Water Weight--Excuse or Real!

This week I really did not do very well. I actually gained .2 pounds. Not horrible but not good since I am trying so hard to be good. Any time I cheated I made sure I got a workout. That's only fair--right? Sunday, I noticed that my jeans felt tight in my right calf. I thought that was odd. I never noticed it before. I immediately thought--water weight. Why I think I am retaining water in just my right calf is beyond me. My daughter said it is probably muscle and that I need to stretch the muscle to make sure I don't bulge in one area. Hmmm. What do I know. What I do know is that Monday I had to weigh in and I immediately blamed it on water weight. Not going to tell my coach I haven't been really good this week. Not that I'm lying. Am I?  Well this morning I weighed myself and sure enough I was down a pound and a half. It must have been water weight. Of course I have not put on my jeans to see if my calf was smaller. I'll have to test that out tonight when I get home. Now I am curious. Of course now I have to question, am I retaining water in my right calf? That seems odd. But then why is my right calf larger than my left calf? I give both legs an equal work out as far as I can tell. I try not to be biased to one side of my body.

No matter what the reason, I have to conclude that I was retaining some water at the time of my initial weigh in because I am sure I did not lose 1 1/2 pounds over night. But thank goodness I am finally back to 167.8. Now I can work toward that 10 pounds before Thanksgiving. I think I can do this.

Time Flies When You are Having Fun!

Wow, I did not realize it has been a month since I last posted. Shame on me, in so many ways. I know why I did not post--I have been bad. Really bad. It started out with little cheats and I never got caught. I couldn't do anything wrong. I started out having a cheat meal every week and I continued to lose. You can't go wrong with that, right? The problem evolved from this little cheat. I started to cheat more. I was at least holding steady. That just led to more cheating. I was having fun. Drinking, having ice cream, eating hamburgers and hot dogs on buns. I couldn't stop myself. Well, I finally got caught. I went on vacation and continued my bad behavior and gained 8 pounds. OMG! What was I thinking? Seriously. I went up to 174. When I came back from vacation I knew I had to get back to reality and get started on my diet. This first week I lost 6 pounds! It feels good. Oh to be on the losing streak once again. Now I am pepped up. I am ready to lose more. I am on a roll and feeling good!