Okay, it's time to admit it: What I'm doing during the week is not working. I'm doing fine on the weekends, though that of course is probably mostly due to activity, but I'm bouncing up during the week. This has been going on long enough since the latest reboot to acknowledge it as a problem.
Analyzing it, there are a few things that stick out. I'm not following any particular plan, this is just an ad hoc adoption of various strategies that I've followed in the past -- less fast food, more home cooking, avoid sugar and vegetable oil, that sort of thing. I don't know that I have sufficient desire -- even though my motivation is decent right now -- to slavishly follow anything too restrictive. I'd be just fine with gradual loss, small drops, etc. I'm eating way too much wheat in particular. So, in the interest of personal accountability, here are some things I want to do:
1. Go back to 2MAD during the week starting Monday. Pretty self-explanatory. Today at least I wasn't notably hungry so I think I'm ready to do that anyway. It should mostly just be a mental thing. Doing so will get rid of a few calories (not that I track those) and many carbs (even though I worry less about those when consumed with butter).
2. Cut down the starch, especially wheat. Getting rid of the morning meal will help. I may need to change up what I do for lunch -- sandwich and yogurt is easy, repeatable and was working fine earlier, but maybe I should. I'm probably going to focus more on fixing dinner, though. It's vaguely ironic that I'm planning to make pizzas tonight but I don't like to waste stuff.
3. Try and make one of the two meals less carby. I can do things like steak or a burger patty or sausage balls or bacon and eggs. They don't need to have starch, they just taste better that way. It's more likely to be dinner since I have more control over that.
4. Keep portions in check. Other than Tuesday night dinner I think I've been doing OK, I'm gradually become sated more readily. I'll probably never tame the monster fully, but by getting on a regular schedule and remaining well hydrated I'm mostly good.
5. Eat more tacos! Even though this conflicts with #2, I plan to experiment with eating home tacos more regularly. They're easy, since I can do the meat in batches and freeze it, tortillas in batches and fridge them. Quantities can be be kept in check, I can divide my pound of taco meat into either 3 or 4 servings. I can vary them by making different meats or breakfast or using different toppings.
Actually, as a combo of 3 and 5 I could make taco salads at home. If I have the meat precooked and just need to reheat it it's not exactly hard. Just a bit annoying.
Actually, as a combo of 3 and 5 I could make taco salads at home. If I have the meat precooked and just need to reheat it it's not exactly hard. Just a bit annoying.
That's enough for now. I'm going to try to clean up a few things I have on hand this week, most weekday improvements will have to wait for Monday.
Breakfast: Croissant with butter, coffee (1x w cocoa butter)
Standard.
Lunch: Ham and swiss on sourdough, Fage cherry TruBlend yogurt
Also very standard.
Dinner: Pizza with pepperoni, bacon, onion, mushroom, whole milk mozz. 24 oz Allll Day IPA
Tomorrow's jump might be a rocket.
Tomorrow's jump might be a rocket.
Exercise: Nope.
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