Reality Day 4

Day 4 morning weight- 136.5

Last year, on Day 7, I was 136.5 down from a starting weight of 141. The week before I started 75 Hard, I had begun  think I wrote somewhere that my starting weight was 141+. If that is true, it means in a week I could lose 5 pounds of bloat and inflammation, probably not real fat loss. The issue is that I am considering going out to eat tonight and having a drink. Will that set off a weekend of drinking? Is that what I want to be 50% better in a balanced life? 

TO DO-Things to try

Weigh myself at least every Friday.

100 hours of alcohol free every week more is better

Wear the weighted vest, do the weights. 

 The context for starting 75 Hard is the same. A few weeks of daily drinking plus binging on the weekend along with little activity. At least this year, I kept going to CrossFit. It has helped. However last year, I had a head start. A week before I began electrolytes and fasting even if the fast was only 12 hours. I began to drink and eat mindfully within my eating window. I did not do that this time. This time, The weekend from Friday at 4-Sunday at 7 was full of crappy food and drinks. And for good measure I ate and drank on Monday. 

Day 3 recap-Exhaustion. Work was stressful and I was so tired from the kids acting crazy and off the hook. Tucker and I ran out to get a birthday present for Tucker before I came home, showered at and his the bed at 6pm. I ate half of a baked potato with the fixings, a little fish, plus a scoop of peach cobbler. Slept hard until 1:30 am, then again from 2:30-5:30. I woke still feeling groggy. The odd thing is that I wasn't starving and I feel bloated. 

Moving forward, my electrolytes are in Lincoln. I will try the fasting next week. 

Goals:

1. I hate to weigh myself. It is an odd thing putting a number to the body I am looking at especially when I know that I don't look as bad at 136 as I did last year because of CrossFit and muscle. BUT I promised myself last year, that I would weigh myself 1x a week to avoid the creep of weight and I did not do it. The thing is, if I am gaining weight it usually means I feel helpless and that I can't handle seeing the scale because I won't be able to do anything. That attitude has to stop. 

Tips from April 2025-

1. Fasting- 12-15 hour fast. Wake up, electrolyte water and coffee. Eat at school. Keep the calorie deficit. If I am going to have a drink, factor that into early calories or add more workout. 

2. Diet-calorie deficit. Right now a deficit is probably under 2000 calories. Add workouts in and it should be perfect. Reduce empty calories and sugar, and increase protein-rich, anti-inflammatory foods. Keep working on this aspect. 

My staples-

Tuna with lemon/lime juice, a little mayo, celery, or whatever, plus 2 eggs in a wrap or bowl = 40 g protein. 

Steak/burger and egg in a low-carb wrap = 40 g, or bacon, egg, lettuce in a wrap = 40 g. 

3. Walking 10k steps at work, then I add on another workout 

4. Reading and relaxing