Okay, folks, one more week to go. Where are you now? I can tell you, I have not had much success this challenge. Today I am 1 lb down from last week, but still one lb UP from the start day. If I'm very lucky, and I drop a lb this week, I may have made it through this by remaining at exactly the same weight. (sigh) However, considering the dinner party we had last weekend, to have lost any weight at all this week is a success.

Yesterday I weighed myself and I was down to 136.4! This was great news to me .... but today for the offical weigh in I'm at 138 which is pretty much where I started. I've really been trying since Monday though - so hopefully things will start going down from here. ho hum..........

This is starting to be a recurring theme: HOLY CRAP! It's THURSDAY! Just figured that out now. No weigh in.

Tamster didn't weigh today. Probably subconsciously on purpose. That's possible right? I need to cut back on the salty foods (she says after just eating some salted cashews ) because next Tues a.m., I see my doc and they'll weigh me there. And that's like a "real" weight because it goes in your medical records and everything. I hate that.

At 143.1. Which is good because I was 146.3 last week; however, all this up and down, up and down, drives me crazy. Nono - Is that the exact title of the book? I think it would greatly benefit me to read something like that, especially with my upcoming training schedule and trail races in which I'm planning to participate. Cranium - Good job on the slow but steady weight loss. You're gonna be in fine form soon! Tammy - Yeah, doctor weigh ins are official. Bummer, huh? 'Cause they make you weigh in with all your clothes on, which I figure adds on an extra 8-10 lbs. (kidding)

Tammy, that's funny. I always try to wear "light" clothes, and I don't mean the color! Craneium, that's good discipline to only eat at designated "eating" places. Unfortunately, I've conditioned myself that my desk is one of those places. I can go all day without nibbling at home, but when I sit here the munchy switch gets turned on. Must be something in my chair. Leslie, that pup is good with a yo-yo! Helen, I agree. I think Holly's good where she is. But she says that about me, too. So, we really are our own worst critic, right? We had halibut last night. Yum. What do you do to halibut to make it soooo yummy? Bake it in a cheese sauce! Double yum... Heh. It's all homemade, but I used butter (naughty!) in the sauce, and full-fat tillamook cheddar (nothing else but the best!). Still, it's a good dish and the kids scarf it down. Potatoes from my garden (only a few left!), asparagus as fresh as we can get it here, and salad. And No snacking after dinner! I did remember this weigh in, after all. What did my fishy dinner and postprandial diligence get me? 141.5 this morning. Cool. Still higher than I wanted to be this time, but since I was (I think?) 143 last week, and the week before that... I'll take it.

The book is: Nutrition Periodization fo Endurance Athletes by Bob Seebohar. BTW, in my last post, that wasn't exactly a Freudian slip -- my r is sticking occasionally. Didn't fix it, 'cause I thought it was a neat Freudian, even if it was by keyboard.

well -- i'm back up 3lbs according to this morning's weigh-in ...... so not happy, but not surprised -- i've been frustrated with how tired and sore i still feel so between the comfort food, chocolate, wine and inactivity it's really not surprising!! tomorrow is 3 weeks post-op and i hope to start regaining some energy and strength soon so i can add in little bits of walking and working out!! (and somehow staple my mouth shut!!)