As with all of my “weight loss blog” posts, if you don’t care about the details, don’t read after the jump.
The good news: I did a set of swings and a set of snatches this week with no pain. I’ll resume a normal workout schedule this week. I still can’t do get-ups because my knee is scabbed over and has a nasty tendency to bleed if I put weight on it directly (such as kneeling).
The bad news: In my quest to manage carbohydrates, I learned a couple of lessons.
For instance, I went to lunch one day this week, and enjoyed a steak (no carbs) and steamed veggies (14 grams). I added a salad and even decided to have a couple of pieces of bread since I was supposed to eat 40grams of carbohydrates at lunch. In a fit of curiosity, I looked up the nutritional information on the “Bleu Cheese Chopped Salad” that they serve at Outback. The salad has chopped pecans (not too bad) and bleu cheese (not bad) so how bad could the salad be?
99-freakin-grams of carbohydrates, that’s how bad! Apparently the fried noodles (oops, forgot about those) and sweetened pecans (pure sugar, always good for blowing out carbs) put the salad on the “DO NOT WANT” list.
Later in the week, I went to Subway for lunch. I knew the bread would probably be 40 carbs or so, but once you put it all together, it’s closer to 90 grams. If you must go to Subway, get the sandwich made as a salad instead. By way of contrast, a Triple Whopper with Cheese is more carb-friendly than your average Five… Five Dollar… Five Dollar Foot Loooooooong. Not that I advocate eating a Triple Whopper as part of any weight loss plan. I’m just providing a basis of comparison.
Fortunately, I was pretty disciplined during the rest of the week, and while I was angry about my slip up’s, I didn’t let them get me down or discouraged. If anything, it renewed my focus and helped me etch the lessons into my thick skull.
Details:
- Had a couple of REALLY bad meals from a carbohydrate perspective.
- Making an occasional mistake is not the end of the world, nor will it reverse all of your gains in a single day.
- Now able to work out at full strength again.
Results:
- Current Weight: 327
- Start Weight: 334
- Goal Weight by 9/1/2009 (12 weeks): 300
- Weight Loss to Date: 7 pounds (2.3 pounds per week)
- Weight loss by 9/1/2009 at current pace (12 week total): 28 pounds
Plan for this week:
- Read more labels, learn which “healthy foods” aren’t helping me from a carb standpoint.
- 4th of July this weekend, expect to eat a hotdog or two.
- Workout 5 days this week.
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