Last night was another Insanity workout. Again I made it through until the end but with a lot of standing around panting watching the fit people doing their thing on my computer. I am noticing that today I am not near as sore as I have been so my body must be adjusting. Food intake was pretty good yesterday as well.

Calories in 1741 calories out 3819 for a massive 2078 deficit

Running deficit 21 524
Theoretical weight lost 6.15lbs

Having troubles getting to sleep at night now and dragging myself out of bed in the morning is even harder. I didn't go for a walk this morning so I am going to have to figure something out to get moving today. I would like to keep these big deficits up for another 12 days when I leave. I'm not sure if I mentioned it but when I left home on December 30th I was 242.0lbs. I had set a goal of being 229.9lbs or less when I got home and I will need large deficits to do it. Since I am not willing to eat less it means that I have to move more. Sitting at a computer for over 12 hours a day is not helping that matter.

If it continues to be a problem I am going to have to look into something. Last night it wasn't an issue at all. I got to the apartment from work around 8pm and was asleep by 8:05. I woke up at 11:30 to call call from my wife and daughter so I woke up and cooked a couple meals for the next few days. No workout last night as it was a rest day for Insanity, unfortunately my steps were only at 3156 for the day so calories out were low.

Calories in 2007 calories out 2869 for a deficit of 862

Running deficit 22386
Theoretical weight lost 6.40lbs

After getting a good night sleep I did wake up early enough to head out for a 48 minute walk. It snowed a bit last night and warmed up to -16 so it was rather enjoyable.

Last night started an Insanity workout, gave up mentally somewhere around the 30 minute mark, ended up hopping on the bike and went for an easy 30 minute ride. Huge deficit but still not happy with my workout, I know I can do better, my body is ready to push harder but apparently my mind is still weak. I'm running out of days to get down to the 229 mark. It can be done but it's going to take some work, hoping I can continue hard enough. On a side note, it's my birthday tomorrow and I have decided that I will celebrate with some beers, much of the deficit from today will be eaten up tomorrow from them.

Calories in 2097 calories out 4101 for a deficit of 2004

Running deficit 26121
Theoretical weight lost 7.46lbs

Stayed up much to late last night and woke up much to late for my morning walk. Disappointing but my own fault.

Thanks Kayla

I was lazy again last night, didn't do anything other than watch tv. Deficit was on point, although not on point to make my 229lb goal. Still pretty much at the 2lbs a week loss mark.

Calories in 1895 calories out 2962 for a deficit of 1067

Running deficit 27188
Theoretical weight lost 7.77lbs

Do I feel like I've lost 8 lbs? Yes, do I think I have? Probably not.

Feels like not getting up in the morning is becoming a habit, a habit that I need to break.

Yesterday went much like I expected. No workout. Lots of beer, lots of pizza, lots of calories. Stepped on my scale this morning to a nice 6lb gain over yesterday morning. It was rather amusing.

Calories in 3682 Calories out 3248 for my first surplus of the shift of 434 calories

Running deficit 26754
Theoretical weight lost 7.64

No workout this morning.

Yeah my sleep patterns are pretty messed up. The longer that I am in Russia, or the longer I am at home, the harder time I have falling asleep. I might be completely wrecked tired and still can't fall asleep because I can't shut my mind off. It's been like this for several years now. I've tried all the off the sleep aids but can't stand any of them because they all give me a hangover. Melatonin doesn't do the trick either, maybe because I've used it off and on for years my body doesn't react the same to it anymore. Years ago I went on an anti anxiety/anti depressant that worked well but kinda turned me into a zombie so I stopped that too. I don't even like taking Tylenol so a prescription didn't make me too happy. The only thing that works well is smoking pot (medicinal is legal in Canada) but I don't enjoy that much. Sorry for the ramble.

Last night I got to the grocery store for my last shopping trip of the shift. I now have all my food for the final week. By the time I got home, cooked, and talked to the wife it was 11 o'clock and time for a shower and sleep. I was already holding my 2lb a week calorie deficit for the day so I didn't NEED to workout. No walk this morning either, getting lazier by the day

Calories in 1893 calories out 2971 for a deficit of 1078

Running deficit 27832
Theoretical weight lost 7.95lbs

Good news on the scale, four of the six pounds from drinking and eating pizza have already vanished, hoping that tomorrow morning I will be back to where I was on the morning of January 17th. I am not going to make the 229 mark by the end of the shift on the scale I have here but I am hoping that my "nice" scale at home tells me I did it.

Oh yeah, my wife bought me the garmin smart scale for my birthday, I'm excited to start using it so that I can automatically record more data. I am hoping that it helps for times when the weight stalls. It will be interesting to see how it compares to my other scale. My new garmin scale will be the official weigh in scale from now on.

Pretty pumped, 7 days until I am home, only 5.5 more days of work!

Thanks for that information Tiffany. Will look into something when I get home from here.

Last night, more bad decisions, no workout. No workout this morning. Need to go home.

Calories in 3054 calories out 2895 surplus of 159

Running deficit 27673
Theoretical weight lost 7.90lbs

The self sabotage is real.

Yesterday was better. Finally hopped on the bike again and went for a fairly easy ride, still can't work up the courage/enthusiasm to do an Insanity workout.

Calories in 1874 calories out 3346 for a deficit of 1472

Running deficit 29145
Theoretical weight lost 8.33lbs

No workout this morning. It's stupid cold here again (-34) so even getting steps in is painful while at work. That's -34 without the wind chill too. Hopefully I can get on the bike again tonight for another ride and still have a small chance at my short term goal.

Same story as yesterday, -41, no exercise, 1.5 days of work left. A bit more steps out in the shop but nothing to write home about.

Calories in 1854 calories out 3449 for a deficit of 1595

Running deficit 30740
Theoretical weight lost 8.78lbs.

Just this morning I was back down to the weight that I was on January 17th. That took much longer than I expected.