Week 4 Progress Report

Mon, Jan 25, 2010

weight loss

Week 4 Progress Report

Another week, another decline in both numbers and in progress.  I kinda gave up during the weekend and fell back into bad habits.  I’m doing good today and am feeling reinvigorated…  I’m looking forward to joining the health club after the first of February (payday).  I’m hoping that a steady plan of walking three days a week and hitting the gym a few times in between will help get my metabolism moving again.  I’m working to identify my triggers and deal with my cravings without overdoing it.   The massive storms that have been hitting the area are both a blessing and a curse…  walking in the rain is fine, walking during a major storm is not.  The health club membership will help with this issue.

Food has also been an issue this week.  I’m working to find some foods that I will enjoying eating and not full of crap.  There were some donuts in the house this weekend and I found myself thinking about them.  For a “normal” person this might not be an issue…  but for an emotional eater, this is a big deal.  I need to work hard to avoid those foods.  I had some stress at work this week, which also caused me to desire “bad” foods.  Stress really is a bitch and I need to find a way to deal with it and not have food immediately enter my thought process.  Outside of walking, I also fell short on keeping up with my exercise last week…   Sigh, I feel like this week was a total failure on my part.  I could just be tired and a little burned out right now…  Screw this… I’m moving forward into week 5.

weekplus/minustotalnotesposted
1-5.25.2support from friends & family on Facebook has been nice.01/04/2010
2-5.210.4survived another week and have reached a major goal01/11/2010
3-313.4took a few days off from exercising01/18/2010
4-215.401/25/2010
5+213.4meh.02/01/2010

oh, some numbers from last nights sleep monitoring from my new Fitbit :)

Seven hours of sleep and awakened 18 times…  yeah, I’m tired and cranky.

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  1. Week 5 Progress Report
  2. Week 2 Progress Report
  3. Week 3 Progress Report
  4. Week 1 Progress Report
  5. Advice From Two Personal Trainers
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  • Brandy
    Chris, It is normal to have periods of slowing down on the weight loss. It is also normal (in my experience) to get bummed out when this happens too. I sure did. I agree that when I get bummed out or stressed out, it is hard not to think of food as a solice. The best thing I can say to that is try to stay positive and KEEP BUSY. Keeping my hands busy or my mind busy would help to prevent my mind from straying back to the old fall back of eating or focusing all my thoughts on the "bad" foods. I found a project that used your attention or hands or both ie: models, knitting (for me), reading a really good book, even a puzzle, something that is not normally a place that you eat (like watching TV was a huge problem for snacking for me) can take your mind and body away from the snacking habit. I'm not perfect. I'm not trying to say I am. I'm just trying to give you tips that helped me. I am attempting to get back on the dieting wagon again, so I am going to have to have some of these words repeated back to me soon I'm sure.
    I also wanted to say that you are doing great! More than 15 pounds in a month is really good. I have been told 2-3 lbs a week is good. You're above that. I know at first you hope for 20 lbs in one week. lol but realistically most of us can't do that. Just don't give up! You will get there!

    I want to know more about that sleep efficiency thing. I'm curious how bad mine is. :-)

    Take care.
    You CAN do this!
    Brandy
  • My feelings of failure don't have all that much to do with the number, but more about sticking to "my program". I let some things slide here and there and I guess I'm afraid that I'm falling back into my old ways already. I've lasted 4 weeks, I shouldn't be feeling this already, or maybe I should. I don't know. Perhaps this is the first test on my journey. Can I make it through 5 weeks? of course :) I'm pretty sure my "down" feelings this week have a lot to do with being tired and cranky today. I'm going to try and get some sleep tonight and hopefully I'll be feeling better in the morning.

    The sleep monitor thing comes from a device called the Fitbit; its a pedometer, a sleep tracker, a calorie tracker (through the website) etc. they're about $100 + shipping. http://www.fitbit.com

    Thanks for the pep talk :)
  • Teresa
    Chris,
    It's what you do most of the time that counts. You are already experiencing that. No-one is perfect and you don't have to be either. Recognize the old ways that are creeping up on you and you will know where to go from here. It's a process and there is a learning curve to changing your lifestyle. And that is what you are doing.
    You're doing a great job!
    I love reading about your journey!
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