Total Accountability

No **** Sherlock!  You know that I know that a pound is a pound is a pound, what I said was shorthand, of course, but what I mean is that since it's more dense, that she can probably SEE changes that reflect muscle gain *coupled* with fat loss. Better said: a cup of fat weighs less than a cup of muscle. Thus the size changes and the scale staying the same.  Ya spastic colon! You expect me to use accurate English at a time like this? Hey, I haven't eaten food in 25 days-- cut me some slack before I have to come over there and , I dunno, bleed on ya or something. Or maybe I can make you smell my incisions or something.

LOL I did blame it on your meds!!!  And no, gross, I do not want to smell your incisions. You have no idea, wait, of course you do, the amount of misinformation on these boards. One woman believed that she was at a "caloric" deficit and had to start eating more that day because she had burned 1000 calories at the gym.  What was she doing, squatting elephants?!??!!

I think that when we measure our success by the number on the scale we do ourselves a grave injustice.  If the scale doesn't show what we want we are suddenly failures!!!  Now of course that comment only applies to you because you did so good!!!  I deserved that horrible number on my scale this morning.  I had been like you and was doing GREAT.  And I wasn't losing.  So I got upset and I decided that I'd "shock my system" a little with some extra food and more exercise.  LOL didn't work!!!  So back to basics!

I'm sure next week your numbers will be amazing!

I feel ya, Donna! I am so ready to get back to my regular ole routine so that i know I have covered "all of the above" (water, exercise, food journaled, etc). Being away from home does not cut it, and like you, I am sure some food that went into my pie-hole escaped my radar.  i'm thinking about adding like 3 points to my WW for the good of the order...that way if there was another ounce of this, another spoonful of that, i got it covered.  No, there is never rest for the wicked, we...EYE cannot turn my back on it for one red second. I need to pay attention and stay present all of the time.  I would say I am doing SB for the most part...lots more protein, veggies, very little grains, moderate fat. I don't log it into fitday these days, that would give the percentages lots more readily. But visually i try to do my plate like that food plan suggests:  30% veggies/fruits/grains +  40% protein + 30% fats.  i just don't call it SB, but it is a good rule of thumb! I feel satiated most days when I eat like this.

I don't completely follow SB.  I've never really made their recipes and a lot of their ingredients are far fetched.  However, I do follow the high protein, very low carb approach.   I just hate that we have to pay attention and stay present all the time.  I guess perhaps if I weren't so fixated on that damn number, I could slip off and then back on seamlessly.  But since I am not where I really need to be, the numbers still matter.  This morning I obsessively stepped back on and I had shed 5 of those pounds from that unreasonable number.  I will probably  have to report a gain for the 1st tomorrow, but I am going to do it to remain accountable.  If I didn't I'd just be hiding and I don't want to do that! Arghhhhhhhhh!