WEIGHT LOSS CHALLENGE - 7 Weeks-10#'s

[sandra]

Quint41, lose the Oreos! Welcome!

[limewave]

Can you believe I already fell off after only one day! My FIL had a heartattack late Monday night in the middle of moving. FIL is doing very well, minimal damage to heart. We are so thankful. Anyways, MIL and I spent all day yesterday getting them moved. Only 2 hours of sleep. Up at 4 to clean and move . . . I was a working zombie all day. And of course I ate fast food, halloween candy, and topped it off with pizza and pumpkin pie. I feel ill today.

I need some spinach.

[sandra]

Maybe you worked it off with all that moving. Back on the wagon!

[Susan126]

Happy that he is doing well. And like Sandra said, "Maybe you worked it all off with all that moving!"

So it all balanced out.

[five one]

After a couple of months of procrastination following an appointment with a nutritionist, I made an appointment for a body comp analysis. It's next Monday afternoon. I think it will be very helpful for me to know just what my fat/lean ration is. I know I have a lot of muscle. I can feel it. It's there. It's why I weigh what I do when I am just 5' 1". But I have that pesky layer of fat over the muscle that keeps me from really seeing it. I'm not looking to be "cut" like a weight lifter, I just want some visible definition. I do upper body weight work 2-3 times a week. I want the fat to slowly melt away to reveal those delts, bi's, tri's and abs I'm working so hard on. Being post menopause, I wonder if it's even possible .

But beyond the vanity of the above, what I really want is to lose the visceral fat that has sneaked up on me through the whole menopausal process. This is the stuff that I can still hide under my clothes. But it's the dangerous fat that is hiding around my organs and it's scary. Hopefully, after my appointment, I'll have a better idea of how much there actually is.

Yesterday when I got home from work, I cut up an apple and made a cup of tea. That got me through until dinner. If I can do that each evening, I'm getting some fiber and it will keep me from pre-dinner grazing on other food. I hope. Baby steps.

Here's to making good food decisions today.