Conclusions of the Week (2/7/10)
Saturday, February 6th, 2010- Weigh in: 197. Sodium really has an effect on water retention, who knew? I ate some of those ramen instant lunches and next thing I knew, I had gained like three pounds! I was disturbed, but after drinking copious amounts of water and avoiding the ramen, I went back down again.
- Even though I didn’t gain as much, I still gained some, which is because I didn’t pay attention to my eating this week. It started when I had a bad stomachache from, I assume, some bad salad dressing. I then went and cleaned out my kitchen and was left with little, so I ate out a bit more, including pizza yesterday. I really should go grocery shopping more often.
- This week was kind of blah. Not horrible, but not inspiring either. I was working quite hard last week to get some things done before a deadline, and I guess my brain just checked out. One day I just spent it daydreaming at work. It’s kind of like in college, when I would just disconnect after a big exam, even if I had other class assignments to worry about.
Awry
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010I’ve been so off track this week. I’ve already had fast food TWICE. Last week I ate mac and cheese and felt squicky. Every time I feel like some parts of my life are a little out of control, my eating tends to be the first thing I cease paying attention to. I really have to work on that.
It’s not all bad, though. I’ve been drinking mainly water for nearly the past week. Seriously, jugs and jugs of it. 
Also, I went running twice in the past week. It felt awesome, though I’ve been in pain since. I was going to go tomorrow morning, but probably won’t since it’s going to snow.
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This is Day One
Sunday, November 1st, 2009I’m eager to begin my final weight loss journey. I chose Nov 1 to start it because it’s a nice even day this year. I like starting things on the firsts of the month, or on Sundays. Today is both! For some reason, if I don’t start on a day that (to me) is a beginning day, I always feel out of sorts about it. I think that’s why if I have a bad start to a day, the rest of my day is completely off track.
Anyway, back to the topic at hand: I’ll do a weight loss post every Sunday, including my weight for the week, how many times I exercised for the week, etc.
This week: 208.2. I’ve gained since I left CT and moved back to my parents. My apartment complex does not have a fitness center, so for exercise I’ve just been taking my dog for long walks. Those are gone until spring, unfortunately. I’ve found some exercise videos online that I’m going to use until I make a decision on the gym situation. Other than that, I’ve been starting slow with drinking more water. I’m up to about 2 1/2 water bottles per day. I should be drinking more than that, I think, because I still feel thirsty at the end of the day. I heard somewhere that you should be drinking something like half your weight in ounces of water per day. That’s about twice what I’ve been drinking. I’ll get there soon.