3/1/12 247.2
Pounds lost doing SpireSpire: 78.1
Pounds lost in March: .7
Pounds lost in April: 3.5
Pounds lost in May: 7.0
Pounds lost in June: 7.1
Pounds lost in July: +3.8
8/4/13 162.3
8/11/13 163.4
I think I know what may be going on with my scale. As most of you know, I use the Wii balance board, and it's been settled down into the carpet for months. For a long time there were permanent grooves where it rested. But almost two weeks ago, I began the 30-Day Shred- and I started moving the Wii balance board out of the way for the workout, and I guess I was putting it back in a different spot each time, so it's just been moved around a lot. The Wii does best on a hard surface rather than a carpet, but a carpet is what I have to work with. Anyway, now that I'm conscious of it, I'm going to try to keep it in one spot again.
I should probably start using the much more reliable scale at work, but there are a few reasons I don't want to. For one thing, I like to weigh in wearing the exact same clothes every time. Many of our patients come the exact same day every week, and so those people would think I only had one outfit. And yes, I could keep a "weigh in" outfit at work, change into it, weigh in, and then change back into my work clothes- but that's a lot more work than just stripping down to my undies to use the scale at home.
In addition, Eat All the Things Day begins right after my weigh-in, and it's no fun working on an Eat All the Things Day. When I have a bad weigh-in, like the last three have been, I need to go flop on my bed and feel bad about it for a few minutes, and then get dressed and go eat something delicious. I really can't do that if I'm weighing in at work.
Finally (and this is really the main reason I'm resistant to making the change)- it weighs me in far heavier than my scale at home. And if I've been kidding myself by using the Wii scale, I've been kidding myself since November, and it's been working for me up until this month, and I don't want to mess with a good thing.
So last week I wrote that if I had another bad weigh-in, I would make a new plan. Time to try something a little different. I'm ready to make two pretty major and difficult changes this week. 1. I'm switching up my breakfasts, cutting out the Egg White Delights altogether- I'm going to have a sliced apple and a tablespoon of peanut butter in the morning. 2. I'm going to see what happens if I cut out my habitual midday McDonald's ice cream cone. I've considered it pretty harmless, as it's only 170 calories, but it's become something I do every day I'm at work. I still treasure that 20 minute excursion out of the office in the middle of the day, so what I'm going to do instead is go to the Jewel (just as far away from the office as the McDs) and pick out a single piece of fruit- whatever looks good. Might be an orange, might be a slice of watermelon, might be a kiwi or a carton of blueberries. It will fill the same amount of time and satisfy the midday urge for something sweet, and it certainly won't cost anymore than what I've been spending. Chris can check up on me when it comes to this one- he can make sure there are no McDonald's charges on our debit card. A McDonald-less week- can I do it?
I made some really good choices this week, which is why the bad result is kind of a bummer. Here are a few things I'm proud of:
-I kept up with the 30 Day Shred, taking just one day off like I did last week. So I'm on day 12, and I've graduated to level 2, which isn't that much harder.
-We went out to eat at LaFitte's in Schaumburg, and there were some awesome-looking, fatty, comfort-food items on the menu. There were about five different things that I was drooling over. But I was good and got a nice big grilled chicken salad (just like I did on my birthday).
-I was at a cast party with a pretty great spread of food, and I employed my typical buffet dining strategy- take just a bite-sized portion of everything that looks tasty- literally, one single bite- and then double back for anything that was really worth it. Honestly, by the time I had one bite of all the different things I wanted to try, I was satisfied and didn't need to double back for anything. I selected one dessert from the dessert table and didn't feel the need to sample anything else.
I wish I could report that all of those good decisions led to a scale victory, but that's not how my story goes this week. Hopefully I'll have some good news soon.