February 12, 2006 9:22 am
Gonna Shoot The Whole Day Down
Posted by Will under health
Sunday again. Weigh-in day again. I had a goal to lose three pounds given that I gained one last week.
Perhaps it didn’t help that Susan and I went to the Spanish Kitchen on La Cienega for dinner last night and I had not one, not two but three mojitos and for dinner their carne asada.
Agh, let’s cut to the chase. I stepped in the scale and it gave me 252. Same as last week. Despite sub-2,000 calorie days on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. Despite a 26-mile solo bike ride to the beach Monday and the 20-mile Midnight Ridazz on Friday. Despite three two-mile walks with Shadow Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, and an hour combined spent on the new exercise apparatus Susan got from Sharper Image.
Understatement: I’M FUCKING PISSED.
I suppose I should look at the positive and say to myself “Well, at least I didn’t gain another pound and have it show 253! If nothing fucking else, at least I’m holding steady!”
Yeah, that helps.
But then here’s where it gets good. I make the decision to step on Susan’s scale. Biiiiiiiiiiiiiiig mistake. Gross error. First it shows me 255. Then I move it to another piece of the hardwood and it hits me with 257.5. I move the piece of shit into another room entirely (the same place I weightd myself with the first scale) and again: 257.5! I can almost here it laughing in this dry electronic tone and inquirying if I’d like to move it outside and try for 258?
Can I get a hell to the no!?
So here’s the plan. First, I’m not giving up. Despite the disappointment of these past two weighings, the fact remains I’ve lost eight pounds in five weeks, which keeps me on track to lose the 30 pounds by July 1. I’m still gonna stick with the healthy eating and the increased exercise as my primary tactics. But I’m going to skip weighing myself next week, and maybe even the week after that. I just don’t need the aggravation of all my good work and good feelings being negated by equipment that is proving unreliable. And when I do recommence the weigh-ins it’s going to be with the researched purchase of a non-electric “medical grade” floor scale.
Onward and downward.
February 12th, 2006 at 2:25 pm
will, not for nuthin’ as we new yawkas say, but have you ever tried the no-eating-after 7 p.m. trick? its a real pain to get the body and mind trained to do it but it has its merits. On the other hand, based on your description, I went out and purchased a bag of those peanut butter hershey kisses just as the storm started yesterday. Promptly consumed a half a bag as I stared in fear at the snow out the window. I blame you. Oh, and some cookies and cream ice cream. Had to hunker down. Two feet of snow and counting by the way and I almost got run over by some ass clown in an Escalade on the way to work tonight. Good times. My mom says its 84 and sunny in LA.
February 12th, 2006 at 3:39 pm
Will, I’m laughing at your activity with Susan’s scales, because I play those games too. I do “feel your pain” and I know the sinking feeling when the bad news gets delivered. Do you think the decision to diet just puts our focus on food? My downfall last year was falling into “hibernation mode” when winter came along and not keeping up with the walks. I think I would have continued losing weight if I had just kept exercising. You are keeping your body in motion, that’s a good thing.
February 12th, 2006 at 8:48 pm
Timothy: I’m sorry both about your snow troubles and that I primed you to get some of those Hershey’s kisses. They are evilgood. As to dinner, we pretty much eat around 6:30, but usually no later than 7:30 (it usually hinges on when Susan gets home from work). And our dinners are relatively pretty light, like tonight we had this barley, mushroom and Swiss chard soup that Susan made. Yummy and only 139 calories a serving (so I had two!).
Jo: I acutally dig the focus on food that comes with the commitment to lose weight. Even though the results aren’t showing up on the scale, I do feel healthier and I’m very pleased to have become such a nutrition facts whore and calorie cop. The real trick is to dedicate myself to consistent increased exercise, i.e. going to the gym. The walking and biking are good, but they need to be augmented with some steady treadmill and spinning classes.
February 13th, 2006 at 6:24 am
Will,
With all of the exercise you are getting I bet some of the weight gain could be fat turning to muscle. Watch how your clothes are fitting-I bet they are actually fitting a little more loosly!
BTW, speaking of being healthy…Ben just got 2nd squad leader in Marine Boot Camp and “won” a 6 minute call home on Sat. He has just started week 6 of 13 at Parris Island…hated “the academy” and enlisted in the Marines to eventually be a M something something driver-basically takes troops from ships to shore and back.
Take care,
Kat