Day 16/106

GOALS

• Goal date:                      April 30, 2011
• Weight goal:                  203.8 pounds
• Total Inches goal:         115.75 inches

  Today's Weight:        210.8 

  Yesterday's Weight:    209.8 

  +Gain/-Loss:           + 1.0 

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Another day where insufficient sleep and a late dinner seems to have ruined an otherwise excellent performance in pursuit of weight loss. Oh, well, it's a marathon, not a sprint, right?

It is always more difficult to maintain discipline on the weekends because I do not wake up to an alarm, and frequently sleep in; I tend to stay out later Friday, Saturday and Sunday as well. This means a few things, but the main ones are: I do not eat breakfast within an hour of waking (I have to struggle with this EVERY day, but on the weekends, it just never happens). The result of late breakfasts are late lunches, or sometimes, skipped lunches, and eating that lasts until very late.

During the week, I find it easier to keep the discipline. I have fixed work hours, wake up to an alarm the same time each morning, and have somewhat of a pre-work routine. Since I bring lunch to work and eat at my desk, it is up to me when I eat lunch. In my job, work ends at the same time every day (with rare exceptions), and I get home in time to make an 'early' dinner (for me, that means eating around 6pm - I am much more used to eating around 3 hours later).

The chart:

Daily weight chart. the trend, while still in a favorable (losing) direction, is now above the goal.

Today's food:

Breakfast  

Split red lentils and spinach with 1 egg and 3 whites, cooked in coconut oil, topped with salsa.



Lunch

Smoked ham off-the-bone with black beans and a vinaigrette over Spring Mix greens.

Dinner

Organic boneless pork chops with balsamic, broccoli, and split red lentils. Eaten, but not shown: An appetizer of a couple of slices of ham off-the-bone and homemade coleslaw; much more broccoli.

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