WTF!!!! How did I get here?

My weight loss and fitness journey.

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  • Name: MotorcycleChef
  • City: La Crosse
  • Region: Wisconsin
  • Country: United States

My Weight Loss

Height: 162.6cm
Start weight: 234.00lb
Current weight: 223.00lb
Goal weight: 125.00lb
Lost to date: 11.00lb
Remaining: 98.00lb

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Really Simple Syndication
08/02/2009 21:20

A little bad with the good...

Okay.  I think I'm a little twisted.  My significant other (SO) and I just spent an hour getting SOs breakfasts and lunches together for the week, and I had a BLAST!!!
 
SO has decided to join me on my weight loss journey (YEAH!), and SO now has signed up for EP and has already logged food for breakfast and lunch for the week.  Of course we had to assemble as much as we could before tomorrow morning...because I'm leaving for Pennsylvania for the week.
 
I'm so happy that SO has decided to join me!  But I'm a little envious because I can't get my food together for the week.  I don't know what culinary pitfalls my trip will bring.  I'm travelling with my mother to PA to visit her brother.  She wants to visit him and my cousin who has been ill, but since my dad died in January, she is nervous about flying so far alone.  I have the time, so I'm going, too.
 
What I didn't anticipate when we planned the trip was that I would be starting week two of my new healthy life on the same day we fly out.  Ugh.  Will I be strong enough to stick to my new ways?  I'm going to try to take each day one at a time...that's all I really can do.
 
Mom is a healthy eater.  My aunt and uncle are healthy eaters, too, if I remember correctly, so that really helps.  But there are still the meals on the road to and from the airport, food tempations at the airport, the day trips, etc.  I will bring some little baggies of pre-portioned almonds in my carry on and my suitcase to snack on during the week in case I feel the urge to splurge.  Hopefully that will nip any problems in the bud.  Plus I want to start exercising this week, so I'm bringing my walking shoes.  I will try to fit in time to use them.
 
Knowing that SO is back home trying to do the same thing helps, too.  SO can't lose more weight than I do!!!!  (A little healthy competition is a good thing!)  Plus I have access to EP on my iPhone.  So I will be able to follow your progresses even though my phone won't let me post on EP from it.  Grrr...  Maybe my uncle has a computer....
 
 

Posted By: MotorcycleChef
Comments to this post:
08/02/2009 10:24

Err...

Nothing like trial by fire, no?  The good news is you are not in the outback.  There will be a Whole Foods, Trader Joe's or well stocked supermarket in most corners of Pennsylvania.

I actually find I am better when I travel than when I am at home.  Perhaps I overcompensate, but I typically come home a few pounds lighter = )
 
Good luck, safe travels ... and lucky you for having a partner in crime on this journey!

Posted By: GirlNextDoor
08/02/2009 10:46

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Hope you have a good trip. It's always harder to stick to a diet when your away from home, but you sound really well organised. Good luck!

Posted By: Kerrykat23
08/03/2009 01:49

:)

It will certainly help that your SO is doing this with you!
 
Thank you for your wonderful comment.

Posted By: raspberrycordial
08/03/2009 03:25

iPhone

It annoys me sooo much that I can read EP from my iPhone but not replyor post. Grrr.
At least I know I'm not alone LOL :-D

Posted By: teewest
08/03/2009 03:25

iPhone

It annoys me sooo much that I can read EP from my iPhone but not replyor post. Grrr.
At least I know I'm not alone LOL :-D

Posted By: teewest
08/03/2009 05:26

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Well.  If your SO is a man, history proves he *will* lose weight differently than you.  Maybe even quicker.  So, don't let it get to you.
 
Have a good trip!

Posted By: GCQMom



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