Change of Plans

Okay, here's the thing. I can't be trusted with monthly weigh-ins. I thought I needed to step away from the scale to make it lose its hold over me. Plus I liked the idea of stepping on the scale after four weeks of being good, and seeing the number drop maybe 10 pounds from what it was. But here's what I hadn't considered - I'm a procrastinator. Give me four weeks to do a job, and I'll wait until the last week - even the last few days, if I think I can get away with it - before I'll even start to work on it.

The very first week of this 28 day period - shit, the very first DAY of this 28 day period - I was already telling myself that I didn't have to weigh in for four weeks! I could eat extra and it wouldn't matter! I had been sticking to 1300-1400 calories per day before that. As soon as I started this 28 day challenge, the number crept up into the 1500s. If I stayed within my calorie range at all, that is - most days I didn't.

So yeah, two weeks later I'm here to admit that I've had a very bad two weeks. For every one day that I've stayed in my range, there have been easily three days that I haven't. A four week lapse between weigh-ins is not a good idea for me.

And so I'm here to say that weekly weigh-ins are coming back. I'm not weighing in tomorrow, because frankly I don't even want to know how much damage I've done. But I'll be back weighing in next Monday. And I'll be here every Monday from there on out. I need a deadline to keep me honest! And that deadline can't be more than a week away, apparently.

So, for the next week, I'll be doing the five parts of my 28 day challenge, and I'll try to post my results in here every day. I can't guarantee I'll always remember, but I'll try. And I'll weigh in on Monday to show how I've done.

Here's to a better week, full of exercise, calorie control, and a lot more discipline.