So as I said yesterday, I have gained almost everything back.
I’d be more upset if the scale wasn’t in the 260s just a few days before, so progress is being made on this end. WooT!
But seriously, what the f*ck happened? I was never doing super great, as the weight loss has been pretty slow going, but an almost 30lb gain?
Seriously, wtf?
Diet:
This is taken directly from my “The Old Me” page:
“I am a guy who orders a large meal at McDonalds, and a few things off of the dollar menu to boot.
I am a guy who can eat an entire pizza in one sitting, and still want more later…
…same with a bucket of fried chicken.
I am a guy who can eat and entire greasy appetizer at a restaurant, along with the full meal, and a dessert.”
Well, that guy wasn’t so much the Old Me as it was the Still Very Much Exists Me, because I revisited those old habits…hard. Since I started working from home I had no issue making a quick McDonalds run, or ordering from Domino’s (or Pizza Hut, or Papa Johns, pick your poison). I have yet to eat a whole bucket of fried chicken, but still…the rest of it is bad enough. And when I go out it’s been more of the same…appetizer, full entree, dessert (maybe)…stop at the gas station on the way home for a candy bar.
Through all of this I know I was hardly ever hungry…and I wasn’t even “just eating”…I was gorging. I don’t want to say I didn’t care about losing weight, but I definitely wasn’t thinking a whole lot about it.
Exercise:
To look at my Dailymile training profile is to see a pretty sad sight.
70 miles ran in April? Awesome! 39 in May? Eh…not too shabby.
14 in June? Wait…what?! 17 in July? Yeah, still kind of sucky.
And that doesn’t mean my running gave way to other forms of exercise. No, pretty much everything went into the shitter.
I’m trying to make up for it now, but the damage is present. My endurance is shot, my runs are slow, my recent workouts have been all around craptastic.
So what in the hell are you doing to do about it?
Honestly, I’m still trying to figure that out. A lot of you have said I’ve done it before, so go back to doing that other stuff. That’s great to an extent, but even my “before” was kind of lackluster. While my workouts may been good, my diet has really always sucked, just not as bad as it has sucked recently.
Still though, I know what to do. But “knowing” and “doing” are two completely different things. I’m on the right track though, I think. My meals the past few days have been good to moderate, and I think the “trying out raw” has helped with that. I’m not doing a full raw diet , but what I’ve been eating has been a lot healthier and a lot more filling. I’m also fighting temptations, drinking a shit-ton of water (and still SOME Diet Coke, full disclosure) and actually looking forward to trying out healthy recipes (which I’ll try to post too).
Exercisically (new word FTW!) speaking, I’m just trying to get back into it. The Awesome Workout Challenge has helped A LOT, so thanks again for you all who helped out with that. But other than that, I’m looking forward to going on runs, even if I’m not 100% with my current times. I haven’t gotten back into any sort of real strength training, but I am getting there.
In conclusion…
So yeah, I rambled, but I think I’ve just about put everything out there. I’m sure other issues will come up, or will be brought to my attention though, and I’ll be sure to try to put them out there. I haven’t gained anything from hiding, so I don’t think I would now.
And…that’s it (for now). Thanks for reading, and have a good day! 
Steve – I don’t know if this will help. I am currently working from home too. I put my husband on this diet and he lost 28lbs in 5 weeks.
http://lessmeblog.com/lessme-raves/raves/
Let me know what you think…
Gia
Steve, I’m glad you’re back at it! Let me know if it would help to have an accountabilibuddy to do a workout or “diet” (as in what you eat, not as in “a diet plan”) challenge. I’d be up for that, and I’m sure a lot of your other readers & friends would be, too!
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“Just do it. Don’t sit there and make a huge elaborate plan, because you are pretty much guaranteeing your failure right off the bat. Make a change here, and a change there, and just do it. You will see everything will fall into place from there.” <– These are your words from four months ago, and some pretty good advice. http://www.runningbecauseican.com/a-qa-with-265andfallings-steve/
I feel for ya on the lackluster exercise regime. I LOVE/D water aerobics, but right now…I just can’t get into it. I’m bored with it. It’s not exciting or interesting. It just … is. And “is” does not make me want to pack up my swimsuit and a chanage of clothes and all the stuff I’m going to need for afterwards, drag myself back out to my hot car, drive to the class…ugh… You get where I’m going. Seriously, dude. What are we gonna do? …Cause I sure as HELL don’t wanna be fat for the rest of my life…
We’ll figure it out eventually – as you said, KNOWING is one thing. DOING is another thing entirely. I’m soooo with you, buddy. My post from today is along the same lines. Sounds like we both need a LITERAL kick in the booty…
Working from home makes things more difficult, believe me. You have no accountability, no set food times, nothing. It’s really easy for those old bad habits to sneak back in. You basically just have to commit to not letting it happen and then try to set up your routines so those things can’t happen. At least that’s what I’ve done.
Good luck Steve! I know you’ll figure it out and start kicking ass again!
Aww. Roomie. My heart aches. It does.
Shall I call you a waambulance?
Come on. Grab this by the balls and get STARTED AGAIN. Pick just one or two things to focus on a time. Like, NO FOOD YOU CAN ORDER FROM THE PHONE OR YOUR CAR. Start there. For one week. YOU CAN DO THIS STEVE.
I know you can.
I heart you.
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Steve, keep blogging. Accountability is good. Now, go back and read some posts from where it was going well and start there. We’re rooting for you.
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How the summer sucks the interest of being outside. I’m too fighting a down period, my workout schedule was super busy through June. And then, the heat and humidity hit with a dash of real life. I’m cranking up my dailymile account and hitting the pavement.
Virtual toast (Gatorade bottles) to getting back on the saddle again.
Good luck!
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My exercise has sucked the past couple of months, too!!! We gotta get our mojo back. I’m registered for a 5K at the end of October, and I’m determined to run the whole thing, so that oughta’ get my lazy butt up and running again… Argh…
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