On Friday morning (five days ago), I weighed in at 95.3kg, which was the lowest I've weighed in a long time. But on Friday a friend came to visit, and two more came on Sunday afternoon. My eating on Friday was alright, we went for sushi (and got served ice cream at the end, which was a mistake, but my friend wanted to keep it anyway, and I didn't refuse). I did have lots of beer though, so Saturday morning I weighed 95.5kg. On Saturday I had another ok eating day, but my drinking was out of control. So Sunday morning I weighed 95.9kg. And Sunday I both ate and drunk much more than usual. Verdict: on Monday, which is when my friend left (the other two friends are still here), the scales showed 96.4kg. Ouch!
Honestly, it's behind me. Situations such as these are bound to arise, and although they might temporarily disrupt a downwards trend in my weight, they will not stop my weight loss. I need to learn to live with them, and pick up where I left the next day. In this case, I did the best I could, and it could have been lots worse. To some extent, I could not avoid two big meals on Sunday, because it was a social affair. I also could not avoid staying in a pub for hours drinking beer. I did switch from pints to half-pints of beer, but it didn't feel right to go for diet coke when my friend was downing one beer after the next (damn Dutch drinkers!). I also switched to water after some point, when I felt full. This would not have happened in the past, so yay me!
Yesterday I had a good eating day, despite a business dinner, which usually means lots of food and drink. I had my regular breakfast, soup with bread for lunch (I skipped the butter), and fish with vegetables (and a slice of bread) for dinner at the restaurant. I skipped the wine, shared my appetiser with the group, and also skipped the dessert. It was really good behaviour, and it paid off, because today I weighed back down at 95.9kg. I've been doing equally well so far today, but there's a little question mark about dinner tonight (another business-type occasion), because I'm not sure what the menu will look like in the place we're going. Also, I anticipate some whisky drinking tonight, but I will try to keep it in check.
I've mentioned that I have bought one of those fancy TANITA scales that show all sorts of measurements (fat, water, muscle mass, etc), in addition to actual weight. I've recently started paying attention to those other numbers, although I'm not sure how accurate they actually are. Anyway, according to my scales, my fat percentage was 40.1% this morning, and this is the lowest number I've seen since I started paying attention to that measurement. This is in the obese category, and I would like to drop it to 30%, which would be in the normal range. I'm also a 7 in the visceral fat measurement, which apparently is "normal" (anything below 12 is normal). If this is accurate, and that's a big IF, then it's great, because visceral fat is really what's associated with the health risks of obesity. Visceral fat is the fat surrounding the vital organs and the stomach, so large amounts of it can be really dangerous. To be honest, I knew that I have a much slimmer upper body (except for my boobs, that's another story...) and most of my weight is below my stomach. So the good news is that my weight is probably not as great a danger to my health as its value alone might suggest. But that number is still going down, down, down!
Honestly, it's behind me. Situations such as these are bound to arise, and although they might temporarily disrupt a downwards trend in my weight, they will not stop my weight loss. I need to learn to live with them, and pick up where I left the next day. In this case, I did the best I could, and it could have been lots worse. To some extent, I could not avoid two big meals on Sunday, because it was a social affair. I also could not avoid staying in a pub for hours drinking beer. I did switch from pints to half-pints of beer, but it didn't feel right to go for diet coke when my friend was downing one beer after the next (damn Dutch drinkers!). I also switched to water after some point, when I felt full. This would not have happened in the past, so yay me!
Yesterday I had a good eating day, despite a business dinner, which usually means lots of food and drink. I had my regular breakfast, soup with bread for lunch (I skipped the butter), and fish with vegetables (and a slice of bread) for dinner at the restaurant. I skipped the wine, shared my appetiser with the group, and also skipped the dessert. It was really good behaviour, and it paid off, because today I weighed back down at 95.9kg. I've been doing equally well so far today, but there's a little question mark about dinner tonight (another business-type occasion), because I'm not sure what the menu will look like in the place we're going. Also, I anticipate some whisky drinking tonight, but I will try to keep it in check.
I've mentioned that I have bought one of those fancy TANITA scales that show all sorts of measurements (fat, water, muscle mass, etc), in addition to actual weight. I've recently started paying attention to those other numbers, although I'm not sure how accurate they actually are. Anyway, according to my scales, my fat percentage was 40.1% this morning, and this is the lowest number I've seen since I started paying attention to that measurement. This is in the obese category, and I would like to drop it to 30%, which would be in the normal range. I'm also a 7 in the visceral fat measurement, which apparently is "normal" (anything below 12 is normal). If this is accurate, and that's a big IF, then it's great, because visceral fat is really what's associated with the health risks of obesity. Visceral fat is the fat surrounding the vital organs and the stomach, so large amounts of it can be really dangerous. To be honest, I knew that I have a much slimmer upper body (except for my boobs, that's another story...) and most of my weight is below my stomach. So the good news is that my weight is probably not as great a danger to my health as its value alone might suggest. But that number is still going down, down, down!
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