The curved line is a cubic regression. I tried linear, but it was way off, and quadratic fits the best, but it (of course) shows me gaining it all back. (If you're a math geek like me, you'll know what I'm talking about) The green at the top are days that I exercised, but for some reason I forgot to record them for a long time. I was still exercising, though lol.
This is what I looked like 2 years ago - Spring Break 2003 in Jamaica...
This is what I look like now - Spring Break 2005 in our cabin...
There's quite a difference, but I still have a lot to go.
I did well yesterday. I had a banana, lots of coffee (with butter pecan creamer - a treat for weekends only) and a small bowl of cereal for breakfast. For lunch I had a granola bar and a can of soup (Split pea and ham, yum!!). For dinner we went to Cheesecake Factory and we had an appetizer - only because our friends did and I wanted to avoid the awkwardness of them munching and us not - some sort of Tex Mex chicken wraps with creamy guacomole. It was delicious. Then I had the lunch portion of a spicy honeyed chipotle chicken pasta thing. It too was delicious. And a couple of pieces of bread, super light on the butter. We all passed on the cheesecake. It was a good thing that Mike was there to jump in and say no before I could say yes, because my will power was crumbling. We walked through the mall afterwards and I did have an Auntie Anne's for dessert, but I skipped the sauce and ate it plain. They are suprisingly reasonable in fat and calories, if you skip the sauce (yummy cheese sauce) and lemonade. I'm down below 180 again which is nice.
We're going to ride bikes for an hour this afternoon to get our butts used to the seats again. We were going to go the trails but I pointed out that it might be more painful than fun, so we are going to stick close to home instead.
I've decided to plan better lunches to combat my looking for comfort food mid-day. I bought 6 different varieties of Campbell's Select. Each ranges around 200-250 cals per can. I can have those for lunch each day. In addition, I'm going to have cereal and a piece of fruit for breakfast (usually I just have one or the other) and another piece of fruit for a mid morning snack. Waiting until I get hungry is not an option for me because then I lose control and seek out a candy bar chips. It seems silly to eat when I'm not hungry, but for me it's the only way to control my diet and my mind at the same time.
I'd gotten lazy about recording my weight and food each day in both the spreadsheet and software, but I need to get back to that. I used to forego eating out later in the week because my chart's trendlines were affected by Friday's weigh-in. And I hate seeing the calorie bar change to red in the software when I've eaten too much lol. So back to those I go and hopefully my weight loss will be back on track soon!!!