The technique of skipping meals is quite likely one of the things that keeps you on this cycle. Your body will assume that you are starving, and lower your metabolism accordingly. Even for a guy, this is not a good thing. The result is that it's far easier to re-gain lost weight, far more difficult to keep it off, every time around the wheel. Far better is to reduce consumption slightly across the board instead. Example: Take one less piece of toast at breakfast, one less scoop of potatoes at lunch, a smaller serving of each thing at dinner, and skip dessert most nights. That in combination with your already re-started exercise campaign should do it without having to whack your metabolism again.
Is it easy? No. But it might save you having to do this ever again. (Well, that and eating fewer courses in Spain next summer!).
Alternatively, specifically for a guy as geeky and prone to charts as you are...
Maybe you should try the "red pen" method one of those "Live Simply" Books recommended. Chart your weight DAILY (each day the same time and place if possible) with a red pen on a paper next to your scale. When the mark is up one or two pounds, take appropriate action for the next several days until the mark is back down again. Because each correction is small, the actions needed are also small, and theoretically not difficult to do. (This method SUCKS for women, BTW, because of our natural weight fluctuations during the month.) The difficulty for you is to maintain the record when you are on the road. But you're clever; I'm sure you could figure it out.
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Date: 2004-10-17 04:27 pm (UTC)The technique of skipping meals is quite likely one of the things that keeps you on this cycle. Your body will assume that you are starving, and lower your metabolism accordingly. Even for a guy, this is not a good thing. The result is that it's far easier to re-gain lost weight, far more difficult to keep it off, every time around the wheel. Far better is to reduce consumption slightly across the board instead. Example: Take one less piece of toast at breakfast, one less scoop of potatoes at lunch, a smaller serving of each thing at dinner, and skip dessert most nights. That in combination with your already re-started exercise campaign should do it without having to whack your metabolism again.
Is it easy? No. But it might save you having to do this ever again. (Well, that and eating fewer courses in Spain next summer!).
Alternatively, specifically for a guy as geeky and prone to charts as you are...
Maybe you should try the "red pen" method one of those "Live Simply" Books recommended. Chart your weight DAILY (each day the same time and place if possible) with a red pen on a paper next to your scale. When the mark is up one or two pounds, take appropriate action for the next several days until the mark is back down again. Because each correction is small, the actions needed are also small, and theoretically not difficult to do. (This method SUCKS for women, BTW, because of our natural weight fluctuations during the month.) The difficulty for you is to maintain the record when you are on the road. But you're clever; I'm sure you could figure it out.