Day 39 - Time to Step it Up
After I hit my "low" of 150 even, I haven’t been there since. Life keeps throwing curve balls to my will-power or lack thereof. Getting up at 6 is not my normal pattern and I am slowly adjusting to it. I woke up 1 minute BEFORE the alarm went off this morning. Proof again that we have some sort of internal chronometer…
The other day was my daughter Emily’s college orientation. I was very proud to go with her and see her new school. I got to learn about some of the exciting opportunities she will be embarking on next week when she starts her first college class. The parents were given a separate class on how to be supportive during this part of our child’s life. They reminded us that the brain is not fully developed until age 25 and that we need to continue to parent our "adult" children. I heard audible groans among some of the parents and mumblings of "I thought we were done with that…they’re 18!" 
After spending nearly $300 on 3 textbooks, the student union gave a wonderful lunch for all in attendance. Oh no! Pizza! I had been munching on danishes all morning (because they were staring at me in the room and I have NO willpower). I thought that was all I would cheat. I took one piece of pizza…. ok, not too bad, but then Sarah didn’t finish her piece. I can’t just throw pizza away so I had to finish it for her. Then Emily needed to get her student ID card done. Inside that room they were serving ice cream hot fudge sundaes….!!!!! I do all right at home when I am more in control of what I eat…but when it is just sitting there, calling to me…I have NO willpower. This is something I have to work on.
So my weight has been fluctuating for the last few days between 151.5 and 151.0. I’ll get back to where I need to be in a few days; I’m working out well (lifted really heavy yesterday on lower body workout) and today I hit at least a 9 on my cardio HIIT. I really shouldn’t pay so much attention to the scale. It really isn’t a good measure of my progress. I lost another 1/2 in. in my waist and when I used the fat calipers this morning, I was down, too, so I should be happy. That scale really dogs me. It’s the easiest tool to watch myself, but I need to realize that it doesn’t reflect my body composition accurately.
Well, on to the day…. breakfast next (it’s 8am) and then a protein shake at 10. Have a great day everyone!!!
