Ahh, Babar, thank you for the help!And Babar tells the truth... sorta.
I honestly don't know whether I'm cheating or not. Here's the story:
I may have mentioned that during Lent our local Catholic Church has a fish fry. Their dinners are wonderful, and reasonably priced. It's another thing about life that's not fair- it's like offering a beer to an alcoholic who's dying of thirst. Fish, baked potato, hush puppies, cole slaw, baked beans... IN MY BELLY! All this the night before my morning weight check.
So again this morning the slide had to be pushed the wrong way. When the rockin' and rollin' had stopped, it indicated 195 pounds... a one pound gain from last week. Time for action!
"No thank you dear, no coffee this morning... yet!"
It's gonna be 80 degrees and partly sunny today. When I hooked Lucy up to the leash it was probably 70+. Two-and-a-half miles later, Lucy's tongue was lolling out of her mouth and she needed a good, long, drink. So did I...AFTER the weigh-in!
Off with the sweatclothes... they did their job... and into my weigh-in clothes. Back onto the scale. It actually read slightly less than 193.
So, yes, it's probably mostly water weight, and I probably put most of it back on when I guzzled the mug of iced tea after the two cups of Arabica I drank. But help me now...
IF I worked and made the scale say 194 last week, then worked and made it say 193 this week, and next week I end up walking/weighing-in and the scale says 192, I'm still making progress, right? Is that cheating?
And the 2X4 upside my head:
In order to maintain, this is the way it's gonna have to be for the rest of my life. (And ya know what? The thought of a weekly weigh-in to stay at a set weight isn't so bad!)
Sara Jean reminded me- "What're ya gonna do when we go to Destin?"
"We're gonna WALK, girl!!"
"We'll walk two miles in the morning, two miles at Noon, and two miles at night if necessary, but we are also gonna eat like Royalty and drink more than a few adult beverages!"
So, those of you with a Destin-ation planned... ready to stroll?
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7 comments:
If you're gonna walk along the beach, I'll walk with ya. I could walk for miles along the beach, day or night.
When we stayed on Cable Beach in the Bahama's, we would walk down to the Marriot Hotel every night to the casino. It wasn't just for the casino, truthfully we only gambled about 30 minutes, it was the peaceful, serene walk along the beach at night. It had a calming, soothing effect on us, and also helped us lose the calories that we just consumed for dinner.
Joker-
They just came in with a dredge and added 100' of sand to our beach at Destin, so everything may have changed and I may be talkin' out my hat, but...
the sand on the beach at Destin is deep and soft... Not really conducive to walking on it. In the Bahamas you probably walked near the surf where the sand was flat and moist. Ya can't really do that at Destin... the surf comes up to the sand at such an angle, you won't be comfortable walking close to the water unless your name is "Aileen"! (And even then you'd have to walk one direction backwards!"
I think you'll find our sidewalk gives you enough view of the water, you'll feel as if you are walking on the beach!
Like TD, I'm gettin' excited about seeing everyone!
GB,
You're right about the sand, it was kind of like that on Okaloosa Island when we stayed there a few years ago....however, the pull of the sand, while making it difficult to walk, also burns up a lot of calories even when you walk slowly. Just an idea!
Who is Aileen? Sounds like a crab, if it's walking backwards - Ha ha.
Hey all. The fishing sounds great. Can't wait to see everyone. Just got back from fishing trip in Texas. Three of us caught about 140 Bass in the 3 to 6lb. range. It was great. I even caught a 3 1/2 foot alligator on a plastic frog. That was a fight. I would show pictures just don't know how to put them on. Its just about mushroom time can't wait to get to the farm and hunt them. Taste great. Greybeard are mushrooms on the diet? See ya all soon.
Hey Joker-
What do you call a gal with one leg shorter than the other?
"Aileen".
I know... I apologize.
TC-
Nothing is OFF the diet!
I just eat less of everything, or promise myself to burn it off.
Mushroom time here too...
Bring your camera with your pics, and we'll try to post them here at VK during the DDFF.
140 Bass, averaging 4.5 pounds?
Man, that's a lot of fish!
PT-
I'd like it a lot if we could just forget about JT and the singular fish at the GGFF...
Can we please let that go now?
No we can't, GB.
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