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1.31.2006 Weight: 298Mood: mixed Still no movement on the weight front, but when I pulled on a set of dress pants today, I realized that I didn't have to suck in my gut to fasten them, and they weren't sticking to my thighs like sausage casings. Oh, and my back muscles are starting to take shape again, so that's all good. Exercise today was 25 minutes on the reclining bike, plus 3X10 lat pulldowns and 3X10 upright rows. I should have done deadlifts and back hyperextensions, too, but there was a couple in the fitness room who kept wandering around the damn place, so it was kind of hard to get some workout space. I'll do those tomorrow, even if I have to do them in the apartment. I also realized something today -- I'm not eating nearly enough food. Ironic, isn't it -- I truly don't eat that much (thanks to early nagging and intervention by the parental units -- by the way, is it just me, or does anyone else think that putting a fourth grader on speed-based diet pills is a bad idea?), and this caloric hyper control is what's contributing to my weight problem. In order to lose weight, I should be consuming about 2,384 calories a day (bodyweight times 8) -- anything less convinces my metabolism that I'm in danger of starving, and it clings to every fat molecule with a grip of iron. I've got to get into the habit of having five or six small meals scattered throughout the day, and it's hard -- I don't feel comfortable when I eat that much. Today (I just totalled it up), I had maybe 2,233 calories, and that's only because I broke down and had a sandwich and a couple of pickles after my workout, otherwise I would've been well under 1800 calories. I've really got to work on this. |
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