Bleeeeeeping construction! Construction traffic stole thirty minutes from my workout yesterday. I was sooooo annoyed by it. It took us 30 minutes to go a quarter of a mile! Grrr.

**I wil not get frustrated**

I weighed in at the gym last night--.25 lb. GAIN! I am speechless, really. I know I am not the first person to "do everything right" but it affects me just the same, anyway.

My clothes are fitting so much better now, so I measured myself and was able to see some decreases. That perked me up, anyway.

I loved the ab xpress class last night. Scott hated it. So, we decided that our new "routine" will be that we warm up 5 minutes on the stationary bike; then do weight training for 30 minutes, then I will go to ab class and he will change his shoes, get ready, etc. in the locker room and take a break; then I will help him with the bike right after the ab class and then off to the treadmill and stairmaster I go while he is spinning his little arse off! Man, that 15 minute ab class went by FAST!

Well, another day at the office. My boss e-mailed me some paperwork FINALLY. Maybe I can actually earn my living, now. I thought some more about the transfer offer from yesterday and I am happy that I did not take it. My job will be better once I can actually work.

Today feels like it is shaping up to just be a ho-hum kinda day. We had a lawn service come check out our yard this morning. Geez, even the lawn service is expensive for this house. Just another reason not to buy it. Scott will never be able to be a stay at home dad with all these high mainenance expenses. I still have to get another set of curtains before summer hits us, or our electric bills will be enormous, too.

I feel like I am finally settling into my new food routine. This is my fourth week on CK. It no longer seems difficult, or depriving. It is just turning into another fact of life--much like having to brush and floss my teeth every day and having to pee sitting down, are. LOL. Just something I gotta do to take care of me. It is okay and good and makes me feel better and will increase my longevity and will help prevent future health problems and...and....and....

Update: Boy oh boy am I hungry today!!! All I have is an apple left to eat before dinner. I am not convinced that it is going to be enough. I wonder if I am eating enough in general? This whole food calories and net calories thing is confusing to me. While I understand what net calories are, I'm not sure which number I should be shooting for. Food calories, or net calories??? Is my body starving? I don't usually feel hungry, but I haven't lost any weight this week so far, either. I should be down at least a pound by now! I am feeling just a little light-headed and dizzy, too. Maybe there is something else going on?

My daily averages over the past month are 2,006 food calories, 588 excercise calories and 1,418 net calories. I've read that VLC diets are when you eat 800 - 1,000 calories per day, and a LC diet is under 1,200. I am not there, not even in net. So what gives? If my maintenance calories are 3,000+ and it takes 3,500 calories to burn a pound, then I should be losing about 0.46 lbs per day, right? This formula has been working very consistently up until this week. I just *knew* when I went to the gym yesterday that I would see a nice loss, but I was soooo wrong.