Consistency

After a week of upping and downing in the weight department, I landed back on last week's weigh-in result: 279.1. Not too bad considering a ate a LOT of ice cream these past two nights.

This week, I also started wearing a pedometer again. There were some give-aways from Sam's Club, so I thought, "Hey, why not?" Since then I've found out when I go to class and sit forever, I only take about 5,000 steps in a day, as opposed to when I coach Ally's soccer games, I pace the sidelines for about 13,000. And playing softball for an hour and a half gives me 11,500. Not too bad, but I've got to keep moving more. Granted, I don't wear the blue plastic thingy as a I exercise in the morning. Maybe I just need to be more consistent in my efforts. (Duh.)

I did notice one other thing this morning--although I may not be consistent in which days I exercise or what I do, there are two constants in my routines. First, my oatmeal. Gloppy and paste-like, it's there every morning Monday through Friday. It even makes an occasional appearance on weekends. And second, I get up and exercise every Monday morning. It might have something to do with actually going to bed on time Sunday nights. Go figure.

And the Answer Was...

279.1 lbs! My little binge over the weekend didn't do much damage. Go me. Woo hoo! It almost makes me want to do it again. Don't worry. I won;t do any cartwheels or cheerleader flip-spin-twirl-clap crap. I might pull something.

Now, some people might say, "So what? You're still fat."

And to that I say, "Shut up or I'll sit on you." I'm making progress. A few of my co-workers have noticed that I've dropped a few...not just by cutting my hair or leaving my gradebook on my desk. I'm even cinching down a notch on my belt most days now. Pretty soon I might have to buy a new one.

Now, for a few random items:

Today, I feel the need for a Coke, but it's a good thing I don't have any change.

Yesterday I brought a salad for my dinner during my class. Not as tasty as a spicy chicken sandwich or a breakfast burrito, but it was better for me. Blah. Blah. Blah.

Here's to keeping it up.

Moment of Truth

Now, before I weigh-in tomorrow, I must confess that I was bad this weekend. I went camping with Zac, Marc, Benjamin, and Dad. And because it was a father-and-son camp, we had to go the traditional route: KFC (grilled), Crackerjack, S'mores, and jerky. I have to say that I have not eaten so much in one sitting for quite a while, and MAN did I enjoy it! Burp! The next morning I got roped into making the eggs for the whole camp, and you know what happens when I cook. A few sausages seemed to go missing. However, I must say that they were turkey sausages, so it could have been worse. Then I just had to have Cafe Rio's pork burrito for dinner. The football game gave me indigestion (not literally), and Sariah wanted egg sandwiches for dinner tonight. So, in short, tomorrow does not look good for the scale. Back to the oatmeal. :(

P.S. My mouth is still en fuego from the pepper I put on my sandwich.

Rabbit Food

Haven't exercised in a few days; my bed has had other plans. I also had more fruit and veggies in my lunch than meat today.

For dinnerI passed on the fries and ordered a salad instead. The only problem occurred when I went to eat my salad (during class) there was no fork in my bag. Grrr! Luckily someone at the site had a box of plastic forks. This grizzly bear didn't have to starve...just eat rabbit food.

De-nied.

Today I turned down carrot cake, orange rolls, M&Ms, and a soda. And if you didn't catch it on Facebook, I gave a student back his (unopened) Cheetos after they were confiscated. Maybe tat will make up for the cake that another student brought me because he was bored on Sunday afternoon.P.S. I didn't eat the whole thing myself...the frosting was too sweet. Heh-heh.

Do You Believe in Magic?

Despite a rough weekend, one that involved football, lounging around, and eating way more McD's cheeseburgers than one ever should, I still came out of the weekend down 0.2 lbs. Can you say miracle? But today, I'm back to the morning oatmeal grind. Hopefully I can keep this up. My goal this week is to get below 280. Only 0.4 lbs. to go!

Quick Weigh-in

281.5. Happy Labor Day with BBQ pork ribs and smoked chicken.