I decided that I would take this day to do whatever I felt like doing and not worry too much about my concerns. That also meant that I didn’t care a fig for working out today! I think everyone should get a break day every now and then, and I took mine today. Sure, it means going for a jog tomorrow evening, but maybe if I go then then the Boy will come with me…I got him to go last Saturday, so we’ll see!
So as I said in one of my comments, I’m completely new to this whole weight-loss thing. Sometimes I’m a little unwilling to try new things and to believe what other people are telling me…especially if I feel differently about what they’re saying. For instance, I’ve been told that it’s best NOT to weigh yourself every day because then you get discouraged by the fluctuations, but I personally like to weigh myself because then I get SO excited for the drops. I think yesterday was a classic example of caring a little TOO much about the fluctuations though, and now I’m wondering if I should only weigh-in once a week (like on Monday morning), and that way it’s like I’m seeing my net weight-loss for the past week. I’m rather torn, because putting away the scale is difficult, but keeping it out and not using it is like opening the fridge and noticing a container with chocolates in it and not eating one…it takes a lot of self-restraint. So I need the advice of all of you out there who are reading my blog. ANYone who reads this, I don’t care who you are, I want your opinion as to whether or not I should weigh-in just once a week, or if I should keep doing the every day thing.
Another thing has been brought to my attention by Red, and it’s that my shape will change even if my weight doesn’t, so perhaps relying on weight to see progress is ineffective and potentially discouraging. So I have decided that instead of trying on all of my clothes every 10 lb’s to see what fits, I’m going to try on my clothes every month. Some months I might only lose 2 or 3 pounds, but I might actually drop a pants size because of the workouts I’ve been doing. So I will go through the clothes on the 17th or 18th of every month, regardless of the weight I’ve lost (or gained!)
It’s amazing how much I’ve learnt about myself and about weight-loss over the last few days. I think typing out my thoughts and getting some feedback really helps me to understand things a lot better, so thanks to all of you who are reading this, and so on! If it weren’t for you, this journey of mine wouldn’t be the same.
So, now that I’m done being corny, I will record my day’s stats.
Weight: 161.6 - not too bad when you consider my rebellion of last night!
Workout: None! Muah ha ha ha…
Junk food: 2 chocolates (they’re rather small things, I just nibble on them when I need a fix)…I think I did pretty well today considering how tempted I was ALL day to eat junky foods! I just remembered how sad I felt yesterday and I thought, “no, I’m going to make today different” and I did! Apart from the working out thing… :D
