Salt

A different kinda binge....yesterday I was craving pickles....maybe I should blame Laryssa for talking about how a pickle with its salt and crunch can cure her craving..or maybe I should blame my meeting for having pickles and olives.  Whatever i ended up eating a bunch of pickles, as well as the olives for my fat and while not much cal, they had me drinking more and more......well my weight was up this morning and its all probably water, and then i found i still wanted salty stuff today(and had it for lunch) and made myself do shrimp for dinner when I want hot dogs and will probably give in and do FF dogs tomorrow.  I figure maybe I can get it out of my system in a few days and get back on my usual mix of foods by next week. Water weight doesn't usually bother me as its not fat and will go after about 3 days of less salty foods, but every week since Oct 17 I have weighed less and if i don't this week part of me will be depressed...my fault I know. Less bathroom visits means more water in me...not a big deal in the long run of things....but one other funny side effect.  I had been feeling draggy and I felt more energetic after my salty day.......psychological or physiological?

Day 11

cal 1060
flu 168
ex 3 sets 3
     4? pu

Day 10

cal 1262
flu 184

stress

Today has been stressful.  I had more planned to do than i could do and then a call this morning requiring to grab a quick shower and leave for two hours.  Then i cam back, ate fruit and string cheese and started making calls and talking to voicemails.  Went to a meeting for lunch and managed to make a sandwich with one slice of mutigrain bread, lean turkey and a little ham and eat it along with tomatoes, pickles and a few olives...no chips, no mayo, no cookies, and no croissant.  In Nov i skipped this meeting as i didn't think i could eat right....so some good progress there.  Now ATT&T was supposed to send me a rebate on my new phone according to the person i spoke with in Oct....last call rec waiting about 60 days which was Dec 30th....so decided to call again....45+ min on phone found the email that was sent re the price but can't find out how it was supposed to be that.....so finally after disc changing carriers, why do i want a contract with a cancel fee if i didn't get the discount and more, i'm getting a 150 dollar credit...while not the 200 i was supposed to get...way more than i had before.  Next I tried to make some more calls and again spoke to machines and only one person.  Additionally my son flys back from Israel to NY tonight and last nights flight was cancelled as the plane couldn't get there.....yesterday the flight left ny just before the storm, but would they send his group or the ones that were to leave yesterday and today the flight couldn't leave ny this aft and they cancelled it again.   A little while ago i found out that he made tonights flight and if all goes well he will be back tomorrow.  He's learning how much more mature and educated he was about travel than these students he is dealing with...he said if he could have sent 5 home the group would have had such a better time and he is ready to be done with them.  His 4 biggest problems were not from the students he works with....one of his became a hanger on but the problem was they had no real way to make these kids listen to him, the other person in charge, the guide or even the security person....when all you can do is ask them to behave you can't get anywhere when they keep on doing what they shouldn't.  I think this job is teaching him what he doesn't want to do for the rest of his life.
The stress made me want to eat but instead i have drank, and drank, and drank and not the alcohol that might have been more relaxing....but i didn't eat and that was a major victory over todays stress.

Day 9

cal 1127
flu 184
ex 25 min cyc
4 set 3
2 pu
10 min arm ex

Day8

cal 1133
flu 152

10 %

I was talking to my Doc as she has been following my progress closely and wanted to know what my loss was as of yesterday....when i said 30 pounds....she said that's 10%.....great.  Shes a lifelong WW member and 10% is their 1st big goal and she was pleased that i had met it......and thinking about it so am i.  The last few times i went to WW i didn't make 10% dropping out before it was reached,  so we are on new ground.  Last night I was so hungry that i ate a bunch of carrots, a 45cal frozen fudge bar and an orange and finally just went to bed hungry...I come home from work and read today's email motivation.......strange........was the mind waves from you to me as you were thinking about what you were planning to send us or the other way.  She wants me to keep trying the strength exercises but wants my to use my recumbent bike rather than walking for the moment.....so will see how i do on trying  the ex tonight.  Its cold here and my hands and joints are achy.....may wear gloves while doing this. I would be pleased to be close to the May1 prediction and will be trying my best.  No ding dongs for my birthday this year.