YEA FOR MICHELLE!!  I threw my size 10 shoe at the TV when the other "blue team schemers" came on to the stage!  Michelle out witted them with plain 'ol hard work!!!  BTW, I think they should have called out the salt trucks for the stage last night - looked like there were some icy spots out there

I've been doing informal weigh ins in December almost every day now. I was doing well mid -week last week (high 230's), but the house of cards (so it seems) came tumbling down last weekend. I had to start over again yesterday and have done ok for the most part, but I did loose a lot of ground in the past 3 days.

I really wanted to be in the mid-230's by the holiday break (24th through the 5th) so the two weeks of not working out will not be as significant of an impact, but I've got to switch to plan "b" now ... I'll have to overcome temptation and go without some of the goodies - which will be very hard.

Ok - I promise to get out a little more and visit my friend's spaces. I tried last week, but a lot of them have gone dark so the whole experience was a little disheartening. Mine did too for a while, so there's no judgment here on my part. Tomorrow morning when I do my hour of elliptical I'll be visiting spaces the entire time. Let me know if you're still out there so I can put you at the top of the list!!!

Since I started to think about these four gauges in my daily life (and I mentally visualize them a good bit of the day) 3 out of the 4 aspects have gotten a tiny bit easier to maintain and control. I've really concentrated on the stress and anxiety gauges, but the pain gauge became a little bit of an influence since last weekend. The shoulder pain and some sinus headaches kinda tore me down a bit. Temptation was off the flippin' charts, though. Between holiday parties and the Steeler - Ravens game last Sunday, this weekend was a weight loss train wreck. I took yesterday off to do some shopping, and had little time to prepare healthy options to snack on, so fast food entered my life briefly at lunch time . Pain added to the mix, but temptation unfortunately ruled the weekend - therfore bad food decisions dominated.

 

Stress	Anxiety	Pain	Temptation

Yesterday was the first day for tracking the four major influences for my weight gain. The goal is to adjust my lifestyle so all four gauges are below 50% most, if not all, the time. I’ll be looking at the contributing factors for each and making the appropriate adjustments.

Wednesday, December 10th, had a moderate level of stress due to weather conditions and the fact that the day was measured in “minutes”. A chilling evening helped diffuse higher volumes earlier in the day. Anxiety was high for various reasons and will need to be managed a little better. Pain decreased below 50% for the first time in a week in a half because my shoulder is on the mend. Temptation was very high for the second straight day due to the season and contributing Anxiety levels.

I have a lot of work to do in order to get ready for a long term weight loss program. On the positive side, I did get an hour workout in yesterday!!

Stress	Anxiety	Pain	Temptation

Today I came to the realization that there are four factors at play that get in the way of my weight loss ... Stress, Anxiety, Pain, and Temptation. The only way to track my progress effectively would be to track these values on a regular basis. This will be my first blog entry with these tracking elements.

 

 

Stress	Anxiety	Pain	Temptation

Yesterday was a tough one, and without a workout, it didn’t help my cause. A full breakfast, lunch, and dinner where I was obliged to eat incorrect foods did the trick. A complete lineup of stress, a broken car, and not enough time to workout didn’t help much. Today will have to be a complete 360 in order to get back on track again. I’m doing my hour on the elliptical as I write this and have good food intentions for the day. Stress will be a little lower today and we will be picking up the car from the shop ($$$$). At least I didn’t have to buy a new one!!!