Weigh In Wednesday Week 2

Coming in at 217.6...Fatty!! Woohoo, down 2.6 lbs. from last week. However, more importantly, my waist is one inch smaller than it was a week and a half ago. Oh, who is that rocking the perma-grin? This girl!

I'm giving consideration to changing Weigh In Wednesday to Measure Up Monday. While I only "officially" weigh myself on Wed, I find myself hopping on the scale out of curiosity throughout the week. It's a little ridiculous. Even though I know when you last ate, water weight, and what you are even wearing can affect the number on the scale, I geek out a little. I'll do a mental, "OH MY HEAD, you weigh .2 pounds more than you did three hours ago, what did you do?" Then reason prevails, and I calm the hell down :-) Anyway, I'm doing weight training in addition to cardio and as I'm sure most, if not all of you know, muscle outweighs fat. So, while I might physically be shrinking, the numbers on the scale might not be going down as quickly as I hope. I shouldn't set myself up for feelings of failure, or validation for that matter, solely based on the readout of the digital demon that lives in my guest bathroom.

In other news, bread is no longer haunting my dreams. The use of low carb tortillas for wraps and thin pizza crusts seems to be satiating that need. No, this week, it's donuts. Sad admission, I just had an absolute Homer Simpson moment typing that word. Seriously, I said, ahem, out loud (to who? to myself, my dog, the universe?) "mmmmmm, donuts." I've tried to quell my sweet tooth with cherries, Atkins bars, even a low sugar ice cream bar but to no avail. Donuts are demanding my attention.

So I guess now is the time to decide on what lesson is to be learned here? Am I trying to learn perfection? Stay the path, never stray? Or, am I trying to learn to fix my mistakes? Can I have the donut because I want the donut, get over it, work out a few extra minutes and just get back on the horse? Hmmm, what will I choose to learn? I guess I'll have to mull that one over. In the meantime, I will continue snacking on my latest greatest find, Emerald's Cocoa Roasted Almonds (so tasty, so low carb, so on the top ten list) and figure out what I'm having for dinner...which I strongly suspect won't be donuts! As always, be good to yourselves and be good to each other! Fatty out.