Batteries and weight loss - the great new diet plan!

My wife mentioned to me that she thought that the batteries in the bathroom scale need changed.  After diner last night I weighed myself and I was down 10 pounds!  In two days!  My wife said she had the same remarkable weight loss, in one day.  Kind of disappointing...

So I put new batteries in the scale, but now I wonder how accurate it's been for the last couple weeks.  At one point, before I started, I thought it would be a good idea to start off with fresh batteries, but I forgot all about it.  We'll just have to wait and see what happens come Monday.  I've been sticking to my calories and exercise and I'm down 2 notches on my belt since 01/02/13 so I know that I've lost weight.  So even if my numbers are different, I need to keep that in mind and not look at it like it's a step back.   I won't be happy to see a higher number but I'll deal with it.


Here's another old blog post from 09/14/07:

Week 13 

I had a pretty good week. I made it to the gym all 5 days and stayed at or below my 2000 calorie limit for the week. When you make the right choices you get a lot of food for those 2000. I almost had one slip up though.

I was out shopping at lunch and figured I would get something quick and eat it at my desk. I saw at the Costco food court, they offer a chicken ceaser salad, so went with that. After I got back to my desk, I looked up the calorie count and it was 800, which is a lot for a salad! I broke everything down and realized 1/2 those calories were in the 1/4 cup of dressing they provide, so I only used half the croutons and half the dressing and brought it down to around 600, much more acceptable. 

Also I only did half my work-out today, I skipped most of the weight training today. I did a couple of the exercises and just hit the treadmill. My heart just wasn't into it today and I couldn't get into a good rythym/dynamic. But I increased my treadmill time to make up for some of it so don't feel too guilty about missing. 

I lost another 3 pounds this week, making it 36 pounds in 13 weeks and bringing my weight down to 339. By next week, I will have reached my first two goals. The first was to consistently go to the gym until I leave for vacation (which I do next Friday) and the 2nd was to lose 10% of my starting weight, which if I keep to my average I will have done. My next mini-goal will be to exercise while on vacation, the hotel has a fitness center and several pools, so there is no excuse not too. After that it will be to break the 300lb mark which I haven't been below for probably 9 years. 

See ya! 

Rich D