2024 Resolution — How Things Are Going (Month Six!)(Plus, Did I Eat Cake For My Birthday?)

One other month has come and gone, and the month of June occurred to be my birthday month. After I got here up with my one and solely decision for this 12 months (to go a 12 months with out sugar), I initially needed to provide myself 12 cheat days for the 12 months — one per thirty days. However Matt thought that was too many, so then I diminished it to 6 cheat days for the 12 months.

From January by means of the tip of Might, I nonetheless hadn’t used a cheat day. So I wasn’t fairly positive what I needed to do for my birthday. Did I need to keep the course and see if I may go the entire 12 months with out utilizing any of my allowed cheat days? Or did I need to give myself some liberty (and maybe a reward for having misplaced nearly 30 kilos to date this 12 months)? I actually did need cake. White sheet cake with buttercream icing from HEB is my absolute favourite dessert. However the considered consuming sugar really scared me. Would I be like an addict returning to an previous vice, considering I may do it simply as soon as after which cease, however reawakening that factor inside me that then needed increasingly more and extra over the next days?

Truthfully, I didn’t make my closing determination till the evening earlier than. Should you needed to place a wager, what do you assume I did?

I ATE THE CAKE.

Effectively, would you’ve got received or misplaced that wager? 😀 I made a decision to eat the cake. We’re midway by means of the 12 months, and I made a decision that this was time to provide myself a free day earlier than buckling down, getting again right into a exercise routine, and getting severe about ending robust on this well being journey for the 12 months.

So on my birthday, I went all out. I had my favourite meal — beef fajitas from Rosa’s Cafe. Then I purchased 1/8 sheet cake, a bag of cheese puffs, and a big container of pre-cut blended fruit. I ate all three fajitas for lunch, adopted by a chunk of cake. Then I snacked on every part else the remainder of the day. What actually shocked me was that by bedtime that evening, the entire fruit was gone, and a lot of the cheese puffs have been gone, however I nonetheless had a complete lot of cake. To be trustworthy, I loved the fruit each bit as a lot as I loved the cake. That actually shocked me.

However on the finish of the day, I threw out the remainder of the cake. And I didn’t put the plastic shell high again on and throw it away within the kitchen trash can. I do know myself sufficient to know that if I had gotten up the following morning craving sugar, I’d have dug that out of the trash can. I’d have informed myself, “But it surely’s in a plastic container! And I put a brand new bag in it usually! It’s secure! Nothing may have gotten on it!” And I’d have dug it out of the trash, opened up that plastic shell container, and dug in. Should you’ve ever been hooked on sugar or anything, I do know you most likely know precisely what I imply. It’s actually embarrassing and shameful the lengths a few of us will go to to get that “repair”.

So I wasn’t going to take that probability. As an alternative, I took it exterior and threw it into the large trash can. Regardless of how determined I’m, I’d by no means dig one thing out of that may. 😀 However I used to be so happy to get up the following morning and never have any cravings in any respect. In reality, I haven’t even given sugar a thought since my birthday. I haven’t craved any sweets in any respect. The subsequent day, I simply obtained proper again to my regular low-ish carb consuming, and went about my regular life.

The bummer is that I gained 4 kilos. I imply, if I’m going to have a cheat day, I’m gonna do it proper! 😀 I’ve since misplaced these 4 kilos, however I’m again to the place I used to be on the finish of Might. In different phrases, I didn’t lose a single extra pound through the month of June. I actually had an general undisciplined month, and I’m fairly disillusioned in myself for losing that point. Not solely was I not disciplined in my consuming (regardless that I solely ate sugar on my birthday), however I additionally obtained off of my exercise schedule. So regardless that I weigh the identical now as I did on the finish of Might/starting of June, I really feel “fluffier” now, and I really feel like my denims match me just a bit tighter. That’s an actual bummer.

I’m actually having a tough time determining methods to match every part that I must do right into a day. Matt appears to want extra care and a focus as of late, in order that’s taking over extra of my time. We’re each getting up earlier and going exterior within the morning in order that we are able to begin our day within the morning solar and with our naked ft on the grass. So getting up that early requires us to go to mattress a lot sooner than we used to. So discovering time to slot in a exercise has been difficult this final month. However certainly one of my major objectives for this subsequent month is to make {that a} precedence. I do know that if I don’t deal with myself, that truly places Matt at higher threat. So making myself and my well being a precedence is, in flip, the most effective factor to maintain him secure and wholesome. So I’m going to make it a precedence to get again to a exercise schedule this month.

So, as at all times, I’ll finish my June well being journey replace with some comparability footage. I at all times return to this image initially of the 12 months…

After which listed below are two footage that I took yesterday…

So right here is me in January in comparison with me yesterday…

And test this out. I used to be wanting by means of older footage final evening, and I got here throughout this image of me from July 2022. I used to be about ten kilos heavier then than I used to be initially of this 12 months. So that is nearly a 40-pound distinction. See how I used to be holding the cellphone greater to take the image? That was an try to cover my double chin, however I used to be unsuccessful. Additionally, my hair was a large number. Clearly, I by no means meant for that image to be printed on-line. 😀 However I’m swallowing my pleasure and exhibiting you as a result of I believe the distinction could be very noticeable.

So we’re midway by means of this 12 months. We’ve got six months left to go, and I nonetheless need to lose about 75 kilos. It’s time to buckle down once more and get severe about my objective.

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