Scales are not entirely truthful units of measurement. As a scale collector, I have at least four in this house, and at any given moment, same time, same day, I can get FOUR different readings. It's enough to drive you out of your wits, if you let it. I don't. I used to, but I don't. It's only one measure. If you're curious - the digital scale saith 206.6; the manual scale saith 203. Take it for what it is.
Note: I give you the digital reading daily because the manual scale is not that reliable, given that you can set it to zero, weigh your person, step off, and it says it's at -1 or more. :/
There are other metrics:
- Measurements of certain locations
- Physical feeling
- Appearance or disappearance of symptoms of things
- Peetones
- Blood sugar
- Heart rate
- Oxygen
- Food trackers
- Bloodwork
I've monitored all these things at one time or t'other. Personally, apart from physical feeling, I think this way leads madness. At some point, we just have to live. I know my goals. I know what I have to do to get there. I do not know how long it will take. All this data is pretty much useless.
What matters?
- How I feel
- Can I wear this, or do I have to wear that?
I am tracking today, but I'm fairly certain, I will be exiting that particular realm of madness after today. As we can see, if you look back at the week, there are things I need to cut back on (snacky items, and heavy cream), and things I need more of (veggebles).
The only challenge remaining for this week is going to the store and NOT getting more snacky items.
Our 17-year-old refrigerator has started a reverse-functioning trend, where everything in the fridge compartment is freezing, whilst some days, things in the freezer take almost half a day to freeze. This makes produce retention a bit difficult. The more delicate counterparts (lettuce, celery, spinach, etc.) do not take kindly to being overchilled. This makes the veggeble consumption a bit more tricky, but I'll figure it out.
The more I go on with this, the less I WANT to go backwards. Yes, there was bread. Yes, I still have things to tweak, but still, I know how I feel now v. how I was feeling the majority of the year.
I'm still thinking about what I want to accomplish in the future, but for now, I am focusing intently on finishing out the remaining 56 days, and exceeding my initial expectations. I know I can do it. I will do it. I am doing it. THAT is what matters for now. All we have is right now, so I am making the most I can of it.
Here - an hour or so into the next day - after ingesting half a Diet Dr. Pepper earlier, I learned that I should stop that lunacy in the evening hours. I couldn't sleep. I tried for an hour. I gave up, got up, and made a cup of half peppermint and half Sleepytime Detox tea. I'll probably regret that, but it was the only "Sleepy" tea I had, so there's that.
It was a lazy day full of not a lot of thought or action. Tomorrow, though (today, later), the movement begins. I've been watching a lot of DDP videos about a variety of people, and I'm ready.
Hope you have a happy Sunday. Thanks for stopping by!
Day 34 Progress
Weight: 206.6
What I Et:
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