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| Good Samaritan Hospital overlooks the artery-busting Puyallup Fair |
Last Week’s Plan
1800 Calories per Day
Weigh-In
This Week: -0.8 pounds
Total Loss: 33.4 pounds
Non-Scale Victory
I survived the Puyallup Fair (pictured). Ate what I perceieved to be the healthiest
optionat the stand my family chose for lunch.
OK, the chicken sandwhich with fried onions wasn’t healthy, but I
skipped the fries, skipped ice cream later, and only drank water. And before you think, “Hey Alan, the fair’s
only once a year, live it up,” I want you to know I really didn’t miss eating a
bunch of fair food.
POP Update
2500 Calories advances to the semi-finals. 1800 Calories is eliminated.
Here’s The Deal
It’s a shocking outcome, with the seeming mathematical
impossibility of 2500 calories defeating 1800 calories. As the cliché goes, that’s why they play the
games.
1800 calories had two main problems. First, it wasn’t very resilient when I got
into situations where it was difficult to manage my eating and calorie
counting. It was too easy to get past
1800 calories and just stop counting.
Second, early in the two weeks, I had some serious energy
crashes. I would do just about anything
to perform well at work (which is partly how I got so big), so a mid-day dip
wasn’t unacceptable, and I upped my eating accordingly. Over the two weeks, I basically treaded
water, weight wise.
I feel a little disappointed, as I know Clyde and others
have made a similar calorie level work.
But as I concluded in the first round, 1800 calories is more than 1000 a
day less than my maintenance level. 1800
is about right for a petite woman. It
just didn’t work for me.
This Week’s Plan
8:00 Curfew
Stay tuned on Wednesday for my one and only epic award post and linkfest blowout!
11 comments:
Wow, I just couldn't do the Puyallup this year, because it is indeed all about the food. My favorite (I'm drooling just writing about it).. the elephant's ear. YUM!
I will be curious to see how 2500 works for you. I sit at 1800 (with some wide variance) and it's making slow yet steady results.
Jo
Congrats on getting through the "veritable smorgasbord" without tripping up over the funnel cakes and fried ice cream! 1800 is eliminated? I'm hoping I'll land about there when I finish losing, but I take your meaning. You can't "crash" in the middle of the work day--and it's not too fun falling asleep in the middle of your favorite team's big game, either.
Well done on the fair food! I finally had a deep fried Snickers this year, but I took my failsafe devices with me, aka my sons, who allowed me perhaps two bites before they fell on that thing like ravenous wolves.
Congrats on getting through the fair. I've started questioning why certain places have to be all about food. I take my kids to the amusement park regularly and don't buy the food there anymore.
Way to go - I don't think I'd demonstrate such restraint at a fair!! I can't wait to see how the 2500 works for you.
Simply put, you rock! ;-)
Becky from
http://mywalkfromflabtofab.blogspot.com
interesting conclusions - I'm wondering what the epic linkfest sausage holder thing is all about ... :)
I am getting caught up on your blog. I love the fact that you posted about Cindy Sadler and her weight loss! Opera is grand, well certain ones anyway. We have season tickets to the Vikes and to the MN Orchestra!! A well rounded couple we are (pun intended!).
Great walk by the fair food. I agree, i do not miss it so much. ALthough at our State fair I did have a corn dog, but once a year.
ABout your WI: well you lost, juts maybe not as much as you hoped. But, it will come off. Guys are lucky in that way that it comes off easier!!
Thanks fro stopping by to comment on my blog, and often!
Good for you on navigating that fair! I'm a new reader and will go back and read past posts.
Bravo for making the health(iest) choices, especially in the face of so many temptations. One of my most useful mantras in these situations is: "It's just food. There will be more. I can have some another time." By reminding myself of this, I am able to walk away from treats without regret and have them at another time when it's better for me.
As for the weight loss, just remember that MANY factors go into determining what number pops up on the scale each week. It's not as simple as "calories in, calories out". Good luck!
Cindy
Dude, I am not surprised at all! I shoot for 2000 calories, and as a 190-pound female, I lose weight. 2500 calories sounds perfect for you. 1800 is not much at all, especially for a guy. Your body and your metabolism work best with more.
Haha, I have a passion for eating, and I get my calorie info from The New Rules of Lifting. No, I don't get paid for mentioning them all the time. I really just love the book and info!
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