LOVE2RUN's Jan 2009 CalorieKing Blog

The yo-yo syndrome strikes again

Sunday, January 25th 2009

Up and down, up and down. Just like a freaking yo-yo.

I was excited all week long to weigh in on Sunday. I had green check marks for every single day of the week, for the first time! I didn’t eat any unhealthy snacks. My meals were planned and well balanced. I did all my planned exercise and I went to the gym on lunch every scheduled day. I was perfect. All week. Perfect.

I gained 1.2 lbs.

My motivation fell like an asteroid hurling through space; but then I remembered th...

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Never give up

Wednesday, January 21st 2009

Wednesday, January 21, 2009
7:17 PM

Not to shabby.

I miscalculated my lunch calorie total. I compared the items I picked from CK to the items on the website for the restaurant and realized I made a mistake in picking the right items. This put me over for the day and took away my green check. Did I cave? Did I say “oh well, I might as well start pigging?” Nope. I did real good. I got on my treadmill and did a quick workout. Even though today was my day off from exercise, I...

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Mean people suck

Wednesday, January 14th 2009

8:13 PM

Bad, bad day at work. Mean people SUCK.

Isn’t it funny though? A bad, bad day at work made me so upset I couldn’t eat and I had to work off steam by storming down the road for 5 miles, then went home and BANGED out a 5 mile run at full blast.

So… to the mean and awful person who ruined my day, “thank you”, you got my diet and motivation right on track. Something I haven’t been able to do in weeks.

See, every cloud has a silver lining and I know my happiness, ...

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2700. Wow, personal record.

Tuesday, January 13th 2009

Tuesday, January 13, 2009
7:13 PM

2700. Wow. Personal record.

Okay, time to pay the piper. Where did it all go wrong?

The morning. The beginning of my day. I’ve taken to starting the day off at work with a bite of chocolate. Then another. Then another.

By the time break came along, I was starving. The pear and pistachios just wasn’t enough.

Lunch time, skipped the gym. Thought the walk would be sufficient. Thought wrong. Stopped at the deli for lunch. ...

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