Week 47

PJ Weight: 158.4
Week Loss: -0.4
Cumulative Loss: -33.2

Seth Weight:  175.8
Week -0.4
Cumulative Loss: -23.5

I weighed myself yesterday morning and was 157.0.  This morning for the official weigh in, I'm up a pound and a half.

My scale is laughing at me.  

Even so, I lost something this week, so I'll take it.

I managed to make several good choices this week, like eating some apples for a snack instead of donuts, and eating some strawberries or some yogurt for breakfast instead of donuts, and pretty much trying NOT to eat donuts.  I think I had one this week.  Possibly two.  Either way, that's not a bad number.

I cooked my first ever lasagna on Friday night, which came out pretty well, had some homemade gelato that a friend made on Sunday, and I had two nights where there was pizza for dinner, so the fact that I was down a pound and a half yesterday (and half a pound today - STUPID SCALE) should tell you just how good I was the rest of the time.

With any luck the scale will better reflect my efforts next week.

Until next time!

Week 46: Drat! Missed one!

PJ Weight:  158.8
2-week Gain:  +2.4
Cumulative Loss:  -32.8

Seth Weight:  176.2
2-week Loss:  -2.6
Cumulative Loss:  -23.1

So last week was the first week I missed in this 52-week experiment.  At least I have a good excuse.  I was flat on my back for the better part of last week with what the doctors say is benign positional vertigo.  I just call it bloody annoying dizziness.  I was immobilized and therefore getting absolutely no exercise.  I was also bored out of my mind, and couldn't have cared less what I was eating.  Therefore the gain, while not welcome, was not unexpected either.

Seth lost weight over the past two weeks, so Team Mintz actually is down a net 0.2 pounds.  Go us?  Yeah.  Go us!

I have no qualms whatsoever about basking in the glow of Seth's success if it means I can more or less ignore my less than stellar performance this week.  Go Team Go!

While I did have a significant gain, I've been making some healthier choices.  I've been drinking more water - more a product of just being really thirsty than a real desire to avoid soda, but it's a healthier choice nonetheless.  I've also been cutting back on the sweets the past several days.  I had let go while I was sick, but I've reined in again.

Hopefully I will see that gain reverse itself over the next couple weeks.  I'd like to end this whole experience on a happy note.

That's it for me for now.  Have a good week!

Week 44

PJ Weight: 156.4
Week Loss: -1.0
Cumulative Loss: -35.2

Seth Weight: 178.8
Week Gain: +4.0
Cumulative Loss: 20.5

Poor Seth.  He had a week where the only thing to ask is "WTF, Scale?"  He's committed himself to starting anew and really trying to watch himself this coming week, since he was way off the wagon this week past.  And I'm here to cheer him on.  You can do it!  I have faith in you!

I had a decent week despite a cooking a huge pasta and meat sauce dinner on Sunday night to celebrate the Game of Thrones premiere.  I also consumed a whole lot of garlic bread.  So... I'm kind of surprised I pulled out a loss this week.  I'll take it, though!

I also did 10 squats today.  Therefore, I get a gold star for doing something, even if it's only 10 squats.

Oh - and I get another gold star for not eating the piles of cake and hamburgers and hot dogs at the free BBQ buffet at work today.  I just had a half hamburger, and the rest was all veggies, grilled chicken, beans (just a few) and watermelon.  Yay!

Every time I get to a weight around 156.x, I start to think "Hey, maybe this is the week where I'll finally crack into the 155.x's....."

And maybe it is.  If I don't get ambushed by too many chocolate bunnies*.

*Vicious creatures, bunnies.  I'm not alone on this one.  
"Look, that rabbit's got a vicious streak a mile wide! It's a killer!"  -- Tim, Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Week 43

PJ Weight:  157.4
Week Gain:  +0.6
Cumulative Loss:  -34.2

Seth Weight:
Week Gain: +0.2
Cumulative Loss: -24.5

9 weekly weigh-ins and blogs remain in my one-year diet experiment.

I haven't lost a pound in a couple months now, and really, I'm OK with that.

Would I *like* to lose a few more pounds?  Yeah, sure I would, if I could wish away the pounds rather than work them off.  But truth be told, I'm pretty much content at this weight.  I'm not skinny, but I'm not fat anymore.  I've got a little padding remaining, and I'm pretty much OK with that, too.

Losing more weight would mean I'd have to MAINTAIN the lower weight.  Which means either more exercise or less food - forever.  And I know from experience that maintaining a lower weight than this becomes *extremely* difficult and demanding for me.

I just don't want my weight to be that high-maintenance.

That's probably why my efforts over the last few months have slacked - I'm just not as motivated to lose weight, because I'm feeling good about my weight and content with my body.

So I'll do what I've been doing, and keep trying, but at this point I fear that my heart's just not going to be in it.  It's been several months since I've really felt 'fat', which is the biggest motivator for me.

I have to say, though, feeling content and comfortable is pretty nice.

Week 42

PJ Weight: 156.8
Week Gain:  +0.6
Cumulative Loss: -34.8

Seth Weight:  174.2
Week Gain: +1.2
Cumulative Loss: -24.7

Since I'm using my evenings to get an extra work project done, I don't have the time for a normal blog entry.  Instead, I'll just leave you with this tidbit I picked up somewhere.  It tickled me pink.

Week 41

PJ Weight:  156.2
Week Loss: -1.2
Cumulative Loss: -35.4

Seth Weight: 173.0
Week Loss:   -0.2
Cumulative Loss:  -25.9

The past few days have been so warm and lovely.  It's really starting to feel like the home stretch of this year-long diet.  With 70 degree days, May 31st (our end date) is surely right around the corner.

On Tuesday morning I saw the lowest number I've seen on a scale in years: 156.0.  Seeing a number that's lower than anything I've seen for so long is very encouraging.  It makes me think that perhaps I might even be able to lose another couple of pounds before my year wraps up.  I hope so.

We never did get back on an exercise routine.  Now that it's warming up outside, I'd really like to take the dogs for walks in the mornings.  Unfortunately that's not an activity that Seth & I can do together, since the girls will still be asleep, and even if they were up it's quite a production getting the whole family out for a walk what with the stroller and the leashes, and keeping Jade in hand.  We'll see if that happens.

In any event, while I wish the 156.0 was the number I saw this morning "officially", 156.2 is tied for my lowest official weigh in so I'll take it.  Here's hoping next week is even lower.

Week 40

PJ Weight:  157.4
Week Gain: +0.4
Cumulative Loss:  -34.2

Seth Weight:  173.2
Week Gain:  0.8
Cumulative Loss:  -25.7

Well, this is another week where my Wednesday weigh in becomes a Thursday blog.  Evenings with the kids are so chaotic that I often forget what day it is.  Whoops.

The numbers tell us that it was another less-than-stellar week for Team Mintz.  Again, I'm surprised that the gain wasn't a bigger number given the fact that neither Seth nor I was all that interested in being careful about our food intake.

I feel motivated to do better this week, and have been doing so, since we have a sort of physical exam coming up on Sunday to qualify us for life insurance.  I'd like to have a decent weigh in when they put me on the scale.  Granted, they'll be using their scale, and I'll be wearing clothes, so I'm going to be penalized no matter what.  Plus, in order to be officially out of the "overweight" class I'd have to weigh in at less than 155, which isn't going to happen, but I'm motivated to have the best possible number on the scale come Sunday, anyway.

We'll see what our numbers are.  Chances are good that we'll be smacked with premium penalties because we're heavier than we should be, but at least we don't weigh anywhere near what we used to!