I am posting this today so it has today's date-stamp. It is somewhat started.
Last Weigh In: Saturday, 8 March 2014
Last Weigh In: Saturday, 8 March 2014
Weight Information -
- Weight: 368.2 lbs
- Weight Change:
- This Week: +2.2 lbs
- To Date: -85.0 lbs
- Weight Gauge: Deep Breath
- Body Mass Index: 57.7 (up from 57.3)
- Daily PPV:
- Assigned: 69 (unchanged)
- Personal: 30 (unchanged)
- PPV This Week:
- Used: 249 out of 414 {Didn't track Friday}
- Not Used: 165 (39.9%)
- Chronological Goal: No longer obese in 2014 / Well on my way but the stall has been extended. Latest projections for leaving behind morbidly obese using:
- The last 18 weeks of data: Between July 31, 2014 and August 8, 2014, an increase of 10 days
- All 27 weeks of data: Between August 30, 2014 and September 11 2014, an increase of 5 days
- Employment Goals
- Make at least 5 networking contacts each week. / Terrible week at networking. Just didn't have any enthusiasm for it this last week.
- Apply for at least 5 positions each week / Several leads this last week. Not enough follow through. Need to complete last week's leads and continue with new one.
- Weight Watchers Awards this Week: None
- Number Goals: Overall direction is exciting. Long-term quantity is thrilling.
- Weight: Next three hurdles are as follows
- 20% Weight Loss at 362.4 lbs / 5.8 lbs away
- 100 Pounds Lost at 353.2 lbs / 15.0 lbs away
Transition off of Kimkins at 350.0 lbs /16.0 lbs away- Left his mentally awhile ago- 25% Weight Loss at 362.4 lbs / 28.4 lbs away
- BMI: Reach a value below 40.0 (morbidly obese) / 17.7 away
- PPV Not Used this Week: 287 PPV / 249 PPV - Consumed 32 points more than the goal. And that was in six days of tracking. And I gained weight.
- Feel Good Goal: Consistent practice of my meditation and relaxation techniques / Meditation was non-existent, as was research on meditation and relaxation techniques. Still haven't tried the relaxation audio files I downloaded. This one needs attention. But then, so does my sleep/
- Physical Goals:
- Walk upright up the stairs of my house every time using the railing only for precaution. / I still need to mountaineer my way up the stairs. Later in the week, I was climbing rather slowly.
- Tie my shoes unassisted anywhere. / I cannot tie my shoes without physical aids but it is getting easier. I didn't need any personalized assistance this week.
- Take a bath in my bathtub. / My bathtub is big enough, but I cannot get into or out of it when it's dry without painful exertion. This would negate any lasting value to the bath. Don't want to try to get out when wet yet.
- Exercise without the Gym: Locate workouts options that don't involve a gym. Check out a couple DVDs from the library. / The biggest loser DVD looks like the right sort of work out except that it left my ankles in too much pain that didn't ease up by the end of the week..
- Weight Watchers:
- Use the paper tracker to record calculated points every day this week. / I have tracked for 20 weeks. I only missed two days: Yesterday and Christmas. Go me!
- Kept available PPV at 30 for my daily points instead of 69 as assigned by WW. / I am hoping for a more stable week in my food selection this week by turning to Simply Filling or similar ideas from Weight Watchers..
- Avoid using 49 weekly points. Daily points leave 39 available every day. That's 273 leftover points available per week. / Nailed it!
- Attend two meetings this week. Scheduled for Wednesday and Saturday. / This goal will be going away next week because Saturday is the last meeting I will be attending for quite awhile.
- Overeaters Anonymous:
- Attend two meetings this week. Scheduled for Tuesday and Thursday. / Went to Monday instead of Tuesday. Went to Thursday. I will be exchanging the Monday night meeting for the Tuesday afternoon meeting because Asian Red Fox starts a new job this week.
- Perform moral inventory for Step 4. / Didn't work on this one. Want to read more, write more, and explore more.
- Never Ceases to Amuse Me Blog: Journal 300 out of 365 days. / Journaled 67 of 67 days so far this year.
- Reading Materials - Self-assigned reading assignments
- What Color is Your Parachute? - Read this week / Didn't read anything. This doesn't help matters.
- Start Strong. Finish Strong. - Read Chapter 5 / Didn't read anything.
- AA Big Book - Read Chapter 5 and Chapter 6 of the AA Big Book. / Didn't read anything.
- Some books I want to read soon but don't have time but want to read right now:
- WW Find Your Fingerprint
- The Doctor is In
- Good Calories. Bad Calories.
- Hot Button Review: None of these are working right now. This needs attention if I am going to continue using it.
- Mental-Function - Didn't work well to motivate me at all this week.
- Spiritual - Spent more time in fear than prayer. This one should have been my strongest, not my weakest.
- Numbers-Game - Blood pressure is wandering, as expected, but not into over dangerous territory. This hot button didn't motivate me.
- Sticky Notes
- Be active for 5 minutes out of every sedentary hour
- Put down the fork and sip water between bites
- Eat more veggies
- Review Your Blog! What happened to your motivations?
- Get to Bed!
Not a good week. But it's only one week. This can be turned around. This must be turned around. The question is how can it be turned around. The unlimited freedom to eat has shown that I enjoy eating, all the wrong things. But it's also shown that the only part of the program that working is portion control. And that will slip away without becoming strict once again in the food selection and portion control. There are two initial ideas that come to mind: Track aggressively or switch to Simply Filling. While I have been tracking, except for the last two days, I need to track ahead of eating. And when I track, I need to use that number running balance to motivate my food selection as it has in the past. Or, as an alternate to tracking, only consume Weight Watchers Power Foods. This is known as Simply Filling, which is taken another step into Simple Start. Your assigned points are ignored under Simply Filling so long as you eat only power foods. Only those foods that aren't power foods are tracked and are based on the 49 weekly points everyone receives. In anticipation of this change in food selection philosophy, I have created a list of all of the power foods listed in the Weight Watchers guide. I will be prayerful
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- Keep the job search going strong and the networking stronger.
- Look for causes in loss of motivation.
- GET ON PROGRAM with Weight Watchers, especially keeping the daily points consumed to a daily maximum of 30 PPV.
- Avoid the temptation of high carb nibbles into my week except for Saturday.
- Get on track with gym-less exercise.
- Attend all meetings. Don't schedule things before them. Review calendar every morning. Listen to alarms and reminders and follow through on them.
- Hold onto the joyful feelings of this day to get me through the the times of lesser success in weight loss, the trudging through job searching, and other complications life is throwing my way.
IV - I have found the way of
CU - I have seized the road by
FI - I am enjoying the journey by
CU - I have seized the road by
FI - I am enjoying the journey by
Post Number: 155
Review of Yesterday's Progress
Daily PPV Used/Left: ?/? of 69 (Goal: 30/39) {Didn't track. Didn't eat well, either}
Pedometer Reading: - {Didn't wear my pedometer}
Meetings Attended: Weight Watchers
Exercise Completed: None Scheduled
Page Views to Date: 2050 (Increased by 71 Page Views This Week)
Yours ,
Eliot
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Eliot
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