I should go back and rename Day 7 as, "DAY 7 - Plan Falling Apart by the hour!".

I honestly don't have the words to describe yesterday. "Horrible" comes to mind. But that is NOT accurate, as it wasn't such a "bad day".

Anyway, first my cat got into this awful fight on Tuesday night and about half of his forehead is missing. He either got in a fight with another bad ass cat in the neighborhood who out weighs him by about 10 pounds… OR he put his head in a lawn mower… OR Nelson thinks maybe he went under a hot car and burned his head on the carburetor or manifold or some part under the car that gets very hot… but most likely it is the other cat.

My cat is small and is only 8-9 lbs, but he is a mean SOB and quite possibly the poster child for “My Cat Hates You dot Com”. He probably hates you… but who he REALLY, REALLY hates is our vet and anybody who works in the office and has about 86 “Vicious Animal“ stickers on his file.

EVERY vet visit costs an additional $40-100 because he has to be “boxed”. “The Box” is a aquarium kind of thing with a lid and the cat, in the cat carrier, is put in The Box and it is pumped full of gas and he is sedated and then he can be examined.

But my vet was very nice when I called to say, “My cat has a ginormous head wound which is oozing pus and stinks. Can I have some antibiotics?” and she just gave me a prescription and directions for cleaning the wound and said to watch (and smell) him and didn’t make me bring him in… but if it was not better by Friday (yesterday), bring him in first thing in the morning and they’ll Box him and examine him.

So Friday morning my stinky, nasty cat wakes me up at 5:30am, and you really don’t go back to sleep when at the crack of dawn, you are medicating your cat and washing his nasty head, and sniffing it to see if it still stinks like infection and how bad is it? and should you feed him? (which will make him happy) or should you not feed him (and have him VERY unhappy and unpleasant for the next 2 hours) so I can take him in to be Boxed?

Oh, and NORMALLY my cat hates you, me, the vet… all of us… but with puss running out of his head… he is VERY affectionate and wants to rub his head against me. So spending time with the cat now involves dancing all around him… and trying to fend off his affections and trying not to let his nasty head touch your bare legs.

I decided the stink is MUCH better and feed him… but don’t go back to sleep… since I‘ve been hopping around my kitchen with my fowl cat.

So I start out the day a little tired and cranky about my cat with the disgusting head and how much trouble and how expensive he is.

Then our power went off about 10am. I think somebody hit a pole… as that happens a couple times a year. As the power goes off and then there are sirens. It came back on at noon… for 12 minutes… then went back off.

I did pretty good up until about 3pm and stayed on track… although basically took up residence on the couch with a book. 3pm dh and ds come back from Burger King and have brought me a Whopper Jr. But I’m still ok… and just decide that I’ll have Whopper Jr. for a snack and my snack for dinner.

But then by the time 5pm rolls around and the power is STILL out. I’m “snacky” and wanting to eat. Mostly, because there is really nothing else to do. So I have one of KD’s salmon cakes… like 2 oz of salmon… not bad. And then I have about 2 cups of KD’s carrot/beet salad. Still not bad. Then I have some plain yogurt with some peanut butter and jam… still not bad. And grapes. Still not “bad”… but it is all adding up to like 1000 calories I hadn’t really planned on eating and I‘m not even getting “full” and I‘m still wanting to eat.

6pm, DH and I go for a 2 mile walk. And come back and YAY! Power is back on. But we also have NO plans for dinner… and my “dinner” that I ate at 3pm… plus all the “snacks” are not cutting it. I voted for sushi… but was out voted with pizza. So, I get a “pizone”. The Pizza Hut website says that half of one is 600ish calories… but looking at it, that seemed low to me… so I count it as 800ish.

So yesterday, I had a 3,100ish calorie day. And burned about 1818.

It just is what it is. I averaged out the week and I averaged 2143 calories burned and 1922 calories eaten… even with the day of sitting on the couch and eating 3000+ calories.

And the scale was up a pound… which is REALLY good… since I thought, for SURE it would be up more than that. So while I’m tempted to label yesterday as a “horrible” eating and exercise day… it realistically, in the big picture, was not.

So anyway… today… we have a picnic planned with my mom’s group, and that is always easy to stay on track since we just bring our own sandwiches and chips and then something to share. I was going to make a KD angel food cake… since I LOVE it… and somebody else is bringing strawberries and blueberries in a white bowl. But then I realized that I don’t have it in me to make 2 cakes for 25 people, since angel food requires a “different” pan… so making up my mind about what to bring.

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Originally posted by Brie:
Chris and I talk about that all the time. When we go on family vacations he always loses weight because of he goes from doing zero at home to walking 10 miles/day. Plus, his body is used to eating out all the time because of business travelling so it's not all that different in terms of calories either.

That must be a guy metabolism thing. When we travel and walk more I never, ever lose weight. Some guys have this weird metabolism where they can pile their plates this high and stay skinny. I suppose middle age will eventually catch up with them too, but I still think it's NOT FAIR (stomping my foot)

i am back on plan today after a saturday of eating way too many tortillas, grilled meat, etc. i was so tired sunday--perhaps my body reacting to all that heavy stuff. i was pretty light on sunday, sticking to tuna sushi. today, i am back on track, a little tired still, but i did my 8 miles, haave been eating really clean and plan to continue.
i feel blessed i took monday off, and i can return to the pace of work tomorrow. it will be a busy 2 weeks.
i have to fight that "it's unfair" feeling pretty regularly. with time, it gets better. i don't even freak out over heavy food day anymore. oh well.

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Originally posted by GoingSkiing:
QUOTE]Nelson and I were laughing of the irony that he is so out of shape and one of the "advantages" he has is that he'll burn more calories, if or when should he eventually exercise. I said, "Yeah, and if I weighed 400 pounds and walked to farmers market... I'd burn like 900 calories".

Chris and I talk about that all the time. When we go on family vacations he always loses weight because of he goes from doing zero at home to walking 10 miles/day. Plus, his body is used to eating out all the time because of business travelling so it's not all that different in terms of calories either.

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Originally posted by Sandy:
It's not unfair--- it just is.

Nelson and I were laughing of the irony that he is so out of shape and one of the "advantages" he has is that he'll burn more calories, if or when should he eventually exercise. I said, "Yeah, and if I weighed 400 pounds and walked to farmers market... I'd burn like 900 calories".

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Originally posted by Coaster Girl:
So net holiday gain = 2.0 pounds, despite doing really well 2 out of the 4 days.

Now I'll spend all week taking it off again thanks to my stupid, stubborn body.

I also have a stubborn body and I can totally relate to being "good" 2 out of 4 days and ending up with a gain.

I am so glad for Denise's thread as I need to be on track about 9 out of 10 days to maintain my weight or to be in loss mode. (The 1 day in 10 I can add a few goodies, but can't eat a frozen pizza and 3 cups of chips or anything like that.) It's a constant thing for me even though I would so prefer it to be a half time thing!

I am reading Beck's newer book. One of the things she tells readers to read daily is this:

"When dieting seems unfair remind myself that I am not alone. This is how all successful dieters and maintainers eat. I have a choice. I can let a sense of unfairness overwhelm me, cheat on my diet, and gain weight or I can accept that this is what I have to do if I want the benefits of permanent weight loss."

Your post and Denise's posts (and many others) remind me that I am not alone and that I do have supremely good company here. It's not unfair--- it just is.
Thanks for your post. It was such a good reminder for me.

I ate way too much carby stuff thursday night and a bunch of salty stuff on friday and paid dearly...up 2.5 pounds. Got 1/2 # back off and then screwed up again last night by like 150 calories and am up another 1/2 # like that. So net holiday gain = 2.0 pounds, despite doing really well 2 out of the 4 days.

Now I'll spend all week taking it off again thanks to my stupid, stubborn body.

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Originally posted by GoingSkiing:
Probably saved myself a good 2500 calories… 325 cals each brownie/cookie (325x7) and 600+ cals of chips… would have been a 5,600 calorie day.

So, yeah, yesterday was a holiday success.

I was thinking about this too. I could have so, so easily eaten an extra 2,000 calories. I've done it many times. I know I am perfectly capable.

The fact that I took a cup of chips and no more was a huge success for me. The fact that I sat next to the yummiest looking brat just off the grill and did not eat it was a huge victory. Eating 1 slice of cherry pie and passing on the brownies and strawberry pie- AWESOME!

And it's not just the calories. It's the sat fat and salt and other crap.

Getting on the scale this morning was not an exercise in dread- I just did it knowing I would be up a pound or two and also knowing that I'll likely be down again tomorrow AM.

Plus, I did not have a food hangover--- feeling low energy and yucky and bloated from too much food.

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Originally posted by Sandy:
I am calling today a holiday success. I had very healthful B and L but ate a hot dog, chips and a slice of pie for dinner.

I will too.

I also had a really healthy B and L and snack. I got in 7 servings of vegs/fruits at lunch and snack.

Dinner ended up being a ham/cheese sandwich from the deli counter. 1/4th cup of pasta salad; 1 oz of chips that I measured out at home, plus 2 extra chips that I ate at the picnic; too much store bought Angel Food cake; 1/2 bite of store bought brownie (that was so bad, I would have spit it out if I had been at home); and about 3 TBS of whipped cream from a can.

My best guess:
Bread/roll 400 cals
Ham/meat 2 oz 125
Cheese 3 slices 300
Mayo 2 TBS 200
Lettuce, tomato, mustard 20
Total 1045 cals (If I put 3 ham/cheese sandwiches in SparkPeople, I get 1,056 cals. Close enough.)

I’m guessing the whole dinner was 1784 calories. The whole day was 2770 cals and I burned about 2174. So, not exactly an ideal day… but could have been sooooooo much worse.

I passed on about 8 bags of various kinds of chips… fried, baked, cheese flavored, barbeque, etc, etc, etc. AND I passed on 3 kinds of brownies, and 3 kinds of cookies (all store bought and not worth it) (which I think that I ate at least one of eat last year) and saved myself umpteen grams of saturated fat and who knows how many calories. Probably saved myself a good 2500 calories… 325 cals each brownie/cookie (325x7) and 600+ cals of chips… would have been a 5,600 calorie day.

So, yeah, yesterday was a holiday success.

PS... forgot... Diet Dr. Pepper... no beer or margaritas.

I've been up 4 lbs for a couple of weeks and not doing anything about it. I've been waiting for that totally disgusted feeling to hit me so I'll be motivated. No luck yet. This am I weighed myself and all of a sudden I lost 3 lbs overnight!

I.Just.Don't.Get.It. Nothing has changed. I eat what I eat. The scale stands in exactly the same place as usual. My weigh-in ritual is just as always. Go figure. (Water lost from a gigantic blister doesn't exactly count as weight loss due to dehydration... )

I am calling today a holiday success. I had very healthful B and L but ate a hot dog, chips and a slice of pie for dinner. The veggie burgers were gone by the time I got to the platter. The corn was gone too.
Anyway, I totally kept portions in line and stayed aware. Plus, it was fun to eat what I ate!

I came in around 2700 calories.

I had another on plan day. My calories are around 1400 as I skipped wine dessert and kept portions super small. I am planning on one post concert beer during the fireworks so that will bring me up to 1550 which is fine with me on a holiday. I also got in 13 miles this morning so I have a good calorie deficit going today.


Addendum: So much for 1550 cal. day. We were at the neighbor's until after 1 am. I ended the day at 2300. Weight is still holding steady this morning so no re-gain.

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Yikes with your cat Denise. I hope that everyone had a better day today!

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Cute photo!

PS... If I come in even and not over calories today... I'll be good.

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