on it.

I was watching this show on VH1 today called “Smartest Model” and there is one guy who is normal-looking… like not fat or anything but because he is a model, his “belly” is holding him back and I completely sympathized because that is exactly the boat I am in…

 I’m sure some people notice my “Goal Weight” of 140 and think that is awefully low for a dude. But if you have not read any of my previous entries, let me explain… that weight is the weight at which I have a very flat stomach and abs and everything. It is the difference between “normal okay dude weight” and “slimdude” weight.

Right now I am around 150 pounds and that is fine. I was 172 in 2006 and I started out on this site at 163. So 150 is great. But I don’t have abs and I do just look… let’s say… “fluffy”. How about that?

So that dude on the show is working to drop about 10-15 pounds and I am doing the same thing. It’s completely vanity weight. But it doesn’t mean it bothers me any less to look at pictures where I had abs and I was more “in-shape” than I am now. I want to get back there and I still believe I can.

—Matt