Dan Nied's Fortress of Weight Loss: Day 64
Published February 29, 2008
Saturday
Everything started out great. I went to work, I covered a game, I had a pretty decent day. But then as work dragged on until midnight, I made an odd decision that I wanted Taco Bell. So, well, I got Taco Bell. I can’t remember the order in full, but it wasn’t what a normal person would order at Taco Bell. In fact, it was exactly what Fat Dan would order at Taco Bell. And if you’ve ever been to Taco Bell with me, you know the gory details I luckily can’t remember, though there was a steak quesadilla and a nachos bel grande involved.
So yeah, that was pretty much no good.
Sunday
The killer day. The planned off-day in which I headed down to San Francisco and had a fantastic time. We started off with two slices of New York style pizza. That was nice. Then we were going to see Dave Attell, comedian extraordinaire, that night. So of course we stopped for dinner at a place called Burgermeister which, on name alone, is a must visit. Oddly, I didn’t have a burger at Burgermeister, opting instead for a Philly cheese steak, garlic fries, two Anchor Steams and a Bud Light. Then at the show, I had about six more bud lights, and laughed and laughed and laughed.
Well, afterwards, my companion decided she wanted pizza. So we found a pizza place that was still open (though the lights were off and the doors were nearly shut), and we forked over $16 for a pie that was half cheese, half black olives (don’t make me defend that. We were drunk). We brought it back to her apartment, and I polished off about five slices. Easily the best pizza I’ve had since I moved to California.
At the end, we passed out from our big day. A good time, for sure, but I have to admit I was farting up a storm throughout the night.
After waking up at 7 a.m. and catching the train back to my car in Berkeley, I realized the little three-day bender I was finishing up and I wondered if I would ever see the under side of 275 again. For the rest of the week, I managed to get back on track with my eating, using the groceries I had left over and going to Subway once. But I understood the damage had been done in the previous two days.
- Dan Nied's Fortress of Weight Loss: Day 64
- Published: February 29, 2008
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Dan,
It was no real surprise to me that you saw a fantastic number on the scale and took a little vacation to celebrate. The subconscious is a marvelous and devious little bugger. I do the same thing when I hit a milestone. If nothing else, it serves to show you that your old way of eating will have to be a thing of the past if you want to keep losing. For me it was alcohol. Although never a big drinker (hahahaha), if I want to lose weight I have to stay away from it. Not because I'm a drunk but because I have great willpower UNLESS I have a buzz, then I just don't care what I eat. Frustrating but a good learning experience. Anyway, good luck getting back on track!
~Selma
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Dan,
I've been reading for a while now and I am wondering if you are not eating enough calories on your diet days and that lets you go back for more soon. Seriously, I am way smaller than you, but I eat much more than you on your diet days. Why don't you try to find exactly the amount of calories you can eat without gaining weight and then working your way down from that slowly.
I'll keep reading.
Alexa