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Saturday, Aug 30 2014 - Losing Weight and Feeling Great
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Another week and another weigh-in. I look forward to Saturday all week long, not only because it marks the weekend but because it is my once-a-week opportunity to actually quantify my progress. Last week I weighed in at 306, this morning it dropped to 301.5. 
If anyone from the CK IT department is listening, "We need an emoticon for doing the happy-dance!!" 
I visualize a miniature Snoopy on top of his doghouse just jiving away to the music playing merrily in his head. I know, there are probably copyright issues with that one but someone ought to be able to come up with something suitable.
The thing about hitting 301.5 is that it is close, very close, to 300, a nice round number. I know it is a round number because I also am round, but that is changing. Anyway, I am confident that I will float past 300 sometime this week.
However, I am committed to a single weekly weigh-in on Saturday morning so the number will pass midweek without notice or fanfare. Yet, there is likely to be a MAJOR happy-dance next weekend. (Notice that I am staying positive about all this?) I am not saying that I might pass the 300 pound threshold, but that I WILL pass it. I choose to be positive about my journey.
Why only one weigh-in a week?
Well, let's think about it. I have done the daily weigh in routine and found it both stressful and unsatisfying. In the first place it is completely normal for a person's weight to fluctuate up and down several times over the course of a week, even if it exhibits a general downward trend. Why put myself through the grief brought on by a bit of retained water or short-term constipation? (sorry, but it is a realty) 
I have enough stress in my life just due to living in the real world, I do not need to intentionally seek out avoidable stress for myself. Secondarily, daily weigh-ins are unsatisfying because, even with a steady decrease in weight, say 2 pounds a week, it is hardly measurable on a daily basis without a better scale. I much prefer to look at the scale on Saturday and see the result in WHOLE pounds rather than in ounces or grams as is more typical of a daily weight change.
Besides, what I am doing, whatever it happens to be, is working for me and that's really all that matters for my personal journey. It probably would not work the same for everyone. It is interesting to read what works for others but we are all different.
If anyone from the CK IT department is listening, "We need an emoticon for doing the happy-dance!!" I visualize a miniature Snoopy on top of his doghouse just jiving away to the music playing merrily in his head. I know, there are probably copyright issues with that one but someone ought to be able to come up with something suitable.The thing about hitting 301.5 is that it is close, very close, to 300, a nice round number. I know it is a round number because I also am round, but that is changing. Anyway, I am confident that I will float past 300 sometime this week.
However, I am committed to a single weekly weigh-in on Saturday morning so the number will pass midweek without notice or fanfare. Yet, there is likely to be a MAJOR happy-dance next weekend. (Notice that I am staying positive about all this?) I am not saying that I might pass the 300 pound threshold, but that I WILL pass it. I choose to be positive about my journey.Why only one weigh-in a week?
Well, let's think about it. I have done the daily weigh in routine and found it both stressful and unsatisfying. In the first place it is completely normal for a person's weight to fluctuate up and down several times over the course of a week, even if it exhibits a general downward trend. Why put myself through the grief brought on by a bit of retained water or short-term constipation? (sorry, but it is a realty) I have enough stress in my life just due to living in the real world, I do not need to intentionally seek out avoidable stress for myself. Secondarily, daily weigh-ins are unsatisfying because, even with a steady decrease in weight, say 2 pounds a week, it is hardly measurable on a daily basis without a better scale. I much prefer to look at the scale on Saturday and see the result in WHOLE pounds rather than in ounces or grams as is more typical of a daily weight change.Besides, what I am doing, whatever it happens to be, is working for me and that's really all that matters for my personal journey. It probably would not work the same for everyone. It is interesting to read what works for others but we are all different.
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a decade ago
I officially weigh in once per week on Monday mornings at the gym. But I often sneak a peak on Sunday and weigh in at my mom's (I don't own a scale which is good when losing and bad for maintaining). The two scales typically within a 1/2 pound. This has worked well for me since there are times I know I had a good week and my the Monday morning weigh in will be a bit disappointing with my mom's scale being slightly better so I don't get frustrated and chalk it up to just a wacky weigh in. Once per month I have to stay out of town for 10 days and don't get to weigh in until the following Friday - in fact this weekend is one of those weeks. I have to dig deep to keep focused for the longer period. I always hope to be pleasantly surprised and see a bigger drop but it often does not work that way. Congrats on being so close to dropping into the 200's - it is within your grasp!
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