Go figure. 

Some people would see that as a license to be bad. I see it as grace.

Today I have the day to work at home, except for one special appointment. I'm going to do a little of that, but also some spring cleaning. I may ride my bike to work to incorporate my exercise productively. It's only 4 or 5 miles. My butt should be ok with that without bicycle shorts. Or maybe I can wear them under my dress clothes? 

DH and I stopped taking the Dr. Mercola Biothin when we ran out. We pretty much felt the same as these reviewers on Amazon. We didn't see any point. They didn't seem to make any difference in anything. If they were less expensive, we might have given them a longer trial run, but eh, at that price it just wasn't worth it.


I did however just ordered PGX. I read an an advertisement (masquerading as an article) on Huffington Post, then a bunch of reviews. The product was inexpensive, and most people seemed to like it. If my husband and I both take it as directed, we don't have quite a months supply, but many people said they saw a difference in just a couple of weeks. If it's just me, I should have plenty of time to determine if

As my TomTom used to say (in an Aussie accent), "Turn around! Your going the wrong way!"

I only biked just over 4 miles yesterday and did perhaps 20 minutes of Zumba medium intensity. Not much. Food was typical, but I was so busy all day I didn't log it. Still, not likely more than 1200 calories.

I once again got about 4 hours of broken sleep. I went to bed late, got up early, and got up once to use the facilities. 

I'll try to keep it to 800 calories and 2 hours of exercise per day during the week to see if I can't get it back down. It seems that's what will be required. Can't do a steak day today. Life is in the way.

Later-

Not even close to 800 calories today. Actually, almost exactly double that.

I craved carbs to the point of caving this afternoon. I had two breadsticks left over from Olive Garden and...cookies. Knowing the consequences, I could not resist.

Now, the cookies have been in this house for about a month and I didn't even think about them. The breadsticks I resisted at dinner, and all day yesterday. But today it was like I just couldn't stay away. 

I'm so tired I am just forcing myself to stay awake long enough that if I go to bed I won't be up at 3 am. And I've been the walking dead all day. But I made myself go for a walk (3 miles) and do 10 minutes of some simple asanas after to stretch it out and cool down.

While on the walk, I wondered if my lack of sleep contributed at all to my insatiable desire for carbs today. I looked it up when I got back, and guess what? I found Lack of Sleep Causes Excess Carbohydrate Consumption. This does not surprise me. It really was an abnormal WANT. As I said, these foods have been available to me, but essentially invisible...until today. 

Now they are invisible because they are gone. Well, in all likelihood they'll show up on my butt tomorrow, so I guess not so invisible. 

I would like to say this is going to be a steak day. It may. But it is such a beautiful day already, that I see much hiking and biking in my future, and that means I may not be able to hold off for a steak until dinner. We'll see. 

This was better than expected. I ate about 1500 calories yesterday, and I only got 2 miles of walking in.

Today is a busy day, likely not much for exercise. We'll likely eat out. I plan to make good choices, but I'll likely have a couple of glasses of wine before the night is over. I'll likely be making up for it all week. 

Later-
Well, the day pretty much did go as planned. We were in the car much of the day. We may have walked a mile or two through stores and such. I did Zumba, one medium intensity song, when we got home. 

I had a piece of sugar-free, gluten-free pumpkin bread and 2 tbsp. peanut butter before we left. On the road I had two .5 pieces of gouda. At the party I had 1 slice of sugar-free, gluten-free banana bread. I drank water all day.

Dinner was harder to calculate on the app,  but we ate at Olive Garden and I did NOT have bread or any of the appetizer (that included bread and cheese). I had a salad, and I ate the chicken out of the dish I ordered and gave the pasta to my husband. We did not have desert. I had one glass of wine.

It is now 5 hours later and I'm having another glass of wine, but I've had nothing else. I'm still full, in fact. 

I anticipate being in bed by midnight and hope to sleep in. I'm very tired for some reason. 
It will be interesting to see what happens on the scale tomorrow. I did really well, but maybe not good enough.

Well, that was short-lived.

Finally! 

Yeah. I'm not sure where to go with that one.

No sugar, no starch, no wine; walked 3.5 miles in an hour (which is moving for me...my legs are short); and my intake was 841 so I burned almost 300 more than my daily goal of 867 set to reach the goal of 2.5 lb. loss per week. I drank plenty of water. I got a full night of great sleep. I'd understand a .2 or .4 loss. I'd even understand a zero day. I don't understand a .7 GAIN! 

However, what I do know is that I'm going to keep doing what I'm doing. I can't use it as an excuse to say, "Whatever! If it's not going to work I'm just going to have..." because I know it will work now. Eventually. Even if it hasn't in the past. I just have to keep going. 

Now that the achy/fever feeling is gone, I'll lift some heavy things again today. And I have put some miles behind me just to keep my blood moving. So, with the other things that are on my list to do, I better get to it.

I ate all of about 700 calories total yesterday. I expected a little more. Oh well, at least it wasn't up again.

I didn't exercise at all. I was achey and tired and had a low grade temperature. I went to bed early. 

Today i woke up with a lurking headache. We'll see how the day goes. 

We do have an assignable root cause...a cookie. Yes. One damn cookie. A calorie is not just a calorie.

I'm not sure how that is possible. We walked 4.5 miles yesterday in some challenging terrain. My glutes are sore. It took us 2 hours, so we weren't moving fast, but I think I used muscles that I don't typically use. We maneuvered over ice and mud and rocks.

My calorie intake was reasonable. I had an apple and a Baby Bell Gouda for breakfast, a sweet potato for lunch, 28 almonds as a snack after hiking, lots of water, and a BLT salad for dinner: romaine, tomato, onion, 2 pieces of bacon, 100 g chicken breast, avocado, 1 hard boiled egg and homemade blue cheese dressing...with greek yogurt instead of sour cream as a base. It was a big salad; easily 2 heaping cups or more. Over the course of the evening, We stayed up late and watched SNL and I poured 3 glasses of wine, but only drank two. I dumped the 3rd. It always seems like another glass is a good idea when I pour it, but by the time I get around to taking a sip it just doesn't sound good anymore. In any case, I'm guessing it's the wine that's the problem. One glass doesn't seem to be an issue, but when we go out and I have more than that, or on weekends if I get lax on the amount, it's an issue. 

Today I have some running to do, some spring cleaning to do, and I'll get a long walk outside, but just in town...nothing challenging. I will lift some weights, no wine, and either shoot for a steak day or perhaps just a low carb veggie/protein loaded day. We'll see.