Sandy701's Journal, 18 July 2011

It's not raining anymore so it's back to walking...3.4 miles this morning. Lots of spring in my step after 3 entire days off (what a slug!).

Yesterday, I ran across a hilarious column in the newspaper (Northwest Florida Daily News) by Celia Rivenbark. I'll just give you the first paragraph but you might find the rest online, not sure.

"Duh Hubby and I recently decided to go on a diet together. I realize that because men have the ability to lose 10 pounds in the exact same amount of time it takes for a woman to lose 1 pound, this formula could lead to bitterness or, say, homicide in the next few weeks, but we believe it's worth it."

And, it goes on from there - just so very funny - and appropriate for my current status!

Last night, I was looking for something in my previous journal entries and came across some interesting thoughts. I've been looking for "keys" (other than giving up my current eating patterns or adding exercise) to getting my weight loss moving at something faster than a snail's pace. Yes, I know....VERY wishful thinking. But bear with me here. My loss has been 2 pounds in April, 2 pounds in May, 3 pounds in June and still working on 1 or 2 this month (don't remember exactly, would have to check).

Interestingly, I saw my weight loss pattern getting smaller and smaller, in step-wise fashion, as the months went on last fall, even though my exercise amounts were increasing (as best I could). In early December, I wrote that if the pattern continued, I'd be "stuck" in June at about 167 pounds. Well....it's July and I'm 163, which is all pretty darn close. Can my body go lower? I've been reading the Drs. Eades' information (a la Protein Power) on how to get back into that dynamic weight loss, as they call it. Not sure about anything right now, just reading and assessing.

And....what about this excess skin? Those with smaller amounts to lose don't have this issue and/or if they're younger. Those with maybe 100+ pounds lost (I'm guessing here) probably have this issue to a greater extent. If I have excess skin that hasn't (yet?) shrunk to accommodate a smaller body, it must weigh something. Is it possible I have a smaller, leaner weight/body mass, excluding the excess skin, than I would have had at 163 "on the way up?" If the excess skin were gone, would I be at 150-something? Lower? I have no idea how much skin weighs.

All this said, yes, I know I'd be better off just doing Atkins BY THE BOOK and seeing what results would come of that. And I suppose that's what I'll need to do. I just thought I was past that and could take some liberties (still within the program) and get away with it. I so-o-o-o much just want to be done with the weight loss part of this program and get on into Maintenance (throwing a bit of a hissy fit, here). This fretting about each and every pound that's coming off even more slowly than slow, is makin' me mad!

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1813 kcal

Fat: 126.80g | Prot: 100.04g | Carb: 73.12g.   Breakfast: sunbutter. Lunch: Mrs. Butterworth's Sugar Free Syrup, Johnsonville Maple & Brown Sugar sausages, Maple Grove Farms Sugar Free Pancake & Waffle Mix, egg. Dinner: beef, cut like stir fry, Armenian cucumber, wishbone ranch dressing, romaine, salad toppins. Snacks/Other: sunbutter, Atkins Advantage Dark Chocolate Royale Shake. more...

2706 kcal

Activities & Exercise: Yard Work (gardening) - 3 hours, Sleeping - 8 hours, Walking (exercise) - 3.5/mph - 36 minutes, Walking (moderate) - 3/mph - 25 minutes, Resting - 11 hours and 59 minutes. more...