When I started this Journey, one of my goals was to lose weight, reach my goal of 200 pounds, and keep it off for a month. 4 out of 5 days last week, I hit my dieting goals. I got plenty of great sleep, and I exercised every day. I was down to 202 pounds. Optimistic going in to the weekend, all hell broke loose.
Saturday morning started out very stressful, and the stress made me turn a blind eye to my whole process. All of a sudden, I was eating chips, candy, parts of the kids meals (mostly mac and cheese, and things I shouldn’t be eating).
Sunday was even worse. I got real shitty sleep on Saturday, going back and forth between the recliner and bed, I stayed up too late, and I ended up crashing. Total body shutdown. Between the stress, and breaking my diet, I slept until 2:30PM on Sunday. From there it was the spiral.
Carbs, carbs and more carbs. Candy. Bread. Sugar. Milkshakes. Poptarts. Just everything in sight, I was snacking on. I was in ruins.
The stress was derived from plans being blown to smithereens. Plans were made for the weekend were completely ignored, and I was stuck with the kids all weekend, with little to no help from their mother. I’m not complaining about being a parent, but after working all week, and making plans to work as a team, and accomplish tasks together is stripped from me, let the stress ensue. I work all week and look forward to getting things done on the weekend, that is just impossible during the week. Their mother works nights, so I’m in charge of dinner/baths/bed Tues-Friday nights. Then, with no break Saturday or Sunday to do Dave shit, I get down on myself, angry, and stress-eat. This is the habit. I need to change.
I look forward to Saturdays and being able to knock items off the chore list. We’re between houses right now, and clutter and shit being thrown everywhere makes me go fucking postal.
Now, it’s time for me to analyze my behavior so I can prevent it next time.
INTERUPTED GOAL
A commitment to myself to be on a strict diet of 25g of carbs each day. Do not eat sugar, bread, pasta, or anything that is high in carbohydrates.
Weight Goal of 200lbs – Friday, was at 202 pounds, so close to the goal! Monday morning, I am at 208lbs!
TRIGGERS
Actions or words that may have induced something to interrupt the goal.
- Plans change
- Someone not holding up their side of a deal
- No food replacements. Such as, not having something sweet (no sugar) when cravings hit.
- Stress
- Children’s meals.
Though it’s very easy to just give up, here is how I got my head back in the game:
- Re-evaluated my goals. I went through everything I want to accomplish to see if there were any issues with completing the goals, or if this was just a “slip up”. Goals are fine, and still achievable.
- Wrote down all of my triggers, and all of the things that bothered me. I want to change my habits, so I need to know what triggers the habit.
- Discussed the issues with the people involved and figured out a way how they could help me.
- Last but not least, I took two days off of my Journey. Guilt free. I reset my mind. Took a day off of exercising. Ate conservativly, but still obeyed the no sugar law. I did not podcast, I did not write any articles, I took a day off from work (yesterday), I put in a solid day on Monday with no goals in mind. Now today, Wednesday, I’m finishing up this article, and I feel great, ready to get back on track, and I’m looking at the weekend as the ENEMY. We will meet again, and I will win this time.
