File Under Really Dumb Things You Can Do To Sabotage Your Weigh-In

So, yesterday was a co-worker's birthday and then in the evening I had a dinnertime meeting. Don Pablos for lunch, Panera for dinner. I made really excellent choices point-wise, no problem there, but the sodium...oy! It was off the charts!

I was kept late at the meeting, so by the time I got home it was too late to drink more than a cup of water. Still, I did and woke up twice in the night to go to the bathroom.

Got up this morning and the number on my scale at home was less than encouraging...I had poked up 2 lbs in two days. Still, I was down about .6 from last Wednesday morning, so I figured if I drank ALOT of water up to about 1/2 hour before weigh in, I could maybe flush out the bloat.

Oh, the visions of geniuses and fools. My official weigh in showed me up by THREE FREAKING POUNDS. I am so mad I could spit! I *know* it's only water weight. I don't care. I'm still mad. Why oh why did I have to be nice and go to lunch for a colleague's birthday instead of eating a *safe* salad with French bread? Why did I get the stupid but indescribably yummy onion soup instead of the nearly sodium free salad at Panera?

This is the biggest gain I've had to date, and I know it's bogus, but I don't care! I'm steaming mad and I am going to see a 5 lb loss next week! (3 water + 1 for this week and 1 for next week!)

Posted by foxydot at June 28, 2006 1:28 PM