Thank you for all of your feedback and questions yesterday – I really appreciate it. I am taking many notes to review. Keep the suggestions/questions coming!
I have to share a little secret – I have been weighing myself every single day since October 17th.
And to make it worse? I have been tracking every weigh-in in excel. Oh yes, so I can make fun charts like this:
What does this all mean?
That I am about to get chewed out for weighing myself 7 times a week?
Actually, it means that I have been using the home scale since October 17th and have not stayed overnight anywhere since then.
Well, that is about to change! We’re going to Barbados!
Ha! Not! I wish. No, we are leaving for Iowa soon and will be there 5 nights and 4 whole days.
That is a lot of time away from the scale.
Dun dun dun… what is going to happen?
What usually happens when I visit family (or they visit) is that I lose all abandon and stuff my face silly. But these past few months we’ve had family over a few times, and I have been fine. In fact, in the past few months I have only had four incidences where I felt like I was binge-eating, and they were all at work.
So, I am feeling pretty optimistic that I can forget about that scale for (gasp!) 5 days and see what happens. I think I can have fun and eat reasonably. And I know I can fit exercise in.
But just in case, what are your tips for eating healthy when you are in a situation that normally triggers the opposite?
My tips are to focus on the company, not the food, and to drink lots of water.
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I don’t know what is wrong with wordpress, but the first two times I tried to post this, the comments didn’t work. Here we go again…
My office’s Biggest Loser Challenge ended today. It began on January 21st and 22 people participated. There was a $12 entry fee, and $2 fee per missed weigh-in and per each pound gained. In the end, the money pot was $428! Do the math on that one!
First place received 55%, second received 25% and third received 20%.
I came in second place with a total loss of 14.17% and won $107. First place was 14.54% and third place was 13.99% (very close!). I stayed in second place almost every week of the competition, except for a week in third, and a week in first (after I was sick).
Now it’s time to stuff my face again!
Just kidding.*
Participating in this was interesting. It brought on a lot of comments and questions about my weight and appearance, which is not something I am used to. I felt uncomfortable at times, just because I was unprepared to react to that kind of attention. I wonder if that will all stop now, that it is over?
Overall, I think the Challenge was helpful with keeping me on track with my healthy eating. I didn’t feel restricted by it**; it was kind of like a friendly reminder. And I’ve mentioned a few times how this made my relationship with the scale so much better – it taught me that the periodical ups and downs don’t mean that much – you have to look at the big picture!
*Although, I did save myself a homemade cookie to eat on my lunch break, and I was kind of “meh” about eating it. I thought it would be orgasmic or something, after not having sweets since 2/25. Guess not!
**Although a few times, I did ask Steven if we could not eat out.
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