Boxing Day Weigh In

It’s dec 26th and my official morning weight is 186 lbs. My official weekly weigh in day is thursday and I was 183 lbs last thursday before the two day eat-a-thon started (christmas eve dinner and christmas day dinner). So I’m only up 3 pounds which is pretty good.

Boxing Day

Christmas day dinner (and appetizers and all of the rest of it) included:

cheese and cracker tray (with 5 kinds of cheeses)

mixed nut tray

Chips and dip

home made pasta with tomato sauce and lamb

turkey

stuffing

peas and corn

mashed potatoes

sweet potatoes

beans with cranberries and nuts

Apple pie (I had 2 slices)

Brownies ( I had two of these as well)

caramel apple cake

biscotti

coffee with baileys

And I ate all of it!

Most of the weight I’ve gained in the past two days is the food that is still in my stomach. Today I’m taking it pretty light and I’ll probably only eat 500 calories or so. I don’t really need to eat anything today as I ate enough yesterday to last for at least two days.

So by thursday dec 31st I should be back on track with my weight loss progress and hopefully weighing in below 183 lbs. (which is just in time for the new years eve eat-a-thon!)

It is entirely possible to lose weight over the holidays or any other time of the year when there are big food events.

The key is just eating less food on the days leading up to and just after the big eating event days.

It’s not rocket science, it’s just simple math…calories in vs calories out.

John

Posted by johnbarban in Weight Loss
Tags: boxing day, Weight Loss |12 Comments

12 Responses to “Boxing Day Weigh In”

  1. hulaggrl Says:
    December 26th, 2009 at 3:39 pm

    so your going to eat only 500 calories?what would that be?only eating dinner?

  2. johnbarban Says:
    December 26th, 2009 at 3:52 pm

    Hulaggrl,

    It’s nothing that I plan out per se. I already had a coffee with a milk and a sugar (75 calories)…and I’ll probably have one more coffee with some sort of item to go with it like a tea biscuit or maybe a bowl of soup…that’ll be more than enough for today…I think I might barf if I try to actually eat a full meal today! ha. I’m still full from yesterday.

    It actually doesn’t make much sense for me to eat much of anything today considering I easily ate two days worth of food yesterday. The coffee and biscuit’s that I am eating today are simply for entertainment’s sake and pleasure…I just really like going for a coffee and I usually like to have something small to bite into with it.

    JB

  3. hulaggrl Says:
    December 26th, 2009 at 4:00 pm

    It makes total sense! Right now I feel like im obsessing about whether I should cut out carbs or do other things to lose some weight,but I dont want my husband to eat bland food. I just want to lose a little weight..so really i should just eat less food over all?

  4. Andrew Says:
    December 26th, 2009 at 9:42 pm

    I somehow managed to come out with the same weight that I went in with. No idea why, but perhaps it had something to do with eating 1500 cals per day for 2 months leading up to Christmas.

  5. Shea Says:
    December 27th, 2009 at 12:51 am

    John, the Brads, etc.,
    (This is going to be slightly off-topic, but I couldn’t find a better way to get in contact – for some reason I couldn’t register on the forum, etc.)

    Hey, I just received and worked out in my first Golden Army t-shirt (black dry fit). It looks and feels great – my wife has already mentioned like 3 or 4 times how good the shirt looks and fits, and I also noticed a couple of people checking out the shirt at the gym today, so that’s always nice. I’ll probably be ordering another here in the next little bit. A couple of questions, though:

    1) I don’t know much/anything about mass-producing apparel, but would there be a way to make these a little more form-fitting? Not skin-tight, or anything to that extreme, but maybe just like a slight taper to the waist? That would look pretty good, and really fits in with the whole AI theme.

    2) I imagine you have more styles in the pipeline, but I was thinking that a cool possible slogan for one of these would be something like “My Adonis Index is 1.62…” and then something like “What’s yours?” below the phi symbol or on the back. Could be a good conversation starter…

    3) #2 also got me thinking that it would be kind of cool to set up some kind of a quasi-contest for official 1.62 AI ratio shirts where people would have to send in photographic proof of their measurements (or something relatively unobtrusive like that) to be eligible to order these, then those pics could be posted on some kind of Wall of Fame.

    4) #2 there also got me thinking that it might also be kind of cool to get the whole AI/AE army involved in thinking up cool shirt/gear ideas – like another quasi-contest where people can submit their ideas and if their idea gets selected they get like a free shirt or something. I think people would go mad for that kind of thing, and you guys could tap into the collective intelligence you have created through all your work with AE, ESE and the Adonis Lifestyle.

    Just some fairly random thoughts…

    Shea

  6. johnbarban Says:
    December 27th, 2009 at 12:28 pm

    hulaggrl,

    Yes less food is the only way to lose weight. And I think it’s important that you enjoy the foods you eat while you lose the weight. It’s a miserable existence if you are eating less food AND eating foods you don’t even like…what a nightmare that would be.

    During the past 17-18 weeks I’ve lost about 30 pounds…I have coffee and a donut, or tea biscuit or biscotti every day. I go out with buddies on the weekend and have pizza and chicken wings…and during the week I usually eat various vegetable based dishes, soups, stir fry’s etc…and lots of salads.

    I basically eat everything I used to eat, I just have less of it.

    Instead of crushing 25 chicken wings, I’ll have 10

    Instead of eating a whole pizza I’ll have half.

    Instead of two large coffee’s with two sugars and a donut and a muffin I’ll have two medium coffees with one sugar with one donut and maybe a couple timbits.

    So I really do eat whatever I want and all the stuff I like, I just eat less of it all.

    There is absolutely no trick at all to the foods you eat for weight loss.

    The real trick is psychological. Finding an eating pattern that keeps you sane while eating less. I’ve found my pattern and you’ll have to find yours.

    JB

  7. johnbarban Says:
    December 27th, 2009 at 12:32 pm

    Shea,

    Glad you like the shirt. The gold color really pops.

    We can look into a more form fitting shirt in the future, but we’re really not in the shirt making business just yet!

    I agree that a very well done form fitting shirt fits with the them of the AI concept, and I’ve also posed the question in the forums about
    getting other people to submit design idea’s as well as other slogans.

    So I’m right there with you, it just takes a bit of time for this stuff to come to life.

    And send me a reminder email at john@adoniseffect.com to get you registered on the forum.

    JB

  8. Shea Says:
    December 27th, 2009 at 5:41 pm

    Cool, on all counts. I will be in touch about the forum…

    Shea

  9. hulaggrl Says:
    December 27th, 2009 at 8:28 pm

    Thank you so much John!! I really appreciate your comments and now i feel like I know what I need to do..just eat less, do ese and enjoy my food! thank you so much

  10. Chris Says:
    December 28th, 2009 at 1:09 pm

    Cool that you are doing this John. I was low carbing for a few yrs before coming across ESE and your website/info/products. I am (trying) doing what you are doing, just eating less. Eating what I want pretty much when I want, just eating less.
    It’s been a real eye opener because I am a little below the weight I was when I was low carbing, yet eating what I want and not feeling like I have “special” dietary needs (ie not having chips and dip let’s say at a holiday party).
    There is a TON of misinformation out there and it’s fantastic you and guys like Brad P. are fighting the good (truthful) fight.
    Happy holidays and keep us posted on the weight!

    Chris

  11. Rahim Says:
    December 28th, 2009 at 6:08 pm

    I actually tried something similar to that. My only problem is I continued to eat after the main holiday. I’m still munching on food from last week.

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