What does a scale tell us?

I am down to 155 lbs today. (Random thoughts-I am all over the place, I NEED breakfast, but will write this first.)

I am sure it is a loss of muscle. It was not a good week! LOL I love my toned muscles so I want to find them again. I did see them a couple times….hehe. I look amazing and I can see this. People do not get this, BUT I HAVE NEVER SEEN MY MUSCLES BEFORE Buddyslim. How exciting!

I woke up, weighed myself and went for the best jog ever. It was just 25 minutes, but I was amazing. It was good to switch things up. Pilates is next when I get off this computer, after breakfast. I need to stretch or I will be a cripple!

And I am looking forward to my neighbor’s house warming party on Saturday night. I will miss them even if they say stupid things sometimes. Who doesn’t? (as I said awhile back, they were renting and the owner sold the condo for a sheepload of money.) I adore them and will miss them. Anyways, one wine, maybe two, we will see how it goes. That is the only night I am indulging after 6:00PM. That is right, I am going Nazi on this fine ass!!!

“My plan” Checklist

No eating after 6:00PM. - Teeth are brushed and I am done for the night :) If aliens force food down my throat, which they will not, I will be honest *sigh*

Replacing EE with writing. n/a

Working on organization. -

3 Meals & 2 snacks, water - ✓

Fruits and veggies (of course!) - 6 servings (lemon juice, cranberries, pineapple, spinach, broccoli, tomato, tomato sauce with extra mushrooms and veggies)

Protein (legumes/beans/grains/fish/yogurt/powders-Vega) - I got enough, but not from ideal sources, but it is all good :) I had some cottage cheese for breakfast. I also made homemade veg. lasagna for lunch, so more cheese. I highly recommend the Thai chicken and Tandoori chicken pizza at Boston Pizza. The chicken was fine, but I had so much cheese today…lol We got a medium half and half pizza and brought home leftovers. It was one of those days where you do not think about planning or good choices, but it was a good treat day. It was so yummy and really everything was in portions, so all good.

Good fat (nuts/seeds/almond butter/olive oil/avocado/salmon) - I had flax seed this AM, but it was a day for cheese and I enjoyed every bit of it!!!

Better workouts - 25 minute jog around the park/ball diamonds, 50 minutes of pilates (pilates is best in the AM for me as I am just more coordinated…lol, but still a good workout.)

Calcium (3) - like 4 servings (cheese, soymilk, and my multivitamin)

No treats in the house! We ate them all this past week! Bloody hell….lol We enjoyed and shared a bite size version of Boston Pizza’s Chocolate Brownie Addiction with a couple tablespoons each of real vanilla ice cream. They served the brownie warm and it was to die for, really. Sorry if anyone reads this. My bad! Treats actually taste better out-and-about anyways.

MY best guess for this days points is 31, which is not bad. Around 1500 calories I think.

SUNDAY I will report my Sat./Sun. checklist. I will be a good little weekend dieter for the first time since well…. a long time. This is cool. Now off to play a game and watch some TV. I know, seems boring, BUT I now love games!

So what does the scale tell us? It tells us we are down or up, but there is no explanation. So whether it is good or bad news, we have to keep everything in perspective. I know it is the many weeks that matter and never just one week. Because really it could have gone the other way too.

5 Comments so far

  1. ash @ August 31st, 2007

    Yeah, I guess that’s the problem with scales. I get so tempted to skip lunch on weight-day (today!) just so I can get that extra half pound loss.

    But I know long-term I’m not doing myself any favours. I want to see my muscles too, but that’s a looooong way off :)

    Hope the plan works out!

  2. buttercup @ August 31st, 2007

    Lord girl, you DO make me laugh. I love your sense of humor and how you never take this whole journey so seriously that it ends up harming your overall emotional state. You are truly a good role model for me.

    I love your eating plan. Sending you through cyberspace one of my awesome avacados that I found at the market… I shall endeavor along with you on your protein plan… I really do need to up mine a bit… incorporate more fish. I just can’t bring myself to do the powders though.

    Have a wonderful weekend my friend. Enjoy your Saturday evening… take lots of pictures… make memories… :)

    Hugggggggggggs,
    Shan

  3. tambo @ August 31st, 2007

    Great job on the 50 minutes of pilates!!! WOW!! You must be buff!! Now you’ve inspired me to do my beginners tapes today. I’m just now enjoying my muscles too!! I better use them though or I”ll lose um!!

  4. marathongirl @ August 31st, 2007

    Sounds like a great plan, now go and stick to it kiddo!

  5. nikki @ August 31st, 2007

    I’m all about muscles!! Especially the glutts and abs. Once you got those tones, it’s all good right??? You go girl!!!

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