Daily Maintenance Weigh In - Monday, February 17, 2014

181.0

Bit of a bounce up from the Sunday's low, but still feeling good about the general trend...  The trend is my friend...

Happy Monday - snowing pretty hard here right now, but looks to warm up into the 30s this week...

164.6

Thanks for the reminder about the trend.  So newly into maintenance I am still a bit hyperfocused on the minutiae. 

One example of that is my thinking lately (probably over-thinking) about enjoying food versus fueling.  In these days where I do enjoy eating again versus the first postop year where I didn't care if I ate or not, it's tricky and kind of scary.

I was thinking about this over the weekend.  I feel like I've turned a bit of a corner in the other direction... of NOT really looking forward to food in the same way as I used to.  

My thought was triggered by the fact that I haven't really craved pizza in a long time - Now I'm someone who built his own brick oven on the patio so I could make authentic Neapolitan pizza with hand made crust, etc... so this is kind of a big deal.

I think it's because I keep my menu kind of boring and I'm in a good rhythm of not having too much variety - i just consume a pretty simple diet, and it works, and I'm obsessive, so I want to stay with what works, and once I get in such a pattern I don't want to deviate...  I have read research that says that a lot of variety causes one to overeat, while monotony is actually good for keeping calories more under control... I haven't consciously done that - but when I do keep things simple and the same week to week, I feel more in control and able to experiment a little around the edges without worrying about going crazy... when I have trouble is when I'm thrown off my routine with a lot of travel, or social obligations.

165....steadily dropping 2lbs a day in water weight, hope it keeps up so i can be 150 again by next week!

Are you feeling better in general?

144.0

Took hubby to the airport. It's beautiful here - supposed to get up to 65. 

You all have a wonderful day!

Hopefully that weather is on it's way here...  got about 4 inches on the ground and still snowing hard.  Luckily it's president's day so the traffic was light.

Sochi weather.

I know, right? I'm still trying to figure out how Sochi got the Winter Olympics. Wouldn't have Summer Olympics been better? 

143.8# I'm off today.  I've been to the dentist already. I'm working out with my personal trainer and getting on the elliptical.  I rode my bike yesterday for the first time this year and it was glorious!!!!  Too windy this morning!  Hand bell rehearsal this evening...that sums up my day!

Happy Monday!

 Edit-My personal trainer was sick today.  I waited until the wind died down and went on a 45 minute bike ride.  Nice!!