Don't you love that Phoebe is in this picture? (Along with Chick, of course, but Phoebe is never in my mirror selfies!)
Week 47?! That means only five more weeks until I've been doing this for a whole year. By "this", I mean counting calories and running again to drop the weight I gained in (mostly) 2018-2019. I had *really* hoped to be at my goal months ago, but when I started this last May, I really didn't think I'd stick to it for very long. So, I'm just grateful that I've made a ton of progress.
Well... this week wasn't so good. In fact, I didn't count a single calorie this week! I could come up with several reasons, but if I even start to list them, they will certainly sound like excuses. I've had a lot going on emotionally and I've had a very busy week. But mostly, I've just been snacking way too much after dinner.
I need to knock that off! My plan for the whole month, actually, was to stop eating after dinner. Our spring schedule is so wacky that trying to plan a dinner to cook has been really frustrating. Whenever I do cook, it seems like nobody is here to eat it; and then when I think, "Why bother cooking?" the kids are asking what's for dinner. I know what I need to do--I need to plan better and make use of my crockpot--but it's a matter of just doing it. I'm sure many of you know how that is!
Anyway, I knew the scale wasn't going to be my friend today. I had a great weigh-in last week, but today, well, not so much:
It's no surprise to me that I was back in the 150s again. I was at 149 last week, so I'm up 3.6 pounds.
- Eat roughly 1600 calories a day.
- Exercise 30 minutes per day in the morning.
- Read 10 pages.
- Write in my five-year journal.
- In bed by 10:00 PM.
This sounded so bizarre that I had to look it up. Here is a quote from this article:
"His job title is somewhat unusual: ikemeso danshi, or 'handsome weeping boy'. He runs sessions with the sole purpose of making people cry.'Japanese are not used to crying in front of people. But once you cry in front of others, the environment will change, particularly in a business.'The idea is to show off your vulnerability - when others see that, it's supposed to bring people together so they work better as a team."I would be so good at that job! Hahaha, I cry over everything--even Hallmark commercials--so it wouldn't take much to get me sobbing over movies about dogs dying(!)--yes, that was an example. But what an odd way to bring people together! I like the American way of team building exercises like working on getting out of escape rooms ;)
Phoebe looks so much better. Do happy to see that. For a bad week, in that picture you look great! I need to really get cracking on my weight loss. I am really behind.
ReplyDeleteOh the evening snacking. It started during the pandemic, especially when Ed was in the hospital and now it's become route. Yep. I need to stop that! I'm working through a book called "Shrink Yourself" by Roger Gould which talks about layers of emotions at work in emotional eating. I'll keep you posted as to whether it helps.
ReplyDelete10 Day Easy! I love it! Can I do it with you? Let's get 8 more people and we'll have 10 for 10!
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