A Little Summary- Weigh Day!

So in  7 weeks 13 pounds gone! After carefully calculated weekends that allow partying , a gradual increase in exercising and  not giving up 1/2 and 1/2 in my coffee I am still losing! Debt reduction is slow and steady too. No charge cards used for anything in 7 weeks. This part is a little less exciting to talk about.

The increase in activity- biking to work more religiously and Yoga 3-4 times , Jenny Craig food for 7 breakfasts , 7 lunches, 5-6 dinners with 1-2 nights of "cheating" and all is well. The Yoga is making me hungry though so today we took a look at my activity and the weight loss counselor said " you should probably be at 1700 cal/day you should  be eating like a man."  This little piece of advise both cracks me up and scares me at the same time. First, the only difference between 1500 and 1700 is 1/2 a sandwich to be eaten between lunch and dinner.I can not translate this to - EAT MORE.  It is 1 fat 2 proteins and a carb. Not that much but if done on days I am not working out she warned I may gain weight. This brings me to the things I do not tell her like the 1/2 and 1/2 in my coffee, the fat free tapioca instead of milk the extra light whipping cream ( a limited free item)  I put on everything.  I also use more olive oil on my dinner time veggies than I am suppose to . I will eat something  if I am starving,  not part of the routine and not on days that are not active. I will concentrate on the little things  too this week from taking the stairs to changing to  low fat milk in my coffee. I guess I am fine tuning. Things I was unwilling to do I will try.

I have a plan for increasing the stairs. Just changing my morning  routine gives me 20 extra flights of stairs /week. Here is how it will work. I will go up one flight to the Pete's Coffee in the hospital, get my coffee and then walk up to the 5th floor to my locker room and then walk back down 1 flight of stairs to the OR.  It breaks up the 5 flight hike and makes it seem easier. I also get a little reward- my coffee which will now have low fat milk instead of cream. I just need my knees to cooperate. They should be warmed up as I will have just done a 20 bike ride.  Note to self bring deodorant to work.

This may sound gross but it is hard to talk about weight loss without addressing the effects of constipation. It can be a factor that makes the entire process absolutely frustrating. Today after I weighed I came home and nature called - I almost went back for a "do over!" weigh in.!! This is part of the "kookiness"  of living on a program where you really are results driven. I witnessed a fellow kook today at JC., actually 2. One was a weight loss counselor that I really do not know who confessed to me that she ate out every night this week, refuses to weigh in this week  but gained 3 pounds. Well if she refuses to weigh how does she know she gained exactly 3 pounds? See this will make you a bit crazy.  It is the official weigh in that we hold so important. You could go home and poop and weigh in less  and somehow it does not count. The other fellow kooky  lady was older and at goal weight. I will admit I search for the lightest clothes I own to wear on  "weigh in" day.  Today I froze my tush off in the parking lot! This lady  brought it to a new level, she did a strip tease in the waiting room until she was basically in a bathing suit. She than was asking about one of the scales they sell that can give a body fat percentage as well as water weight analysis.  It also gives you your weight and horoscope (not really but it should) . Seems cool but all these extra tid bits of information,  this micromanaging can make you a bit nuts. I know I used to have one of these scales. . After they went through all the healthy  ranges of fat and water. The lady seemed confused. She said I think my body fat is 48%. I did pop in and object, after all she was standing there in a bathing suit and there was no way she was over 30%  She then was asking about the all important water component and the counselor told her to just make sure her urine was clear. It should actually be more like lemonade, I almost interrupted again  but decided the lady was not all there and decided to let it go. She asked all kinds of questions it was obviously her first diet.

So all the factors that go into simply losing 1 pound can make one nuts. I know I am! but 13  (probably more) pounds less nuts. Now I want nuts! TTFN  The plan for today and Friday Yoga , bike Jenny Craig. Saturday Yoga before the House of Prime Rib. J