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July 5, 2005

No loss this past week

It feels like forever since my last post. I weighed myself this morning and this past week I had no weight loss. I’m not surprised, I only worked out twice last week (preface that with a big “maybe”). I think that was the main thing that contributed to the unwavering scale.

Sleep is so important for me. Last week, I had a very busy week with work and was trying to get my daughter’s bedroom set up. (I installed base board molding and repainted, so far.) I basically went to bed, never, and was too tired to workout even when I could find the time.

It seems that I don’t lose any weight when I don’t work out. My eating was OK, although, it picked up over the holiday weekend. We ate out quite a bit but I didn’t over do it. I’m pretty sure anyway… Could I be having “black outs”? Am I “losing time”? Never underestimate the power of denial. But I always practice serious restraint, make sure that I eat less than the skinniest person at the table, and always leave leftovers that I don’t take home (sorry mom).

The life long effort of working really hard to maintain my weight is becoming more apparent. I’m cursed with almost no metabolism that is only fueled by constant activity. That would be fine if my job was aerobic instructor NOT computer programmer, the most sedentary profession ever. Maybe toll collectors are pretty stationary, but I don’t think they work the long hours that I do. They could also wear headsets and bounce around in their booth. I can’t type and bounce. Maybe I could attach my laptop to a stationary bike (the reclined kind) and pedal while I work. Oooo, patent pending! That’s my second one, I should become an inventor.

Posted by hopeful @ July 5, 2005 12:42 PM