Keeping expectations in check, for now
I feel my first week of dieting has gone moderately well, mostly because I kept my expectations modest. I weighed in at my doctor’s office last Friday (345 lbs, didja hear?) and the first thing she told me was to not weigh myself at home. She only wants me focused on the long-term weight-loss, not the day-to-day fluctuations that can affect one emotionally.
Not a problem. My scale broke long ago, I’m too broke to buy a one with the capacity for 300-pounders right now (um, scale distributors, you need someone to review your product? 
), and even the WiiFit says I’m too heavy for the balance board to weigh me!
So, not watching the scale has been kind of liberating. I’m a data-weenie, love to collect and plot my my data, so I had some apprehensions about this approach. But sometimes we have to step outside of our comfort zones.
So, with no daily/weekly weight loss expectation, I just focused on trying to make smart choices, and get my portion sizes under control. I’m not completely there yet, but I have realized that my portion sizes are more due to habit than hunger. When I remain conscious of my portions and selections at mealtime, I do well. I’ve also gotten the between-meal snacking under control. It had really gotten out of hand – I was basically doing the fat-guy second-lunch bit during football games on the weekend.
So, dropping the snacking and portion sizes has me in a good frame of mind. The weather here is beautiful, so I’ll get the walking going this weekend. Now, I WILL be OCD about tracking that data – it’s a habit from my days as a long distance runner.
That’s right, I said LONG DISTANCE RUNNER. 36:00 10K PR, thank you very much. Which makes what I’ve become all the more tragic.
And you are doing?
