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Today was a good day, started with excellent church services this morning. After coming home and changing clothes my wife and I went over to my mom's - she had her deck and gazebo stained this week so with my brothers we moved all the furniture, plants and fixtures back, put the lights back up. Then cooked some fantastic huge steaks on the grill, sampled some Orange Whip IPA my brother got from a micro brewery, along with a glass of wine with dinner. Cake and ice cream afterwards. It's been a long time since I've done all that, I ate what I wanted and enjoyed the time together with family. I'm not even going to try and log the food, no point in it. This is the first time since May I've gone off to this extent. Tomorrow I go back on the weight loss journey but today was a sabatical from it and I'm not sorry one bit. Because days like this are now the exception and not the rule, and that really is a lifestyle change. Whatever the scale shows tomorrow I will overcome it and not long from now have that weight off and hitting new lows. Since May I'm not the person I used to be. That feels good, very good.
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3396 kcal
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Fat: 127.31g | Prot: 135.78g | Carbs: 303.85g.
Breakfast: Safeway 60% Whole Wheat Bread, Boca All American Classic Meatless Burgers. Lunch: Hellmann's Light Mayonnaise, Low Fat American Cheese, Tomatoes, Giant Food Lavash Bread (Giant). Dinner: Bland Farms Vidalia Sweet Onion, Broccoli, Stop & Shop Corn on the Cob, Beef Top Sirloin (Trimmed to 1/8" Fat). Snacks/Other: Harpoon Brewery Harpoon IPA, Samuel Adams Summer Ale Beer, Yellow Tail Cabernet Sauvignon, La Dolce Vita Almond Biscotti, Breyers All Natural Vanilla Ice Cream, Pepperidge Farm 3-Layer Cake - Chocolate Fudge. more...
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Having time with and helping family is the best time there is. Good luck getting back on track. You can do this!
17 Aug 14 by member: Deb_N
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17 Aug 14 by member: chesgreen
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Sounds like you had a great time. I can never relax and stray from my diet plan. I'm always thinking, calculating calories LOL
18 Aug 14 by member: snezica
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Wonderful Sunday with family - what could be better - glad you enjoyed it.
18 Aug 14 by member: jwill77nc2
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Sounds like you are confident in your ability to pick it up again. Your head (and your heart) are on the right track. Congratulations. Glad you still have your mother with you. My dad passed in June. I am now annoying my mother with my continual presence! :) Have a blessed day.
18 Aug 14 by member: Patti No Cake
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Glad you had a nice time, ready to continue on your road to get healthy, and are loving the newer you. Glad that your wife is getting around and wishing her a speedy recovery.
18 Aug 14 by member: toppy24564
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"Because days like this are now the exception and not the rule, and that really is a lifestyle change". How very well put. Since that post by Eddie, I've been thinking about where I am and where I'm going and I think you really got it. I agree, I'm not the person I used to be and I too feel good. Thanks for your wisdom.
18 Aug 14 by member: Chillie Willie
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Sounded like a great day, a time to enjoy family and friends, good for you.
18 Aug 14 by member: altagent
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Everybody needs a day off now and then. Sounds like you enjoyed your day. Are you a church musician? I play Quartet Gospel guitar.
18 Aug 14 by member: John10251
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Thanks everyone for your comments and support. I really will get back on track today after yesterday's enjoyment, targeting 1200 to 1300 calories a day this week to get things chugging along. @John10251, I play in the worship band at my church and lead worship when our pastor who normally does it isn't there. Usually I'm on guitar but have at times played mandolin, dobro, banjo, and electric guitar. Right now I'm the only guitar player so mostly doing acoustic. For about 17 years I had a gospel bluegrass band that over time included all of my 3 girls, what a blessing that was. But their lives are busy with other things now.
18 Aug 14 by member: jmb3450
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JMB, it sounds like your getting close to "complete control" with your diet. I like what I am hearing out of you! One thing to consider about the food logging. It might be a good idea to go ahead and log the food. This way you have a historical marker of how it affected your weight loss in the big picture. One month from now it might be nice to look back and see how the extra calories effected your loss for the week. It's just data, good or bad, either way, it's there for your use! Glad you had a great weekend!
18 Aug 14 by member: bigbassbrent
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Ok, I logged yesterday's food as accurately as I could
18 Aug 14 by member: jmb3450
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Your snacks sounds like an experiment for a future day's caloric intake I would like to try one weekend day in the future.
18 Aug 14 by member: chesgreen
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Sounds like you have a handle on eating and getting back on track. Good for you! It is always great to spend time with family and to enjoy yourself. The next day is another day to get "on the ball" again. Good luck!
18 Aug 14 by member: kattay
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