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149. What the heck?

Here's the whole story. I've been using the scale at work and since I'm taking pictures as I weigh, I end up weighing myself four or five times trying to get the least blurry shot.

This time, when I weighed at first, it was 151. 3 pounds, great. But then the next three times were 149. The same thing happened last week. It was 156 the first time, then 154 thereafter. But that same day I weighed after lunch just to see what would happen and it was 156. There was no way I could weigh 156 before I'd had anything to eat or drink and still 156 after eating breakfast and lunch, so I went with the 154.

When the up/down phenomenon happened again today, I decided to buy a scale of my own. Perhaps the work one is faulty. I got one at Target and weighed myself just before dinner. It was 148. Who knows what the heck I really weigh! I'm going with 149.

Nocturne

Okay, you know how I said I keep waking up in the middle of the night? Well, Wednesday night I woke up after the weirdest dream.

For some reason the Patriots were touring the building at work. All of a sudden we all became rabid Cowboys fans and started heckling them. I said, "I wish we had spitballs we could throw!" and then thought, "Hey, why not just throw paper balls?" Just as I was balling up two pieces of paper (one for each hand, of course) someone behind me must have had the same thought two seconds earlier and paper balls flew over my head. The next thing I know we were all throwing them. Then the Pats got paper from somewhere and were throwing back. But to our dismay, their paper balls hurt! One hit me in the back. I picked it up and uncurled it and discovered they were wrapping rocks and assorted crap in theirs. Someone close to me got hit with a horseshoe-shaped rainbow refrigerator magnet.

We started yelling, they started yelling, it was getting really ugly. Then Detective Fontana from Law & Order came in and shut everybody up. He was really letting us have it until I showed him the rocks and the magnet. I gave some kind of rousing speech which I don't remember and asked who threw the rock at me. Some short guy who looked like he was probably a water boy or a trainer of some sort stepped forward and said he did. I finished my speech, everyone calmed down and the tour resumed. A few minutes later the head coach (somehow it wasn't Bill Belichick) came by and told me that I'm welcome in [some city I can't remember], Vermont anytime I want to come up. Soon after, the waterboy/trainer came up and said the same thing. I told him how I admired how he admitted that he threw the rock. How he knew where his rock landed in all that melee I don't know.

I'm not sure when the team moved from Boston or when they hired Detective Fontana as head of security or when they fired ol' Bill, but that, my friends, was a hell of a dream!

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Results after one week and a day. (I forgot to weigh myself yesterday morning.)

I'm down 5 pounds! I can't believe it. I actually think that's too much to have lost, and the last two nights I haven't slept through the night, which leads me to believe I may not be getting enough calories. For next week I'm going to add a protein shake to my morning snack. That should help.

P.S. Sorry the photo is so blurry.

Movie weekend

Oh, the grimness. I saw The Reaping, I am Legend, and The Last King of Scotland. I enjoyed all three, although The Reaping was kind of corny in spots and Scotland was not what I expected. But man, were they all kind of downers! I moved a couple of comedies up in my Netflix queue.

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Well, folks, here it is. Not as bad as I thought, but definitely needs some work.

Day One of healthy eating went well. I turned down an offer for a cheeseburger lunch and walked right past the two bags of chocolate my assistant brought in.

I'm not saying I'll never indulge -- that's crazy and wouldn't work. I'm planning my indulgences, though. After two weeks, my splurge is going to be a trip to my favorite restaurant on a weekend when I don't have to rush back to work. As far as the chocolate goes, Skinny Cow and Smart Ones have me covered.

Resolution

I am joining millions of people today in making losing weight my New Year's Resolution. I know it's cliche and most people quit after a few weeks, but I really mean business. To prove that, I'm going to use this blog and my flickr page as accountability aids.

I'm going to weigh myself tomorrow and post my current weight. It's more than I've ever weighed before, so the thought of doing that makes me nervous. Making it public should prove to be motivation for getting that number to go down. I'm also looking forward to getting support from my loyal commenters (I'm looking at you!).

My goal is reasonable: 10 lbs by March 1. I'm going to follow a "modified Jenny Craig" program. I'll start with frozen meals supplemented with fresh vegetables and sensible snacks. I will use my wellness benefit at work to walk for 30 minutes everyday. I initially thought I would join the rec center, but I don't want to do that just yet. Trying to schedule time for a full workout has been difficult and I want to make this process simple.

After March 1, I'll reassess. I would like to lose at least 30 lbs but I know I need to concentrate on mini-milestones so that I don't feel overwhelmed and get discouraged. My tentative plan for that time is to transition to cooking for myself. I'll also sign up for a women's karate class that starts March 4.

So, tomorrow's the weigh-in. (I'm waiting because I don't own a scale. I haven't decided if I'm going to buy one or use the one at work.) There'll be a written post here and a picture of the scale on flickr. Ignore the tear stains.

Instant SherryBaby

I just watched SherryBaby using the NetFlix Watch Instantly feature. It's a touching, sometimes disturbing, sometimes frustrating movie. Some reviewers have written that they knew where the movie was going, but I was in suspense during the last minutes -- will she? won't she? has she learned anything?

I recommend it. (Note: there's nudity, sex, and drug use, fyi.)