Year 2 Week 4 Day 1

The mantra is "One Week, One Pound"

Last week was 313.6 lbs and this week is 313.0 lbs for a drop of 0.6 lbs. This is after a night of very emotional eating after watching the Minnesota Vikings implode against the inferior New Orleans Saints. I had a huge slice of chocolate cake and a pint of chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream to console myself. This weekend was also a weekend of a lot of eating by my standards even.

I followed protocol for a few days with only the breakfast drink, the V8 juice and the yogurt smoothie. But I had pizza on Wednesday and Thursday again. Papa John's with a large sausage, mushroom, onion extra cheese and a small Hawaiian barbeque chicken pizza and an order of boneless buffalo wings. Friday night was more with an Applebee's dinner that had chicken wontons, bacon cheeseburger and chili cheese fries. Saturday night at Longhorn was boneless wings again, an 8oz renegade steak and steamed veggies, plus a cherry pie from the gas station for dessert. Dinner on Sunday at Taco Mac was chips and cheese dip, half pound of boneless wings and chili cheese fries. You already know about the shame dessert from that night.

In all a horrible week of eating crap. I am beginning to doubt the claims about starving yourself slowing down your metabolism. I can see how if you don't eat, you don't metabolize. Kind of like if you don't step on the gas pedal, your car won't go. Still if you are running something through all the time, like water, coffee, breakfast drinks, V8 and yogurt smoothies, then it doesn't seem to be slowing down all that much. I'm still not doing any aerobic exercises, but I am getting pretty comfortable with the morning warm up exercises and I wonder if that is impacting my metabolism in general.

Really, all I am saying is that I have no idea how metabolism works but I don't think what I've heard so far matches with what I have seen.

Still no movement on the Pilates front but I do have space in the living room now to lay out for all the less than attractive poses. Speaking of that, I am also looking for a good yoga DVD to get some flexibility back. Cannot wait for some Downward Dog action though it's probably not as good as Sting makes it all sound.

I didn't spend a ton of money this weekend. That's not true; I bought Assassin's Creed II and several DVDs. I am also eagerly anticipating Mass Effect II this week, but still didn't go crazy and should be able to close out another credit account this month.

Final thought: Screw the Green Bay Packers and Screw Brett Favre!

Have a great week.

Later.