Could someone, anyone, please explain to me how:
I can walk 6983 steps (yes, I counted. I am neurotic that way)
refuse a piece of cherry cheesecake (despite the fact that it looked oh-so-yummy)
drink nothin but coffee and water (lots and lots of water)
eat an apple rather than popcorn durin last niht’s feature film
And STILL ain half a pound.??
I did not bine on carbs, it is not that time of month for me, and the extra steps were in addition to my normal workout.
How could this happen? And what can I blame?
Mr Not-so-Helpful suested that I miht be retainin water.
What!? Did he not see me visit the powder room, without any powder, 27 times yesterday (no, I did not count, I am not neurotic that way).
My mother suested that I should not weih myself and that I should jude my fitness level on how I feel. This proves that my mother is a wonderful carin parental fiure who happens to be clueless in the dynamics of scale bondin.
A friend reminded me that I make this complaint often and if I would just "shut-up about it" I will notice that in a few days the scale will prove I have lost some weiht. Well, I assume that she said those reassurin words, I accidentally hun up on her after she said shut-up about it.
Another friend suested that perhaps it is a ain in muscle weiht. This miht be reassurin except for the fact that I do not feel any stroner and if I am stroner why did I have such difficulty tearin open the roll of Pillsbury double chocolate chips cookie douh?
And no I cannot blame the cookies. I did not make any cookies. The listed calories and fat rams for those cookies are scary. Therefore I would never subject the douh to the heat of the oven. I am not silly -I simply eat the raw douh from the packae.
So, why the hell am I not losin weiht?
salt intake = water retention = weight gain......this semi-logical view is, as you've seen, the male view. We review this material at our weekly meetings, which occur sometimes when some of our compatriots tell you that we're at strip clubs. Next week's topic: Possible responses to the question "Do I Look Fat in This?"
Posted by: geoff | October 10, 2004 at 12:20 PM
Unless you are a card-carrying masochist, stop stop stop weighing yourself. Gage any and all weight loss by measurements, how you feel, how you fit in your favourite jeans. She who lives by the scale will end up in the psych ward by the scale.
I'd love to drop some pounds by the Spring. Have made a vow to not touch any alcohol until Christmas holidays for starters. If I had to weigh myself AND give up drinking, there would be some serious carnage in this home.
Posted by: patricia | October 10, 2004 at 06:35 PM
You are not touching any alcohol until Christmas? I am so impressed Patricia, and because I consider you a friend I wish to help you on this mission....so if you are tempted by bottles of wine simply call me - I will get rid of them for you.
The scale: yes, you are correct. The scale and I have a very unstable relationship - some days we are friends many days we are not. So I have hidden it. For now.
Posted by: michele | October 10, 2004 at 10:10 PM
You know I was having the same issue earlier in the spring .... I felt like I was really cutting back, still working out and not losing any weight. I stopped weighing myself and at the same time increased the cardio. I noticed a couple of months later that I had lost weight - my clothes felt looser. Then I weighed myself - I had lost some weight. I do think the trick is the increased cardio and giving it some time to show. Not fun though is it?
Posted by: Wendy | October 11, 2004 at 03:21 PM
240 lbs, ladies. Read it and weep. That's a full house to your lousy pairs.
(County fair guess-your-weights regularly peg me at 200. Now really weep.)
G
P.S. Not caring is sexy.
Posted by: George | October 11, 2004 at 10:27 PM
All that walking you're probably gaining muscle which will explain the extra lbs..soon you'll see the weight loss..keep at it.
Posted by: sandy | October 12, 2004 at 08:55 AM
The extra weight is all that knowledge you are carrying around with you. ....and you know, being sexy adds a burden too!
Posted by: Tom | October 12, 2004 at 12:12 PM
I'm assuming that you're kidding when you said you ate the raw cookie dough.
Barring that, read this article (http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/05/health/05brod.html ) and this blog post (http://atease.blogspot.com/2004_10_01_atease_archive.html#109698608187608562 ) of mine.
Calories is all that counts when losing weight. Your weight will vary from day to day so track averages not daily values.
Posted by: Mike | October 12, 2004 at 12:16 PM