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2017 OCT 21 -- Day 63

And today I am even higher than I was yesterday. I'm at 378.8 lbs. This is very sad news, but not completely unexpected. I'm back at work tonight. I'm not eating lunch, and I plan to get myself back on track from that horrendous weekend experience.

We had lunch with a friend on Friday, and it was good. it was barbecue. I love barbecue. And I was good about it, too. I ordered .25 lbs of brisket and ate less than half of it. I got a small side of green beans and ate less than half of those. We ordered a plate of sweet potato fries for the table, and I ate three (they were really long fries). And I didn't have dessert.

Starting weight: 415 lbs
Current weight: 378.8 lbs  
Long-term Goal: 145 lbs
Short-term Goal: 359 lbs

Now, I did have to drink a bunch of coffee with a lot of cream and sugar to get myself out of bed and to stay awake during lunch, and I'm sure that wasn't a good choice. Why is all the coffee so strong these days? I can't drink it black at all.

I have a lot of cream in my coffee. It's usually about 3 to 5 of those little one-serving things (depending on the cup size). And I put in one or two packets of sugar depending on the size of the cup as well. Both of mine were 4-creamer, 2-sugar cups, and I'm sure there were a lot of very nasty ditto-food calories consumed. I don't know how many as I'm not allowed to count (and obsess over) calories anymore. It makes my husband miserable when I do that.

I also made a failure of a Chicken and Chorizo Paella. I'm not going to share the recipe as I failed so miserably to get it right. The problem is that I over-filled the pressure cooker, and it wouldn't pressurize, so I had to complete the cooking in a pan on the stove. The rice was mush, and the chicken ended up being tough. The only saving grace was the chorizo. That was tasty. Next time, I'll make half the recipe, and then do the other half later. If I do it right the next time I make it, I will let you know the recipe.

Failed to make good food graph:


I got what I deserved; didn't I? I failed to make good food, so I'm being punished with weight gain? This is not a good way to look at things, but I can't help it. I just do.

My husband's weight is down today. He's at 233 lbs today. O, to be that thin. For him, though, it's too high. It will be too high for me too, but I have to get there first. I am more than 100 lbs heavier than he is. I would love to weight less than my husband. I'll get there.

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