Number nine will put you on the spot.Number nine will tie you up, oh, in a knot.
When you're tryin',
Multiplyin' by nine...
With naughty, nasty, mean old number nine.
Weigh In
-9lbs July 12 to date. No weight change this week. Well at some point I was at -10lb, but on weigh in day I was stuck at -9lb. I'm not complaining.
First of all, I'd like to tell you that I gained muscle this week, but I heard a good lecture at H3 about how implausible that is.
Second of all, I'd like to tell you (BOYS CLOSE YOUR EYES) that I'm having women's issues and I just wasted five minutes googling euphemisms for menstruation. Most pleased to see that my favorite periodical, The Onion, ranks as second result. News and euphemisms. Being on the rag is a good enough excuse for plateauing. I will use this as an excuse until there is a H3 class on why I can't use this as an excuse.
As you can tell my head hurts and I'm feeling a little cranking. I had a busy weekend doing writing business stuff (aka Georgia Romance Writers) without doing any actually writing. That always puts me in a bad mood. Less my PMS gets the better of this blog I will now report the happy stuff!
Nicki Does the Right Thing
- I carried kashi cereal and a peach with me to GRW in lieu of Chick-fil-A biscuit. I ate the veggie meal, skipped the bread, pasta, and dessert. Brought second peach to be my dessert.
- Went to an evening museum event with free alcohol. Opted for Diet Coke in lieu of wine. I normally feel like I should eat my weight at the buffet, but instead I ate lots of veggies and a little bit of meat. I'm guessing less than 2 oz of meat. I skipped the baklava, and ya'll know I adore baklava. I did indulge in fig the size of a plum and a yummy chocolate chip cookie.
- For Sunday dinner, I stripped the fried chicken and ate the non-fried parts.
2 mile walk. Very brisk 2 mile walk. 45 minutes worth. Maybe even more than 2 miles.
Friday Food Journal
250 - Flax Plus with Raisin cereal
380 - Roasted veggie sandwich
140 - Baked Lays
030 - Almonds
100 - Strawberries
300 - Macaroni
Saturday Food Journal
250 - Kashi cereal
042 - Peach
200 - Roasted veggies
042 - Peach
200 - Ham sandwich
500 - Assorted treats at the museum. Asparagus, green salad, fig, Parmesan, lamb/beef kabob, chocolate chip cookie
Saturday Exercise Journal
30 minutes strolling through a museum in heels. I'm counting this as exercise.
Sunday Food Journal
250 - Kashi Cereal
042 - Peach (I'm in a peachy mood this week. They have been delicious!)
500 - Tomato, basil, and mozzarella sandwich
200 - Mixed greens with dressing
200 - Chicken
200 - Peach cobbler (My sister made it and I had to try it.)
100 - Remainder of lemonade and apple juice abandoned by my kids. Scavenging again. I'm not really sure how to break this bad habit.
Sunday Exercise Journal
40 minutes stroll.
Weird Weight Loss Tips
What would Sanjay Gupta do? At Christmas, I will have a blog call "My Favorite Things" and remind me to include Gupta among them. He issued a four month to fitness challenge in June. So we are a few months late. Check it out. Always better to be late than the alternative.
Periodically, Gupta is nice to my brother-in-law and interviews him about sports medicine stuff. Check out a video clip of my brother-in-law on CNN. Not a weird weight loss tip, but now you know what my brother-in-law looks like!
Final Weird Weight Loss Tip: And just to be the annoying little sister-in-law that I am, here's a plug for my favorite shoes: Earth Shoes. I did lose some weight when I started wearing them last year, but quite honestly I wear them because they are beneficial for people who do a lot of yoga. They keep my calves and hamstrings stretched out. They are comfy. I don't care what Gupta and my brother-in-law say about them. I love Earth Shoes! I'm going to marry them.
Have a happy week. Good exercising and eating to all.
First and foremost, I adore all things Schoolhouse Rock. It's a household favorite. . . at least when my ancient temperamental DVD player will let me play it.
ReplyDeleteAs for menstruation and muscle, you will plateau or gain weight while you are building muscle and you can retain a pound or so of water about taht time of the month. Anyone who tells you differently is just as bad as an OB-Gyn trying to tell you that the pill doesn't make you bitchy.
Oh, and strolls in heels totally count, and you're a better person than I to pass up the wine in favor of Diet coke--major props to you!
Sally, I only know how to do math because of Schoolhouse Rock.
ReplyDeleteI spent five years period free thanks to 3 monsters and breastfeeding. Now that I'm back in the saddle, I'm less than pleased that feminists have made no progress on the issue of menstruation. Been too busy trying to elect women as President and Vice President this year to care about my biology. Oops, there's the bitchy.
Don't like wine, so I paint myself as a martyr so I can sneak a cookie when you aren't looking.