D’OH
(In honor of the Simpsons Movie this weekend)
I woke up very early and took the dog out and came back to bed and fell asleep, woke up again at 7 and then fell asleep and woke up at 9:10 -- WW meeting was at 9:30. I got myself up and at 'em and weighed in.
No suspense here, it was up 0.6 and I crossed the line that I didn't want to cross: 240.4
I know you guys will say, it's JUST 0.4 and you're right. I don't need to get hysterical but I also don't need to slosh along and pretend that I'm "doing okay." Doing okay is maintaining or maybe even a pound or two on a bad week. Let's face it, this is my fourth week weighing in and it's been creeping up (slightly) and it's a Sign.
So I did accomplish getting a lot of sleep today (albeit in bits and pieces), I went to WW and weighed in, I did go to the gym and do 10 minutes of elliliptical (I would have done more except MY tv was tuned to the new rookies of NASCAR and my knee was saying, "You know, let's not overdo it, silly."). I also did some weight machines for my knees (some together and some for my right knee solo)* and 20 minutes on the bike at level 3 random. (This tv showed bullriding and they particularly loved showing replays of the bulls stepping on men's backs, groins, and close-ups of lacerations. It must have been the S&M Sports Channel for Men.)
*My therapist said if I did leg presses, I did not have to do wall squats at our last meeting. Since when I do wall squats, I get to hear my good knee make very loud crunching noises, this pleased me to no end. I also loved doing leg press weights. I'm also doing some solo weights in the hopes of getting the Giant Angry Knee to be in as good a shape as Left Slim Normal Knee (aka Slim Shady, ha ha) so I'm symmetrical at least. Although I'm hurting when I leave the gym, the next day I am able to walk around a lot better with less pain. No pain, no gain, I suppose.
I did slip up with the drive-thru. I went to McDonald's tonight after walking Mr. Billy in the humidity and got a 3 point ice cream cone. But that's a venial, not mortal sin.
Food today: 2 slices of huevos rancheros (they were 3 inches in diameter and 2 inches thick) with salsa on it for brunch. I guess I had a piece of cantaloupe and a piece of pineapple at Whole Foods along with probably an ounce of cheese (overestimating most likely). Lunch was 1/8 c. of dried tomato cheese stuffed ravioli (about 5 pieces) with basil and pine nuts.
I stupidly put 3 ounces of four-year-old Grafton cheddar in my cart from Whole Foods and ate most of it in the afternoon. I thought about it and gave the rest of it (one slice left at that time) to Billy -- I didn't want to deal with it and I felt foolish for buying it. (There's one advantage to having a dog around.) Dinner was 0.60 ounce of lean hamburger with steamed broccoli and one light whole wheat English muffin. And the cone. Around 11 o'clock, I also had one of those miniature bags of popcorn (110 calories).
I also "walked" for about 20 minutes this evening with the dog.
Today was good. I don't know what tomorrow will be like but I will try. I know we can't be perfect all the time. I don't have anything inspirational to say tonight. I've been careless but we all get careless at times. The trick is to not let it be permanent and I hope I haven't done that.
