It’s a new year but the same old fat.
I started January with good intentions, but the combination of plantar fasciitis (keeping me from running or even walking very often) and a lot of unstructured free time took its toll.
Specifically, it made me fat. I gave up and gave in and while I remain donut-free, I indulged in the worst sort of cookiepalooza. I ate boxes of them. Boxes!
The results are not surprising.
However, I’ve thought of this as the beginning of a purge, in which I will do the following:
- No more snacking (healthy snacks like bananas are OK)
- No more soda or carbonated beverages. This includes diet soda, which I think is just making me feel gross. Back to good old water and the occasional sugar-free Gatorade or glass of milk.
We’ll see if I can stick to this. I really have no excuse not to, but that hasn’t stopped me before.
I’m also going to try keeping a daily journal (not on the blog here) to see if that helps keep me honest or honest-like or even honest adjacent.
But let’s stop avoiding the subject and consider the following. After being up a bit in December, I am up quite a bit more this month, topping out today at 176.6 pounds.
I was 174.2 pounds on January 1st, meaning I am up 2.4 pounds for the year to date.
Ugh.
Here’s to a hopefully slimmer 2021.
Stats:
January 1: 174.2 pounds January 31: 176.6 pounds (up 2.4 pounds) Year to date: From 174.2 to 176.6 pounds (up 2.4 pounds) And the body fat: January 1: 22.4% (39.1 pounds of fat) January 31: 22.1% (39 pounds of fat) (down 0.1 pound)
