Week 12 Wrap Up

  The end of Week 12 has brought us a few surprises! I'll get right to the stats:
  I lost 2.2 pounds this week! I've been pretty good on the diet this week. But, I did have a big and tasty burrito on Thursday and fish and chips for dinner on Friday night. But I wasn't able to finish either of those meals. I have not been going for walks. My average steps this week have been 6,138 per day. So lame. And I haven't had the excuse of bad weather-it has been beautiful and sunny most of the week. But YAY ME just the same! My current weight is an even 131 pounds and my BMI is a healthy 24.0! So I have to wonder, is the weight loss due to the muscles I developed while I was being a good little walker turning to flab? Muscle weighs more than fat, you know. (That's science, children). Maybe those weeks that I had a slight weight gain even though I was crushing my walking goals and following the diet to the letter, I had built up some serious muscle that contributed to the Axis of Evil handing out negative reports. Even when I win, I lose! It's time to blow the dust off my walking shoes and turn the flab into FAB!

The one on the left looks just like my booty...

Excuses, Excuses

  It's been 10 days since the last day of Lent and I have turned into a pathetic slacker as far as this lifestyle change is concerned. Even my Jawbone UP has been verbally abusing me for my slackitude. Today's message was particularly damning. "You haven't been your active self lately. Your 7 day step average of 5,861 is less than usual. Start fresh with 500 extra steps today? You lazy sloth." Yes, I ad-libbed the last sentence. J.U. is not exactly subtle, though. And to be fair, I totally forgot to put my Jawbone on last Thursday, so I didn't get any steps in at all that day. Okay, okay-I have EPICALLY failed on the walking since Easter. Jeff and I haven't logged any walks on our Nike app since Easter. Not a single one. Nobody's been jogging in place watching TV or doing laps through the house to hit the 10,000 mark. I have dropped to #8 on the walking team. #EIGHT!!!!!

Me and Jeff-chillin' and grubbin'. At least it's veggies, right?

Getting Back on Track for Week 11

  Here we are at the end of week 11, can you believe it? I know I haven't been posting much the last couple of weeks. Life has had some interesting twists and turns that have taken my attentions elsewhere. But I will try to be a better blogger in the coming weeks. 

  So last week we had our carb-fest that was Easter, which totally wrecked my progress for week 10. This week I have lost 3.2 pounds. Sort of. Okay, here's the scoop. Last Monday I had bloated to 136.4 pounds after our sugar-coated holiday, which was a .6 pound gain from the previous week. However, the day before weekly weigh-in I weighed in at 133.4 pounds. And by Wednesday of last week, my weight had returned to that 133.4 pounds. So, aside from the Easter fiasco, I really have only lost .2 pounds this week. But then again, Monday IS the official weigh in day and it's the only one that REALLY counts. So a 3.2 pound loss it is! Don't judge me.

Good riddance you furry menace!!!