Cory's Quest for a Healthier Life

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Hey Cory, welcome back! You may not remember me, but I remember you. You were one of the first people to communicate with me when I started my diary last year, and it was appreciated. I remember that you are an engineer and your quote "May your Reynolds number be high", I am also an engineer, so I liked it.

Looking forward to following your progress!
 
Hi Cory! I'm in the same boat. I have had my best success when I am around here. I keep making false starts and not getting back on track. I'm going to give it another shot. I'm glad you're around!
 
Hi, Cory. Welcome back :)
It's nice having you back. I was wondering about you the other day & was going to fish out your diary. I'm curious about the boy stress.
How is work going?
 
Thank you all for the welcome back! It is awesome to see some familiar faces.

Hi Lama! I'm glad to be back.

Rob, I definitely remember you. Glad to see you are still here and kicking ass.

Q, I was thinking about you just the other day and wondering how you were doing.

Cate, work is s mixed bag. I'll probably give more details on that in my update for today. The boy....also a mixed bag. I like him and I'm pretty sure he likes me, but I'm getting mixed signals as to whether he actually wants to do something about it or not.
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Today was long and frustrating. I really like where I'm at in my job right now. I'm learning a lot about doing analytical work and test support. It's definitely more technical and more hands on than what I was doing and it makes me happy. The problem is that we're really understaffed. We won more contracts than we expected and so everyone is stretched thin. They're trying to hire people, but that takes time....and more time after they're hired before they are useful. I work in groups with some hourly guys and they were appalled to learn that salary people don't get overtime pay. That conversation happened today during hour 11 of me being at work. It'll calm down, but the ling days like this are hard.

I did still make myself go to dance. It was fun, especially since I'm only a month into it after basically taking a year off to recover from a nerve injury. It was great to see some old friends.

Did good with food today too.

Lunch: grilled cheese and chicken noodle soup, 639 calories
Dinner: harissa chicken bowl from Cava, 768 calories
Snack: protein shake, 120 calories
Total: 1527 calories
 
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Total: 1527 calories
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That does sound good, do you have any plan or just keep eating like that?

What kind of dancing are you doing?

I understand the hours thing, I worked too many years for employers who did not pay salaried people overtime, even if they were billing the hours to clients. I don't know so much about your field, but I do know not all employers do that, if the contracts are with the US government they can't do it legally.

Good to see you back, I hope you stick around!
 
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The boy....also a mixed bag. I like him and I'm pretty sure he likes me, but I'm getting mixed signals as to whether he actually wants to do something about it or not.
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I'm glad you're back at dance again. I remember you loved it. Do you go horse-riding any more?
Yay to a day eating well :)
 
So...the overtime thing with work is interesting. I CAN get it, but it is dependent on one of the programs we're working being willing to pay it. Generally any US government program is not willing to (for me) because I split my time between a bunch of programs and don't work more than 40 hours just for them. Some of the private industry programs will, depending on how the contract is structured. I had approved overtime last year, but it expired January 1st. Of the programs we're still working, I can't think of one that would approve it, but I should still try. It honestly doesn't bother me that much. It's just kind of an expectation that you eat it occasionally as a salaried worker and they try to do things that make it come out even. I get a higher base pay than the salary guy by a pretty good margin. I also have flex time, which basically means I show up and leave when I want. More PTO. The tradeoff isn't that bad.
 
Hey Cory, your experience sounds a lot like mine, and your attitude is good, so long as the job works for you its good.

So what kind of dancing are you doing?
 
Rob, to answer your 2 previous questions, I generally eat 1500-1700 calories per day when I am trying to lose weight. At the weight I am now and the exercise I do, that can generally have me lose 1.5-2 lbs per week without being starving. The dance I was doing is a cardio hip hop class.
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Yesterday did not go how I planned. Everything at work was going wrong and one of my coworkers turned to me at about 3:30 and said, "we won't fix this today, let's just leave and go get a drink." So, that's what me, him, and a few other people did. I had actually planned it so I could go have a drink and still come out where I wanted to be for the day, but then people started buying rounds and it went downhill from there. It's ok. I wound up about at my TDEE for the day, so I won't gain from it. This will just be my cheat day for this week and I won't have one this weekend.

Lunch: pizza and salad, 714 calories
Dinner: steak, mixed vegetables, salad, fried calamari, 3 beers, 2 shots of Jameson, 1494 calories
Total: 2208 calories
 
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cardio hip hop class
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That sounds cool, have you restarted it?
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3 beers, 2 shots of Jameson
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So long as you take alcohol into account as part of your calories I think its fine. And that is what you did yesterday. However I have found I would rather eat those calories than drink them. Alcohol is kind of wasted calories. So I drink a lot less, but still imbibe a bit from time to time. I like Jameson too.
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can generally have me lose 1.5-2 lbs per week without being starving
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I think you probably can, and am looking forward to seeing you do it!

Keep up the good work!
 
-Cory- said:
I am back. Again. I really need to learn that I should prioritize this place, even when I get busy and things get hard. It helps me.

In the time since I posted, I have regained about 15 lbs. I've been busy at work, was struggling with a moderately serious injury, and actually had boy stress for the first time in a while. These are excuses, but they did contribute to me putting my weight loss on the back burner.

Well, just wanted to say hi and I look forward to catching up with everyone.
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Hey! I'm a newbie here, but slowly trying to meet all of you guys! We are on almost the same place when it comes to weight, but we can do it! It's great you are back! The most important thing is to move on.
 
Sometimes going along with your colleagues is necessary if you want to fit in. Great that you can work it into your week!
 
It's good to be flexible with your plan & be able to fit in those unexpected situations that happen in life.
 
Hi Sylver! It's good to be back.

Rob, I don't generally drink that much. I tend to try and prioritize actual food, but I think we all needed the stress relief. I have been going to a couple of dance classes.

Kitty, welcome to the forum!

Lama, I'm lucky. I genuinely like these people. It's nice to feel like you work with people you enjoy.

Cate, absolutely. Losing weight doesn't have to mean missing fun or social situations.
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Today was not great. Everything that was breaking yesterday continued to break today. We're all so tired and frustrated. We actually wound up at the bar again, but were substantially better behaved today. I was supposed to go to the gym, but I am too tired. I just need to sleep. It's probably a go to bed at 9 pm kind of night. Did ok with food. Should still be at a deficit. I went a little higher than I prefer, but I'm trying to be kind to myself.

Lunch: sandwich and chips, 810 calories
Dinner: buffalo wings, one shot of bourbon, one scoop of ice cream, 962 calories
Total: 1772 calories
 
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I'm trying to be kind to myself.
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For sure! Absolutely good for you! There's no point berating ourselves - the world can be harsh enough without any help on that front from us. Anyway, the whole point of weight loss and working on fitness is in the end for kindness to ourselves - for an immeasurably more enjoyable life - maybe longer, as well, but that's not the main point for me.
As well, there's all the other plusses, as in the thread whose name I've forgotten, but with any luck I'll find it before the fifteen-minute edit window is up.
Here it is: https://weight-loss.fitness.com/threads/our-non-scale-victories.116879/ :seeya:

I'm glad your workmates are good to be with in a difficult work situation, and I hope the PTB manage to ease the situation soon.
 
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Not overeating under highly stressful, frustrating circumstances? You're a hero! Glad you like your colleagues: that's worth a lot.
 
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