The Scales Don't Lie

On Friday I weighed 225.4.  Happy times.   Then Saturday I was up to 226.6, and I stayed at that weight on Sunday, dropped to 226.2 on Monday and Tuesday, but this morning, after very little to eat on Tuesday, I was down to 224.00.    I've discovered a couple things.  First, I haven't been able to exercise at all from Saturday through today and that really slows down weight loss.  To loose weight without starving yourself at the age of 49, then you must burn some calories with exercise.  Second, I've found that exercise is a great way to stay in a positive frame of mind.  Since I haven't been exercising I've been feeling down.

Why haven't I been exercising?  I'm an adjunct professor at a university in Atlanta and grades are due today.  So for the past four days I've been spending all my spare time grading finals and papers.  It is an emotionally gruelling task, but it doesn't burn many calories.  I plan to get out in the yard and do some serious yard work tomorrow.

One thing that helps motivate is when people tell you that you've been losing weight.  Generally, people who haven't seen you since you started losing weight will be the first to notice, but today my daughter (who sees me everyday) said, "You really are looking skinny."  In fact, my wife cupped my face in her hands Monday and said, "You can really tell you've lost weight."  Those things make you feel good.

 To be honest, I haven't really been tempted to binge eat.  I'm actually forcing myself to eat.  I don't get very hungry as long as I eat something on a regular schedule.  Yesterday I waited until 1:00 pm to eat lunch and I was getting really hungry.  I stopped at Longhorns intending to the salmon, but I had a salad instead.  So, all in all, I've seen positive results, even during the holiday guantlett. 

Verse of the Day: Ps 62:9

9 Surely men of low degree are a vapor,
Men of high degree are a lie;
If they are weighed on the scales,
They are altogether lighter than vapor.
NKJV