I am a day late on my Saturday weigh in and I am sorry. I was busy most of the day yesterday and when I wasn’t busy I sort of lazed out big time!
At WW meeting I stepped on scale, here is what happened:
WW lady: “2 pounds”
Me: “wow, I lost 2 pounds”
WW lady: “no, up 2 pounds”
Me: “wow, I gained 2 pounds, really?”
I decided to chat it up with my leader before the meeting,
Me: “Stephanie (my leader’s name) should I be concerned with being up 2 pounds? I tracked, stayed within my points and worked out. I even worked out this morning and late last night.”
Stephanie: “you tracked?”
Me: “yes”
Stephanie: “Everything?”
Me: “yes”
Stephanie: “Well that is a success! You worked out…that is a success! You are here…that is a success!!”
I have been thinking about this conversation since then…it is all I could think about!
And damn it, I may have gained this week but it was a great week. Ok, to be fair…it started off slow but ended with a bang. My workouts and weekly goals are recapped here on my Perfect 10, week 2 update. I am so tired of being a slave to the scale. I had a great week and the scale will not dictate whether or not I had a good week. My Perfect 10 update includes my BIG goals but here is where I post my smaller weekly goals:
1. drink 80 oz of water daily I did this 6/7 days
2. take multi vitamin and glucosamine every day I remembered 4/7 days. I MUST get better at taking my vitamins.
3. make time for workouts I totally made time for me and my workouts!! I worked out 5/7 days and on the other 2 I did enough around the house to be “moving”!
On Tuesday I had an absolute meltdown! I can’t even tell you exactly what happened. I said something to Big Man and he gave me some look and I got all snappy. I snapped at him he snapped at me and I burst into tears. I must tell you all that me and the Big Man never fight! NEVER! Our friends think we are weird because as crazy as it sounds we actually like each other…and we don’t believe that fighting is productive ~ definitely stems from how we both grew up and the last relationship we were prior to meeting each other! Sorry for the ramble here – but I really love the big dummy! Anyway, I cried and cried and it took a little bit to stop. I can’t exactly explain what started it or what “it” was even really about. I was left feeling very tired after the tears ended.
Later that night, I tweeted about my meltdown and I was hit back with many similar stories from my friends. When I talked with my WW girls, I again heard similar stories from this week. Something must be in the air. I was also tweeted back by @debroby and she told me that at the start of a new fitness regime it was normal to have freakouts!! REALLY?!!? This is normal. huh?!?! @mizfitonline has said this very thing before.
What does this freakout mean? Well, later that night I saw my girls at @shrinkingjeans tweeting Last Chance workouts during Biggest Loser commercials. I do not watch Biggest Loser but I needed to jump into the action. I did a few exercises and lots of tweeting with my friends @shrinkingjeans, @lissjoy, @girlsworld, @fabfattieShan, and @footdr69 !! I needed that time and I did indeed begin to feel better. Wednesday came around and I worked out and felt awesome. I even bumped it up a bit ~ while doing my walking workout I did the middle mile twice!!
I also walked on Thursday.
Friday we ordered Chinese for dinner. I ordered chicken & shrimp with veggies (steamed with sauce on side). I didn’t eat any rice but I did eat a few steamed dumplings. I drank a ton of water after dinner to try and combat the sodium. I walked on the treadmill for an hour (at 3.0 mph) and worked up quite a sweat.
I woke up at 7:30 (ridiculously early for a Saturday) to get ready for a walk with my girlfriend, Tammey. She was at my house by 8 and we walked for an hour and almost 3 miles. It was cold but we were moving and talking and the time went by quickly. We haven’t walked together in forever and it was nice…even though it was cold. Ya’ll know how much I hate being cold!! After our walk I had a banana and some water and headed to my WW meeting. I stepped on that scale and gained 2 pounds. ugh! Not what I was hoping to see but a good learning experience. This weigh-in really taught me to not rely on the scale.
After WW meeting, I went home to eat something more substantial than a banana. Then it was off to the Red Cross to give blood. I have not donated since I was in high school…in 1996!! My daughter went with me and snapped some pictures!
**I chose to give blood because it is what I have to give! I am not a rich woman but I have plenty of blood and I am healthy!! If you are healthy, please consider going to the Red Cross to give blood!
**I am going to go back again March 13, 2010! That is the next time I am allowed to go back and I will give blood every 6-8 weeks, it is the least I can do! Who is with me??
One final note: I will not be using my previous Saturday Scale Time anymore. I will instead give a week in review every week after I attend my WW meeting. I do not want to focus on the scale as the most important tool!! My success will not be determined to a number on a scale!! I will continue to weigh in at my WW meetings because I think I should….what are your thoughts about the scale?
much love!!
Jen
I would like to thank all of my fellow weight watchers (no matter where you are in the journey or what program you work)! I also want to thank two friends, who also blog about weight loss!! Your words helped me this morning! I could have very easily wallowed in self pity and self loathing but your posts made me really think!
I learned a lot in 2009! I learned about healthy living and I learned about living! I still have much to learn but I am so ready for the ride!!
and my body felt it when I got back on the horse (or treadmill as it is). When I finally had it in me to get on the treadmill I decided to sweat out all the evils from my body. I can’t raise the speed much faster than 3 mph – I am not a runner and I am not a speed walker and I am ok with that! This week I learned that I absolutely LOVE inclines! I think it was boredom that had me hitting the incline. Boredom and a side of grumpiness topped with annoyance at everything! It was a very hard, in a I-hate-being-a-girl kind of way, week!! I am so glad it is over and even happier that I only deal with really bad TOM weeks once in a blue moon! Let a new week begin!!