That maddening scale: weighing yourself everyday

I think it's important not to let the scale dictate your mood--especially if you're a daily weigher like me. I usually weigh in twice: in the morning before I've had anything to drink/eat, and in the evening before going to bed, both in the buff. It's interesting to compare the numbers (usually different by 2-3 pounds). I generally don't let it affect me, it's just information in this journey.

There was a period of time when I started freaking out about my gains every morning, but then I started to get back on program and started to see losses. Again -- just feedback, information. Sometimes a little delayed, sometimes wrong (like during TOM or after really salty food, etc.).

This morning the scale was at 138.6. I can't help but be happy. I haven't been that low since the summer program started, and while my body fat is much higher than it used to be at that weight (that's what two months of almost no weight training will get you), I'm still happy.

Now it's Tuesday--that number may not remain there on Saturday when it counts. But, I know it gives me a renewed inspiration to remain on program this week, so that I do see that number or one like it on Saturday. So even though it's pouring outside, and I have a ton of work to do inside, I'm trying to figure out how I'm going to work out today, how I'm going to continue on this path of losing ... Again, it's just information, but it can be very nice information to have :)

Update: I kept the inspiration of the morning with me today. Went for a 3.5 mile run to earn 4 APs and dipped into just .5 of my flexies. Four days left and I've got 22.5 WPA left and I've already earned 13 APs. And I'm tracking again! :)

Back in the 130s!

I weighed in at home today at 139.2, yipee! I totally went over my points for the week (by about 20) but I did go running a few times with my new cute Nike clothes! I also tracked--which I hadn't done in forever! I am a little ways away from my lowest of 136.4, but at least I'm heading in the right direction.

The picture is from today :)

Numbers ...

I've been in a bi t of a posting hiatus this weekend ... running around and not in front of my computer much, so I'll catch up.

I lost 1.2 pounds at weigh in yesterday -- really 0.2 since last week I had lost 1 pound (as measured at home). That brings my current official weight to 136.6 (down 52.4 pounds) and 1.6 pounds from my Weight Watchers goal of 135!

A 0.2 loss may not seem like a lot, but I'll totally take it. I had a pretty bad week, with lots of exercise but also lots of bad choices including an encounter with a roll of Ritz crackers and a small fresh loaf of whole wheat bread (my downfall everytime).

After the meeting I went shopping at BJs for lots of healthy produce and frozen fish, and the spent the afternoon/evening at Ikea. I love that place! I walked it twice yesterday because my friends didn't show up until I was done with my shopping. I did a lot of shopping, as you can see by the picture of my cart ...

Today I went on a 5.36 mile run, bringing my total number of runs since April 2007 to 100 and a total number of 282.19 miles as measured by my Nike+ sensor. As an aside, I totally recommend the Nike+. It has made me way more excited about running than just going out. I guess it's because I'm competitive, and I like to see my little graphs of my runs. You can see them too, on the right of the screen :)

I stuck around for my Weight Watchers meeting yesterday. It was the first time in over a month that I didn't just weigh in and walk off. I'm really glad I did. I'm not religious but meetings sometimes feel like a religious experience. Not that anyone talks about a higher power or anything like that, but it just has that people-coming-together feel, among strangers. They feel like I imagine AA meetings are like. I never liked going to church growing up, and I stopped going as soon as I could, but perhaps WW meetings are like my religious experience.

1.8 left?

I had a test from 8:30am-4:30pm this Saturday, which conflicted with my usual Weight Watchers meeting at 10:30am, so I didn't end up weighing in officially. My home scale is usually within 0.2 of the meeting scale, however, and there it said I was at 136.8 in the morning, which means I lost a pound!

I'm excited and disappointed, I had a good week -- it was stressful studying for two exams but I ate within my points, got my 8 Good Health Guidelines everyday and even had more than 12 servings of fruits and vegetables each day. I wanted to lose more :) Then I thought, how silly. You've been diddling around the last few months, be happy you lost at all!

And I am happy. Hopefully I can pull off similar losses for the next two weeks at official WI which would mean I'll be at goal before the summer starts. I think that's a great plan.

Other than the scale victory of 1 pound lost, I had a fantastic NSV (non-scale victory) today. I had a lazy day walking around town, shopping, had brunch with an old friend, and bought two pairs of very cute Tahari shoes (pictured).

After shopping I biked to the 1 1/2 hour yoga class (2 APs biking, 3 APs yoga) which was fantastic. I love that class because it's always challenging, yet I can keep up. This is only my second time going to the Sunday class but I've been doing the Thursday class with the same instructor all semester. This past Thursday the instructor asked me if I was an undergraduate, which was awesome! And today (and here's the NSV), I was actually the model for a bunch of the poses! She kept saying, "do it just like the girl in white is doing." It was awesome!