This week started off great. With the success of my diet last week, I was motivated to continue right through today – and was hoping to post some great results. But, you have to take the good with the bad, and be honest. So, this weekend we had a little set back. Eliza, Chris and I (and a few others on the diet), went away for the weekend. Suffice to say, the diet was not as strictly enforced as it should have been.
This week, I’m unhappy to report that I gained three pounds. I am not back up to 221.8lbs. However, this makes me more determined to stay on my diet, and get more exercise to make up for the set back.
Last week I said that I’d have an announcement for everyone on the diet. Well, that announcement is still a little forth coming. I have one more phone call before anything is completely official, but – let’s just say that we will have more reason to be successful on our diets in the coming weigh ins.
I hope everyone was able to stick to their diet, be successful, and continue on. I know I learned my lesson this weekend – and I know my weaknesses. Let’s see if I can learn from my mistakes.
Note: You too can join the diet.
[tags]diet, the-diet, weigh-in, the diet[/tags]
13 Comments
Hey, it happpens.
Next week will be better.
My Hubby and I did pretty good.
We lost some weight.
Good Luck this week!
Ana: Yeah, I am certainly not discouraged. It would have been different if I gained weight after an entire week of doing really well. But I knew the entire weekend that I was off my diet. Can’t wait to lose more this week! Great work for you and your man.
This must have been the weekend of doom. I’ve read that more than a few of us had problems this weekend. Oh well, sets us up for a bigger loss next week.
Set-backs and gains are natural and going to happen.
Continuing forward without dwelling is what makes the difference.
Great job on being honest and we all support you!
Lot’s of salad and grapefruit juice for you boy! I really thought I was doing bad. I like losing a little at a time.
I was back up to 220 this week (only gained about .4 officially from last week, but about 2 from last Wednesday) so a lot of us are in the same boat, Colin. Mine can be attributed to cast parties opening weekend of a play Im in… as well as cooking spaghetti and having it the last 2 nights. Oh yeah, and the pizza on Friday.
But the last 2 days for lunch – salad. So let’s all get back on track and stick to it!
Can’t wait to hear about the “more reasons” to be successful!
Hey Colin, I feel ya, I had a weekend full of alcohol, fried foods and home cooked tex-mex meals!! I somehow managed to lose 1 whole pound though! lol Must’ve been all the dancing after all the alcohol.
we’ll get our groove back! as long as we don’t give up, we’re all good!
I think it’s a good motive as you said to continue on the diet mission.. it’s like a self-challenge.
I’m too curious about the announcement, and hopefully it’s not what’s in my mind
Good luck in week 3
Rida: What is in your mind?
Not to post a spoiler here I’ve sent you an email about it
Whoah! I’m late getting my post up! I attached a .mov of Eric and I hoola hooping to my post to prove I am excercising!
Congrats to everyone thus far!
Check out the stop motion film of us hooping if you all get a chance!
Cheers!
Often a gain like this isn’t all fat – quite a lot it can be water and stuff, so a good week this week could translate into an excellent loss next weigh in
.
Mark is absolutely right. Looking for some great numbers from you next week.
6 Trackbacks
[...] Another week has gone, and still too many to go, but what makes it easy is the positive progress I’m doing so far, I hope others in the diet contest are doing well, and staying motivated even if they are not losing weight too quickly. [...]
[...] Hopefully today’s announcement will be seen as a big step in the right direction. One of the challenges that faces us all is the motivation to continue on a strict course towards our goals. I’ve failed at dieting on more than one occasion, and so I was hoping that each of us could provide each other with the motivation to continue. Some of us have stronger wills than others, since this passed weekend I didn’t do so well, while others like James Mathias is thriving on the diet. Still going strong, super proud of myself I’ve made it two weeks and one day without cheating on my diet, and since I got the [basketball] hoop I haven’t missed my exercise either. — James Mathias [...]
[...] This week has been a great week. As you know from last week’s weigh in, I didn’t do so great last week. This week I think I did really well, though the numbers do not necessarily reflect that – yet. [...]
[...] After my minor set back, when I gained three pounds in a week, I decided to take this diet much more seriously. I started to focus more on small victories rather than dramatic results. And boy has it paid off. [...]
[...] What was your biggest failure on the diet, and how did you overcome it? Hands down: Obstruction of routine. I had a few small set backs during my diet the first being within the first two weeks of the diet. Obstruction of routine can come in many forms. In that first example we went away for the weekend, ended up eating whatever we wanted at a restaurant, going to a few bars, etc. [...]
[...] only go on my own experiences over the years with losing weight and trying to stay motivated. In week two of the first round of The Diet I gained 3 [...]