Day 23 - A Bit Tired

Okay, I have a gift for understatement.

I'm sitting here at work yawning my face off. Anyway, the weigh in today measured in at 243.0 pounds.

Nothing interesting to report except that I have a weekend coming up... and my household does not yet make good food choices on the weekends. Somehow it is something of a ritual -- no cooking, ordering in, throwing a relaxation fest to unwind from the tough week.

Must. Change. Habits.

Day 22 - Doritos For Dinner

Yes, I know, just shut up.

Anyway, the weight this morning is 243.0 pounds to start week 4.

Of course I'm thinking that at some point I may want to start acting like I'm on a diet. Hell, I've been in great shape before, for years actually before getting married and having a child.

Now I've got work stress, home stress, sleep deprivation, and not enough time to look after myself.

Anyway, none of these are meant as excuses, just the realities of life that everyone faces. I guess I need to develop better coping skills.

Day 21 - No Trend Here

Well, with the help of Nanaimo bars, pizza and a boatload of stress I'm in danger of busting out of my statistically insignificant downtrend.

Today's weight: 243.0 pounds of fun.

Tick, tick, tick. Time is ticking. Let's get this diet under control...

Day 20 - Feeling Good

Today's weigh in yielded a slight return to the good at 235.5 pounds. The jury is out on whether or not I'll have a speedbump in my gradual weekly loss or not.

Anyway, I feel really good. I think there may be something to the idea that irvingia can attenuate leptin resistance, effect lipid profiles and so forth. When I used to go to the gym a lot I'd sometimes notice a long term warmth brought about by eating a meal.

It's as if the body is trying to find something to do with the food energy other than stimply storing it as fat or pumping it around in circles as high blood sugar. The opposite, feeling tired after eating, isn't a good thing.

Psychology or reality? It's also possible that this metabolic change is being brought about by consuming an extremely high quality multi and fish oil. While I'm on the topic, my belief is that you simply give the body the ammunition, and if it happens to need it, it will do the best it can with it.

People who pish-tosh at the expense of quality vitamins must have something of a different point of view. Perhaps they don't realize that the body generally resists illness for as long as it can, but eventually, if it doesn't get the resources it needs to fight effectively, something may win out.

Heck, when I'm on my vitamin regimen I simply feel healthier in general. I get colds less often... and so on. Pish-tosh on that!

Day 17,18,19 - FatBoy Was Bad

Yes, I have to admit pizza and homemade nanaimo bars were a major part of my dietary plan over the weekend.

What the hell was that about?

Have I mentioned lately that I've been dealing with a lot of stressful issues?

I'm thinking of pulling in the heavy guns and going to the gym, but that would somewhat ruin my experiment. I'd never know if the irvingia worked on it's own if I started hitting the gym.

As funny as it may sound, I'll probably cave and hit the gym. When I get right down to it being serious about my health is more important than whether or not irvingia is working for me.

Oh, I weighed in today at 245.5 with plenty of disgust weighing me down.

Day 16 - Short Term Weight Stasis

Yes, you guessed it, today's weight was 241.5 pounds.

I certainly don't mind holding steady. This is especially true with the boatloads of stress going on in my life right now. I really don't have any clue if the irvingia is doing much for me or not at this point.

I'll have to see if the potential downward trend for weekly results continues. That is the pudding that the proof should be targeting.

Day 15 - My Weight Is On A Hovaraound

Okay, okay, maybe not, and maybe that's a trademark, and no I'm not casting aspersion at anyone that requires one. It's just that my weight is hovering around and going nowhere in particular.

Today's weigh in had me at hello. I mean, I weighed 241.5 pounds on the scale.

No, I'm not delirious with the progress from yesterday. No, I didn't get any last night. Yes, I'm somewhat happy in general today.

Strange. I slept horribly.