Friday, April 23, 2010 (Day 90)

I thought I’d be around 180 today.  Not so.  I weighed in at 185.  You’ll remember that’s what I was last Sunday.   You’ll also remember that on Tuesday I was down to 184.  It’s Friday and I’m back up to 185.  I would feel awful about this if I had eaten treats or not exercised.  But I’ve done everything right this week.  I didn’t have a single treat out of everything I made for the office party.  The ONLY thing I’ve done “wrong” this week is that on Wednesday I went back for seconds on dinner (lasagna).  That put me at 1600 calories for the day, instead of under 1200.  That’s not nearly bad enough to keep my from losing weight and certainly not bad enough to make me gain weight.  So I’m assuming that it had a lot of sodium in it and I’m retaining water.  I also haven’t had a good bowel movement all week.  So I’m a little frustrated with the scale, but at the same time, it’s not bothering me too much.  And I should also mention that this week has been STRESSFUL!  Besides the responsibility of the office party, my washing machine went out Wednesday night.  Then we found out yesterday when they replaced the washer that our plumbing lines in the house need to be cleaned out or we will soon wake up to a sewage filled downstairs.  And the first plumbers we had give an estimate want over $1300.  I have a couple more companies coming tomorrow for estimates.  I don’t need this!  I guess the good thing is that the washer went out and we learned of this problem before we had a sewage filled house.  Thank Heaven for small (and big) favors!  I just want the scale to show my hard work.  And I’m weaning off my depression medication this week.  Great week all around!  Boo!