crabby Kat's Journal, 21 January 2013

Shoot, darn, phooey! I knew I shouldn't have eaten that popcorn last night. I hope this weight gain is from retaining water & increased muscle mass and because I'm working out hard & all that good stuff. I have been eating more than I should, but I was pretty sure I was burning it off.

No worries, I'm still under my goal weight & some or all of the added weight will probably just disappear soon. Especially if I stop eating the extra stuff.

Another beautiful day here; a light coating of frozen fog over the world again this morning, like the finest powder snow you could imagine. It turned the wetlands into and ethereal place where magic seemed possible. The birds were waiting on the deck this morning; must take them extra energy to stay warm during this colder weather. A smaller squirrel showed up & seemed really happy to find sunflower seeds; I could almost swear he was eating them mindfully.

Now the sun is shining brightly & it's a pleasant 39 degrees out.

Did my two Zumba classes this morning; it sure is great having a workout buddy; actually several, but one more-so than others.going to see if I can manage to go to CXWORX before willPower & grace tomorrow 'caus my buddies plan on being there. It feels weird not to go to Silver Sneakers Strength butI really like doing other classes; kind of like graduating. :o)

Drinking an extra cup of coffee today to try to get up the gumption to make those whole wheat oat bran banana muffins before the bananas become trash instead of overripe fruit perfect for making the muffins just sweet enough. It would be nice to have some to take to my sister.

I should also go to the store & buy veggies; didn't feel like going on the way home from the gym - didn't want to shop hungry; can be dangerous! That's probably how I ended up with the regular sized bags of jolly time healthy pop kettle corn instead of the 100 calorie bags. My off switch wouldn't work last night & I ate the whole bigger bag; only 260 calories, but for heavens sake! 100 calories would have been plenty. Then I found those darn 90 calorie fiber one brownies in the pantry & had one; tut tut! No wonder my weight is up.

OOh, just saw a hummingbird out by a cedar tree. I want to get a hummingbird feeder if we can find one that won't drip sugar water & attract ants. They loved my pineapple sage plant when it bloomed gorgeous red blossoms; hovered around the deck & endlessly amused Beau & us.

Enough nattering on; I need to get up & move around. Shakira is playing on the Pop Latino station & I always feel like moving to her music, plus I need to get stuff done.

132.5 lb Lost so far: 69.5 lb.    Still to go: 0 lb.    Diet followed reasonably well.

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1985 kcal

Fat: 52.43g | Prot: 81.15g | Carb: 329.38g.   Breakfast: Lemon Juice, Nonfat Skim Milk, Whole Wheat English Muffins, Fresh ground dry roasted almond butter, MEDAGLIA D'ORO INST COF, Water. Lunch: MEDAGLIA D'ORO INST COF, Organic Almond Milk - Unsweetened, Water, Kind Plus Pomegranate Blueberry Pistachio Bar, Water, North African Chickpeas. Dinner: water, whole wheat banana nut muffins with oat bran, Less Sodium Soy Sauce, Cabbage, fuji apple, Turkey Enchilada Casserole. Snacks/Other: Low Fat Ice Cream Bars - Chocolate Truffle, dried plum, Chewy Bars - Oats & Chocolate. more...

2402 kcal

Activities & Exercise: Shopping - 20 minutes, Housework - 1 hour, Desk Work - 30 minutes, Sitting - 4 hours, Driving - 35 minutes, Sleeping - 8 hours, Resting - 7 hours and 35 minutes, Dance (fast step, aerobic) - 1 hour, Zumba with Lisa - 1 hour. more...