Week 4

Things are rolling right along.  Last weekend, my wife and I started spring cleaning.  As part of that, I decided to scrape the old caulking from around the master bath and redo it.  Unfortunately, this meant I had to spend a considerable amount of time kneeling on a tile floor.  By the time Sunday afternoon rolled around, I could barely walk.  I had recovered some on Monday, but thought it best to rest my knees another day, so I didn't exercise.  I have exercised the last 2 days and will continue to do so today and tomorrow, so I'm still on track.

Also, I have been packing lunch and breakfast to work all week, except today.  I feel much more confident with my calorie counts for the week.  I didn't pack today, so I'll have to be careful on choices and really consider what I'm ordering.  Breakfast will be easy.  I can get an egg-white omelet with veggies, bacon and a little cheese.  I'll get a side of fruit salad and a piece of  whole wheat toast. Lunch will be a little harder, but I know they offer turkey burgers and turkey dogs, or I can just order a sandwich with a side of raw veggies.

I've stayed on track with my calories all week.  I went over one day, but I was still under the total after the program added in the calories I burned from exercising.  That's the one thing I don't like about the tracking programs.  When you add in your exercises, it adds those calories to your daily total.  I want my daily calorie intake to be 2000, within 50 calories either way.  I've taken to adding my exercises a day later, just so I won't lose track.

I haven't  told many people about this blog, just my wife and 2 or 3 close friends.  Essentially, I've been talking to myself.  That's going to change.  I'm going to include it in a Facebook status update and add a link to my homepage. 

I've noticed a pattern in my weigh-ins that is disturbing.  All my weights have ended in .8 pounds.  I meant to change the batteries on my scale before this started, but didn't,  Now I wonder if they are dying and I'm not getting an accurate reading.  I know I lost weight.  I can tell by the way my clothes feel, I'm down 2 holes on my belt and I'm wearing pants that didn't fit a month ago.  I just wonder how accurate the numbers are.  I'll get new batteries today and weigh myself again tomorrow to see the difference.  Actually, I'll weigh myself twice tomorrow, once with the old batteries and once with the new.

Regardless, the scale said I lost 3 pounds this week, so I'm happy!  373.8 and 11.2 pounds in 4 weeks.

Or not, depending on the batteries...

All it takes is patience and work.