Monday, October 3, 2011

Crash-Test Dummy Hits The Wall Singing "Monday Monday"

Well, here I am, days from my last post AGAIN!! ;) LOL--oh well, it's just hard to keep up with life these days, but what can you do?? Starting my 1st Monday back to work; the pros: making back $$$ that I was losing with the extra off-day for quite some time, getting extra walking in (the usual 2-3miles I do Tues-Fri; I did walk & ride the bike on my off-days, but not as much, due to dr. appts, laundry, errands, helping my Mom with stuff, etc.); the cons: getting back up EARLY the extra day, dealing with the crowded buses (although, kinda empty & a very quick commute on both AND I left a few minutes later than usual), plus an extra day of dealing with some of the crazy people I work with, as well as the crazy doctors, patients, etc.--but, with all the recent developments here @ the job, I am being given some more & varied responsibilities & getting a slight bump in pay, so it will be worth it for the most part--as for last week & most of this past weekend: OO-FAH!!! ;@--talk about needing an extended Mulligan---anyway, one of the things that bothered me the most this past week/weekend is when I went to the nutritionist to get weighed & measured & hand in my food journal for review the other day (Saturday)--now I understand what her scale & digital body-fat measurement gizmo & measuring tape all say goes, but I have a problem with what she started me out at, weight-wise: 185--I know I've been no more than 180 for quite some time on several other scales (hit the wall & plateau for a little too long, but whatever...)--while according to her I've lost a coupla pounds & lost about a percent & half of body-fat, to be told the body-fat was back up a half & no weight-loss this time bummed me out--I've been doing OK with losing a half-to-a-full inch on my thighs, upper body, waist, chest, etc.--actually, my wife is more annoyed with the nutritionist than I am; she actually doesn't make it all that convenient to meet with her (granted, she conducts weight-training & other svcs. there, but I go for maybe a total of 15-20 minutes tops & live only 5 blocks away)--I average 2-3 miles walking & try to do a mile & 1/2- 2 miles on the bike plus I exercise every day as well--I have no fried foods & very little red meat; all chicken, turkey (& mostly low-sodium of both), pork, tuna, other seafood, tons of salad, veggies & fruit, I hardly ever drink even diet-soda anymore, all bottled water, Vitamin & Powerade Water Zero, I mix in a lot of de-caf coffee with regular, sugar-free creamers, not as much sweetener if @ all, and don't even drink as much Crystal-Lite type teas & drinks anymore, instead going with flavored sparkling waters--I know I'm hard on myself & get obsessive about this stuff (again, ME?? OBSESSIVE???), but no worse than a lot of others--anyway, that's my tale of woe (not really woeful, but sounded good!! LOL)--OK, time to get myself in gear--tty all soon, my friends :)

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