Hey Guys,
Checking in after a rough, carb-filled, tummy churning week. First, here are my numbers:
USW 184
CSW 170.2
CW 171.4
GW 167
UGW 164 (subject to downward revision)
Okay, so this was actually worse on Thursday when I weighed in at 173.4. So glad I got on the scale because it made me review what I had been eating: toast, corned beef hash, english muffin, pizza, chapati, basmati rice (I really like Indian food but it's a carbohydrate "waistland") . . . you get the picture.
Part of this is due to the dreaded stomach bug many of us have been suffering. Part though I think is due to a pattern I fall into at this time of the year. School is stressful, the kids are nuts, winter is wearing and I want comfort food -- dinner is my most vulnerable time. Aaah, I can relax. Now what do I want? If I'm not careful, my willpower goes out the window. AND I WAS NOT CAREFUL THIS WEEK.
There, I said it.
Here's the upside -- Having set a goal of 13,000 steps per day during the fall 10,000 steps became my slacking off number, so I continued to walk and climb stairs, purely out of habit. Ditto with logging my food and checking in here. Makes it easier to trace the cause of any weight gain and take corrective action.
This week I am committing to: stretching (I'm getting leg cramps probably from doing stairs without stretching out at least once a day); cutting carbs and returning to a container of plain, nonfat, greek yogurt for breakfast; getting groceries in the house and taking my lunch to work again. And reminding myself daily:
"It's not what you did, it's what you do next."
And that's all she wrote.
Have a great week everybody.
