i have been trying to keep myself from stepping on the scale every time i pass it.... i want to be surprised with the results when i do my final weight in a couple days... but i have come to realise, that just like food... the scale is a temptation... one i don't need to indulge in.... because when i do, i tend to stress over what it says instead of how i feel.
your weight actually fluctuates throughout the day, depending on several factors... first and foremost is how recently and how much you have eaten... or drank... whether or not you have gone to the bathroom recently... number 1 or number 2... all of that really does determine how much the scale will read. This is the main reason why, when you are keeping track of your weights... you really do need to do it in the morning, when you are the emptiest, and generally the same each and every day... so that would be your true weight....
i have come to realise this... and that is why the scale is only a temptation in the morning now.......
and i am very happy to say, i have resisted it this morning.... i only have 2 days before my final weigh-in.. and i am going to be surprised.
but regardless of what that scale says... i cannot deny the way i feel... i cannot deny the way my clothes fit looser.... i cannot deny the differen ce i am starting to see in the mirror.... and i cannot deny when someone i know sees me and remarks on my weight loss.... those are things i simply cannot deny.. nor do i want to.
today, i woke up hard. first, my daughter decided 6am was a good time to wake up and start crying.... not that great for me, considering how badly i went to sleep, exhausted and shaken. my head is pounding, probably from my overexertion last night.... so i need to take it easy till i get my wind back.....
after i make her a bottle and change her diaper, i brought her into bed with us to wait until a reasonable time to get up...... once my alarm finally goes off, i get out of bed again and have my first packet....
after a shower, i decide what i am going to have for breakfast.... this morning it will be a strawberry shake... blended wiht banana..... O. M. G. what an awesome idea! a strawberry banana shake is AWESOME to have on the way to work.... and of course i also took the 2nd and 3rd packets, as usual :)
busy morning at work... as usual.... my head hurst and i feel kinda off... but i trudge along....
i had a snack of an orange at around 10.. and a Citrus flavored Spark at the same time.. the spark helped perk me up a bit exactly when i eneded it...... but at the same time, i am not really sure what the Citrus flavor is supposed to imitate... but i didn't really care for it... my favorite is still the Mandarin Orange flavor.. or the Tang as i like to think of it :) my orange snack was great.... my little fridge really keeps them cold... so it was quite refreshing too..... i couldn't help but think about what Sporticus and Stephanie on Lazy Town call oranges.... Sports Candy :)... so yay.. i got to eat candy..... lol
lunch with my husband was interesting.... took the 4th packet before lunch.. and we went to a little Deli called Cribbs... he wanted a tuna on Rye sandwich... said he was craving it........... hmm... i have never known this man to crave tuna... so maybe his experience wiht the 24 day challenge really is opening him up to foods he had forgotten about too :) i had a side salad wiht lowfat italian, and half a ham sandwich on wheat.... ate the salad first, and didn't even finish the half sandwich.... i love being able to tell when i have had enough and actually stopping :)
snack around 4pm is a strawberry and oat snackbar... quite good.. and i had a Fruit Punch Spark too because i was really starting to drag towards the end of the workday...
after work we had to make a run to the dump so went swimming after.... i did a few laps, which felt really good... the the main thing i experienced was how differently my bathingsuit fit. i bought it about a week before starting this challenge, and it fit tight (it's a swimdress wiht an empire waist) and the skirt part rode up at the waist....... but now? it fits a LOT looser.. and even my husband remarked on how he can tell the difference..... that makes me so excited to weight in and measure in a few days ebcause i will be taking a picture too... i REALLY want to compare the difference the 24 day challenge makes in that respect.
dinner was a bit late because of swimming.. at around 7:45.... took 2 omegaplex, as usual..... i made herbed green beans and the same herb mix on talapia... i did need to use butter to cook the talapia... mainly because i don't know any other way to cook it and keep it from sticking to the pan... but i even surprised myself by using only the bare minimum... and it turned out delicious! wonderfully herbed and not smothered wiht butter....
still debating on if i want to exercise tonight... have to wait until the baseball game is over, either way..... we will be sorting out our garage this weekend, which includes finally pulling out my punching bag, rowing machine, and his weight bench to set up in the spare bedroom (which we have converted to an exercise room since noone ever comes to spend the night.. lol) and we are contemplating buying an elliptical, since i have so much trouble wiht the impact types of exercises still,...... i am looking forward to being able to use those things...... now i think i just need to go find a cardio boxing dvd to workout to.... anyone have any suggestions?
well.. decided against exercising... my daughter was having a REALLY bad night... teething and all around grumpy.. she didn't go to sleep until just before midnight... and by that time i was in need of a pillow as well...... i will have to make up for it tomorrow.....
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