An update and other ramblings...

Today's Weight: 256.2

I haven't blogged in a few days, so I thought I would check in. Since my last post, I've come back home to California and I've spent the last week trying to get myself and my kids settled in and past this nasty bug we caught. We're still not 100% better but hopefully soon.

I've been quite disappointed this week in my weight, even though I know I shouldn't be. When I left my mom's house, her scale said I weighed 254 lbs. Even though I did have a cheat meal last Sunday, I know it was not nearly as bad to cause me to weigh 259 on my own scale the next day. The problem is that I KNOW my mom's scale weighs me in at 4 pounds less. I KNOW this, and yet I still got my hopes caught up when her scale showed me a 1 pound loss almost every day that I was there. Despite the fact that I was cheating here, there and everywhere. I should have known better. It was just so nice to told what I really wanted to hear, ya know?

Now reality has set it and I am back home, where BOTH of my scales (yes, I have two!) tell me the truth. After working hard to stay on plan all week, I am back down to 256.2 and I am really hoping that soon I can see 254 FOR REAL.

I still need to work out the kinks for what my diet should be. One thing I learned while I was gone is that my diet needs to be more varied. Our bodies get used to eating the same things day in, day out and they get complacent. I don't want my body to get complacent. I want to keep it guessing and keep it burning fat at optimal levels. What that means, I don't know. I'm going to experiment some more with upping my carbs on various days.

Yesterday was an example of a different day, and not by choice. For some reason I was in binge mode yesterday. And yes, I kept track of what I ate anyway. I ate 2,900 calories!! WOW. Double WOW. Interestingly enough, I was down a pound today. Triple WOW.

Things that make you go Hmm.....