Tipping the Scale

Another four weeks in the bag. I’m gonna get the bad news out of the way and then dive into the good stuff. I definitely didn’t take this last week seriously in terms of my diet, and in doing so it’s making this final post on the matter a bit disappointing. This coming weekend I’m moving across the country back to Dubuque, IA which has halted my motivation to do much of anything. As I type this, I’m looking around at a room packed and nearly ready to go, save some clothes, my bed and of course the computer I’m typing this on.

Eating a vegetarian diet was definitely a mixed bag experience. I enjoyed it some days and not so much on others. It did force me to try my hand at both cooking and eating a number of different foods. Like I finally tried tofu, something I’ve often debated trying but just resorted to usual meat dishes. The past few days especially have tipped the scale toward woe. With the move, I was hesitant to make a trip to the grocery store, though looking back it was definitely a dumb move. I’ve scraped the bottom of the barrel for what food I have left this week. My lunch today, for example, was just some leftover black and pinto beans from last night, just straight up beans.

Fear not, not all is stomaching spoonfuls of beans for a whole meal. Last week I mentioned trying to get some qualitative data to use as a concrete measure of success or failure in some categories. I ended up getting the scale to work, but with just a single week worth of data, it’s not exactly conclusive material. This past weekend definitely threw a wrench in any sort of trend. I ate a bunch of junk food that “fit the diet.” My weight had jumped up a few pounds by Saturday. Luckily, by Tuesday my weight was back down where it was Friday night and it’s continuing to move downward.

All in all, I’m not sure if trying this diet out was just poorly timed or if it’s just not something I’m cut out for. Maybe I’ll give it another go in the future, maybe not.

I want to get away from the diet aspect, though I’ve been reading a ton of Tim Ferriss’s 4 Hour Body, and I’m really itching to try the slow carb diet. In order to not bore you with another four weeks of me moaning about my diet, I’ll switch it up. I’ve gotten a number of suggestions, so please don’t think I’m ignoring yours, there’s just a lot to choose from and it’s a slow turnover from one to another. For my next trial, I’ll be taking only cold showers. No hot water for showering. To up the ante this time, if I use hot water in a shower, it’s going to cost me five dollars, increasing with each failure to comply (5 to 10 to 15…). Where that money will go, I’m not really sure yet, though hopefully there won’t be any to go wherever that may be. For now, I’m signing off. Leave a comment below on what you think of the blog so far and don’t forget to sign up for my email list, I’m actually sending stuff out now!