Week 2 - Not off to a stellar start

I am going to warn you up front. I am not a happy camper today. I am blah and grumpy and kinda feel like crawling in a hole and crying. I would like for today to be over now. Although the next 2 days at work are going to be super fun, filled with (literally) all day meetings. At least after work for the next 2 days I have fun stuff planned. Hopefully that will get me through the daytime hours.

I want to be honest. I feel like quitting. Not quitting life with the band, not at all. Just quitting this challenge. I feel like I did pretty good during the week but then just absolutely blew it over the weekend. Take a gander at these numbers ...

Today's Weight: 186.4

Seriously? How is that possible? I honestly don't understand. Although, according to my numbers for the week that is exactly what it should be. Let's look at the math.

Starting weight last Monday: 187.4
Total calories burned for the week: 14,279
Total calories consumed for the week: 10,880
Calorie deficit for the week: 3,399 (1 pound = 3,500 calories)
Today's weight: 186.4

Pretty much explains it right? So, why was I 184.8 and 185.2 on other days this week. This is the stuff that I hate. (And also why I hate math in general!) Things never add up the way you think they should. I suppose if I hadn't gotten on the scale every single day last week I wouldn't be upset at this mornings number.

In the 'keeping me honest' vein, here are my numbers from yesterday.

Burned: 2019
Consumed: 2213 Thank you milkshake and chocolate almonds ... sigh.
Surplus: 194
Steps: 2387
Activity: 15 minutes

I know there are a lot of numbers in this post (At least Beth will appreciate that!) and for that I apologize. Numbers seem to rule my life right now. And I am not fond of numbers. Unless of course they say what I want them to say :)

I brought my lunch today, several low calorie/high protein things. So that is good. But mostly I think I need to stop talking about this before I really do start to cry, and seeing as how I'm at work right now, it is probably not the best time to do that, don't ya think?

Hanging on by a thread ... but still hanging.

Wow, Weekends are not easy!

I just got back from seeing Green Lantern (yum Ryan Reynolds!) and I was NOT good at the theater! I might have had some chocolate covered almonds. And a milkshake. Sigh ...

The scale hates me today. After my increasingly low numbers yesterday this morning I was up a bit. I had a deficit with my calories yesterday so I think it might be the nachos I had for dinner with all the salt. I'm trying to get in a bunch of water today to offset and hopefully flush it away.

Today's Scale Reading: 185.2

Yesterday's Numbers -
Burned: 1879
Consumed: 1508
Deficit: 371
Steps: 1295
Activity: 7 minutes

Isn't that just sad?! The only positive thing I can say is that I had a deficit. That's it.

So what I've learned yesterday and today is that it is hard to be good on the weekends! Do y'all have that same problem?

Trying to keep afloat ... til later friends!

Quick update

I'm not used to posting on the weekends!

The BodyBugg website is down for maintenance right now so I don't have access to all my numbers but I did write down my consumed and burned for Friday, so I can share that.

Burned: 1999
Consumed: 1620
Deficit: 379

My weight is a little bit of a mystery though ... I woke up early (actually the cats woke me up early!) and when I weighed then it said 184.8, which is the same as it has been for the past few days. I went back to sleep after feeding the cats and when I got up a couple of hours later I weighed again, for giggles. That time it said 184.6 - yahoo! But wait, there is more! Before I had my lunch I thought, oh what the heck .. and went for it again. This time it read 184.2!! So I'm not sure what to put down as the official weight for today. I'll see what it says tomorrow and then decide.

So as you can see, my numbers were not great for yesterday but I still had a deficit. I was so tired when I got home from work that I literally fell asleep in a chair. A nice big leather comfy chair, but a chair none the less. So I didn't get anywhere near the steps or activity minutes in that I needed to. But that is life!

Today has been a good day, I went and had a pedicure with Beth this afternoon. I decided to go patriotic for the summer, what do y'all think?!

I'll report in more tomorrow! Toodles for now :)

Day 5, Post 2

I was awarded the Adorable Blog Award, so I had to do my duty (hee hee, I said doodie!) and tell things about myself and the pass along the award. See the earlier post for the shocking revelations and the passing of the torch.

Now, back to our regular programming!

Yesterday was a hoot! After work I went over to my BFF's house to hang out. Her husband is out of town for 2 weeks at a training thingy in Maryland and wanted some company last night so away I went. We hung out and chatted for a while but then I didn't want to be a sloth all night so I suggested we do a little 'Just Dance 2' for the Wii. Now, since the 2 of us were the only ones there dancing - there is no crazy video to watch. But she did snap a pic of me after I collapsed on the chair following the crazy 30 minutes we spend dancing it up!

Dude! I was exhausted! I couldn't even take the Wii remote off my arm! But it was so much fun. The hardest ones were Crazy in Love (Beyonce) and Jump (Kriss Kross), but Girlfriend (Avril Lavigne) was super fun too! I highly recommend the game for anyone who wants a fun way to burn some calories.

The scale didn't move today, and I'm trying not to let that get me down. I missed all my calorie related goals yesterday - not horribly, but some. Although my steps and activity were above goal! Here are the days numbers:

Weight: 184.8
Burned: 2165 (85 shy of goal)
Consumed: 1503 (3 over goal)
Deficit: 662 (88 shy of goal)
Steps: 5268 (Thank you Just Dance 2!)
Activity: 43 minutes

I'm super glad today is Friday! And it is also payday in my world, double yay! Tomorrow, Beth and I are going to get pedicures (and boy do I need one) and then Hubby and I are going to Central Market in the evening to meet up with some peeps to celebrate a friend's birthday. I suspect that on Sunday we will go see Green Lantern, so woo hoo for Ryan Reynolds!

I hope everyone has a great weekend!

Toodles :)

Adorable Blog Award

Thank you to Leslie from Band Sweet Band for giving me the Adorable Blog Award!!

The rules are tell 10 things about yourself and pass on the award.

1. I am left handed and quite a fanatic about it. That is one of my favorite things about me!
2. I have always wanted to have a swimming pool in my backyard, and now I do. Even though it is expensive and sometimes a pain with all the maintenance, I wouldn't change having one for anything. It is exactly as wonderful as I always thought it would be!
3. I LOVE my car. Seriously. I've had several cars in my life and this is the only one that I've kept long enough to pay off. His name is Gus and he is a dark blue 2005 VW Beetle.
4. I have a huge family. I have 1 older brother (Scott), 2 step-brothers and 4 step-sisters. All together they have given me 19 nieces and nephews. And no, I don't buy all of them Christmas and Birthday presents ... I need to eat!
5. My older brother, Scott, is deaf. Has been since birth. My mom had Rubella when she was pregnant with him. He is quite amazing and I'm so proud to be his sister.
6. I have 2 tattoos. One is my zodiac sign, Aries, with 3 stars (I was born in March) and the other is an Edelweiss flower, because I am of German descent. I want to get more tattoos! Lately I've been thinking about getting a Bluebonnet flower, to represent me being a Texan, and then for sure I want to get one to honor my Grandparents who have passed away. I want it to be Japanese style, a Koi fish and a Cherry Blossom. My Daddybear loved to fish and my Grandmother loved flowers and trees. And they both loved Japan, visited there a bunch of times ... so it is rather fitting I think :)
7. I have 6 holes in my body that weren't originally there when I was born. 3 piercings in my left earlobs, 2 in my right earlobe and one in my left nostril. At this time I don't have the desire to get anything else pierced.
8. I wish I could speak a foreign language fluently. My preference would be German. I took German for 2 years in college and really enjoyed it. I've been to Germany 3 times, it is my favorite country! But I'm quite shy in practicing because I don't want to sound stupid in front of people who can speak it!
9. I love the smell of chocolate chip cookies more than any other smell in the world.
10. My best friend and I have the same first and middle name. Only one small difference in spelling ... I am Deborah Lynn and she is Debora Lynn. And, the best part?!?!?! She is left handed like me :)

Now for my nomination ... I am passing the torch to my BBF (Best Banded Friend!), Beth at Beth Ann's Never Ending Quest For Something! Gooooooooooo Beth!!