Saturday, January 29, 2011

Reaped what I sowed

This morning I was up at the butt crack of dawn, dreading anticipating my weigh in after a very ho hum week of not tracking consistently and eating crappily.  I got out and walked the dog for 20 minutes, intending to go for 30-45, but it was too cold and I kept slipping on ice patches in the dark.  Managed to stay upright, but barely.

My friend and I arrived at WW by 7:15. and my weigh in was as crappy as my eating was this week.  Coinkydink?  I think not.  I was up 2.2 pounds, but relieved it wasn't more.  I'd lost a total of 8.8 pounds during my first 2 weeks on the program, so now my loss is 6.6.  Still okay, but I am recommitted to staying on plan and writing it all down.

I didn't mention that last week after I weighed in, I was almost home before I realized that the woman who weighed me didn't give me a tracker for the week, and I didn't have time to drive back to get one.  Now this sounds like no big deal due to the fact that I have PAPER of all shapes and sizes in my house upon which I could have simulated a tracker, but for some reason I just couldn't get back into the tracking mode using a notebook.  I'm not blaming HER for my sorry ass week, but it did contribute to me just sort of giving it up for the week.  Today at my weigh in there were stacks of them at each weigh station, so I took a stack of my own so I can't claim that sorry excuse again.  Today I'm back on track and tracking, and it feels GOOD!  I was realizing this afternoon that I feel sort of "safe" and a little bit righteous when I'm writing it all down.

I have 2 goals for this week up to my next weigh in...track everything I eat, and stay on the program and within my points allotment.  I want another big loss next Saturday - and by big, I mean NOT GAINING!

This afternoon hubby and I went and dug out the driveway of a friend who has been pretty ill and undergoing treatment for Hepatitis C.  Her driveway is on a fairly steep hill, so we got a great workout shoveling snow and ice for about an hour.  We got her down to all pavement which was so satisfying.  She was grateful, and we had fun, so it was win win for all.  Love that.

About an hour and a half ago I decided to take the dog for a brief walk, and made the DUMB mistake of wearing a pair of fleece lined fake Crocs.  WTF was I thinking??  We started down a path that this morning was snow covered but after being trampled all day by kids going to sled, it was more packed and thus much more slick and slippery.  About 1/4 way down, my R foot just skated ahead of me and I ended up falling HARD, with my right knee tightly flexed and right ankle twisted!  UGH - I rolled right over and unflexed my knee, which thankfully didn't seem injured.  It took me a couple minutes to get myself back to standing between the slick surface, my idiotic shoes and the dog nosing me as though trying to help me up.  What a scene.  I limped walked home slowly, glad to see that I was able to walk pretty normally, though my ankle and knee felt a bit tender. 

Upon returning home, I took a pre-emptive Ibuprofen strike and iced the knee and ankle.  Now they feel normal, so hopefully that's the end of that, but I have a feeling that between the shoveling earlier and the fall, I may be sore tomorrow.  Good excuse to lay low, watch a movie and read my book!


Forgot to mention I did a lot of cooking this morning, some for the week, and some for dinner tonight.  After WW I hit the produce place and the grocery, and came home to slice, dice, chop and cook.  We're having stuffed peppers for dinner, which I can smell as they cook now.  I plan to do some more food prep for the week tomorrow, because as I mentioned before, I AM GOING TO STAY ON PLAN ALL WEEK.  Mark my word.

16 comments:

  1. If this were easy, we'd all be skinny. Don't beat yourself up about last week, keep your attitude for this week! I want results next week! :-)

    I've been on track this week but my scale isn't cooperating either.

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  2. You know you can track on line, right? WW has etools that are free if you buy the monthly pass. They may be free otherwise, too, but I don't know that for sure.

    Some people prerfer paper, tho.

    Glad your fall wasn't serious! I think we've all had enough snow! That groundhog better do his job, that's all I've got to say.


    Deb

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  3. Sounds like a nasty spill on the ice - I'm glad you're not injured. I fell 2 years ago and cracked my head off the pavement and had a slight concussion. Cheers, Rick

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  4. Mmm, stuffed peppers. Glad you didn't really hurt yourself, Leslie. Hope you're not too sore tomorrow. How sweet of you and your hubby to dig out a friend's driveway. Now that's a true friend.

    Tracking is really important, isn't it? I have to have a tracker and I like to use paper. Nice moving, grabbing a handful. Looking forward to a great week ... and I'll mark your word.

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  5. I meant to say, nice move...arggh

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  6. Aren't you glad a new week is starting? I love the new fresh start! I track online and it automatically syncs to my Ipod Touch, which is pretty cool, because I can have that wherever I am. On the Touch, I can look values up even when I don't have wifi available. I can also enter foods I've eaten and it saves them to track when I DO have wifi. I really do feel bereft if I need to eat something for which I really have no idea what the PP are. Or if for some reason I am unable to track.

    Now that I have been on program for awhile, I love that I am starting to know the PP of various things. I'm starting to get the hang of planning my day in my head!

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  7. I'm marking your word Lady! You take care of that knee n' leg: glad to hear it's not hurting.

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  8. I fell earlier this winter – not fun, and it took a long time to recover. Fortunately it was just a scraped elbow. I can live without an elbow better than I can live without a knee. Take care!

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  9. Ouch:( You and I, again, simpatico. Last week I was tracking on fitday. This week - not. And, no coincidence, my eating was not as good when I was not tracking. Yesterday was the worst!! Worst day in a month, actually. Sigh. So when I was gearing up to go to that WW meeting a few weeks ago I went back through my old stuff looking for my last little booklet thingy-ma-bob where they mark your weights. Found it:) I also found a big stack of those old trackers. So either I never used them or I, like you, was taking a stash:)

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  10. So glad you weren't hurt!! :) You are doing great and I know you can do it!!

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  11. good post - get your little self pointed down the path again, not staring backward, pointed forward, onward.
    glad you grabbed the stack of trackers, as I was reading I was thinking - stock up! and you did.
    I live in fear of falling. so I relate 100%.

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  12. hellzzzzzz yes. i plan to track this week, too. that always kills me!!! it's so simple--a monkey could do it--but for some reason i can never keep up. grrrrr.

    glad you're alright after fall :))

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  13. Tracking all week right with you. Even the mexican food I'm having for dinner tonight :)

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  14. I was offline for most of yesterday so I missed this... hoping that you really are OK! Are you bracing for this next storm... or is this one missing you? It may interest you to know that shoveling snow can burn 5-600 calories an hour!

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  15. It's funny how not having your free notebook kinda threw you off for the week - still, you are down almost 7 pounds - that's awesome!

    Good luck with your tracking - and even though I have my 19 point dinners, I still count all the points :D

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  16. Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting a particular way. We become just by performing just actions, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave actions.
    Aristotle

    Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts.
    Aristotle


    We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
    Aristotle

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