April 17, 2008 8:55 A.M. Weight: 156.0 lbs.
Over the last week or so, my weight seems to have been going down better and I can't really account for it all. I can't think of anything I've been doing differently from the previous 2 months when I haven't gone down at all. The only things I can figure are:
1) Maybe the holidays? Maybe, (chocolate) for whatever reason (chocolate) totally unknown (chocolate) to me, (chocolate) Valentines Day (lots of chocolate) and Ostara (more chocolate) teamed up to keep me from (chocolate) losing any weight even with all my working out.
2) Honey. I know this sounds weird, but I stopped putting honey in my tea during that time to try and cut back on the calories so I just drank unsweetened tea. As soon as I started putting the honey back in, the weight started changing again. Maybe there's some secret 'bee-like' magic to it. Regardless, if my butt turns yellow and sprouts a stinger it will ALL be worth it.
3) More calories. I have often heard that if you don't eat enough calories, your body won't have the strength to keep your metabolism up and lose weight. Now, it is hard for me to imagine that I've been slacking on the 'eating crap' category but I know that the day before I had that big loss to 157 I had stopped at a coffee shop and gotten my beloved Camp Fire Mocha. Yesterday, the day before my jump to 156, I had gotten a BK (I know! What the heck is wrong with me?) egg and cheese breakfast sandwich. Now - those are both things that I adore and I do not have very often at all. The last time I had a fast food breakfast sandwich was, um, last fall sometime. The last time I got a mocha was, um, also last fall I think? Maybe more recent. Also, for the mocha I made them only fill a small cup (only came in med or large so I had to pay for the medium), use skim milk, no whipped cream, and decaf coffee. I'm assuming the people in the coffee shop thought I was a nut case because I DID get the mini marshmallows (hello heaven) and the chocolate (chocolate) shavings. I wish there was a way to put chocolate on a fast food breakfast sandwich.
4) Last but not least, just 'cause. No reason at all. Same reason sometimes the weight doesn't want to go, sometimes it does. I haven't REALLY been doing much different and I've seen a pattern before with holding steady and then a nice drop. It seems that the holding steady parts are more often and staying longer and the drops are not as big these days but you do have to expect that.
Now at 156, I FINALLY get to get out of the corner of lockers. 157, 158, 159, and 160 are all nestled into the corner of the walls and rather difficult to get at. On the bright side, no one was using them so it eliminated the embarrassing requirement of me taking people's stuff and moving it to a different locker if they dared to use mine before I got there.* On the down side, ya, stuck in the corner. But now I'm OUT! YAY!
I did running today. I got in 3.5 miles at 6.2 MPH. For those of you keeping track, that is .25 of a mile more than the last run. I also felt a lot stronger with this run so I maybe could've gone longer but I sometimes do acknowledge that I'm not a deity (sometimes, not very often) and have to train reasonably so that I don't injure myself. In the lines of non-mortal thinking, however, I have completely stopped doing my knee exercises in exchange for the stretching that seems to really help. Also, stretching is EASIER than the exercises. That is really the main reason I'm doing that instead. I did stretch out before and after the run today and I noticed that after the run I was much more limber (note, not lumber, like normal.) I was not only able to grab my foot solidly with my same-side hand, but I could reach over from the other side and touch the tips of my fingers to my toes. Not bad for a 2 by 4.
* No, for crying out loud, I never actually MOVED people's stuff. Cripes. I just spit on them so they'd NEVER DO THAT AGAIN.
