madaboutmoose's Journal, 16 December 2011

Day 23
Weight 200.6 (up .4 lbs from yesterday)

Oh ... 199 where are you??? Even better ... 198!!! Gotta love the scale, right? Lovely. Still ... at least it is 200 point something.

The losses feel stubborn this time around. Of course I know I am not alone in this experience. I also know I just have to stick with it. I suspect it may have been because I did both Pilates and Elliptical yesterday so it could be the exercise. I also suspect I am not consuming enough calories. I need to get closer to 1400 a day perhaps. Could be my age, my hormones? Whatever it is, it is and of course it doesn't really change anything. My chart is moving in the right direction.

And so being grateful is important. Today I am grateful for ...

... lightly falling snow

... putting up my little Christmas tree yesterday

... a body that works pretty darn well for a 53 year old woman

... feeling a little better (yet still not quite up to snuff)

... a nice chat with my baby boy yesterday ... who was in very good spirits.

Impatient. That's me. LOL. I want to see losses EVERY DAY!!! I want to see "simple math" work for me. Apparently it doesn't. That doesn't mean I can throw the math out the window, the principles still apply. It is just frustrating. However, I have the body of a survivalist!!! I am strong. I could survive longer in a famine.

So, today I will eat well and exercise well and be kind to myself. I will strive to NOT be obsessed with the numbers and remember I am just 3 weeks into this way of eating ... and I have the rest of my life ahead of me. I will reflect on Kingkeld's progress and trust the process. I will focus on getting a few things accomplished here at home today and remember to rest my recuperating body. I will smile. On Thanksgiving morning my weight was 203.6. Today my weight is 200.6. That is a 3 lb loss in just over three weeks. Not the 2 lbs a week I was hoping for but still, 3 lbs is 3 lbs. Do you think I have myself convinced yet?

And ... I MUST remember ... getting through the holiday season without gaining weight is ALWAYS a major accomplishment. I can certainly do that!!! Christmas is just over a week away. I am completely able to follow this way of eating through the holidays and enter the New Year with strength. With this way of eating I can still enjoy a holiday feast on Christmas Day of Prime Rib roast with all the trimmings. I can still enjoy going out on New Year's Eve and having a few cocktails to celebrate. And I can still enter the New Year at 200 or less pounds ... and work towards my goal of being closer to my maintenance range by my birthday on April 15th.

I hope you all are enjoying a lovely Friday and find yourselves in a happy place today. This is not a race (though I seem to think it is!!!) and there is no hurry. No hurry. No hurry. No hurry!!!! Sometimes I wear myself out.

Be good to yourselves ... I'll do the same!! Take care friends.

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1346 kcal

Fat: 65.50g | Prot: 116.94g | Carb: 72.69g.   Breakfast: Sliced Hickory Smoked Boneless Ham, sour cream, eggs, Mexican Shredded Cheese. Lunch: Marketside Pico de Gallo, chicken breast meat, cottage cheese, Hard Boiled Egg. Dinner: Iceberg lettuce, Litehouse Lite Ranch Dressing, Beef Sirloin Pot Roast. Snacks/Other: Skinny Cow Cookies and Cream, Sugar Free French Vanilla Cappuccino, Caffe D'Vita. more...

2949 kcal

Activities & Exercise: Sitting - 7 hours and 14 minutes, Precor Elliptical - 46 minutes, Resting - 8 hours, Sleeping - 8 hours. more...