Well, it seems all the Blow-Out Weekend weight is gone and, as of today, I'm at my lowest weight ever in the past 20-or-so years! I'm not skinny (haha I wish!). I'm not even down to my college weight. But I AM lower than I've been in a long, long time.

Gingers crossed, it holds over until tomorrow, since Mondays are my "official" weigh-in days.

The lowest weight in 20 years? Break out the low-cal champagne! Good for you, congratulations!

Thanks, Kathy!!! I'm pretty psyched!

Wait, low-cal champagne??? Such a thing exists?!? :D

It's been one of the quietest M&A weeks I've ever seen. Well, I suppose I'll pull in the shutter and close up the shop. Here goes :).

My Strategy for the Week (May 11 - May 17):

• 7-day Rolling Average calories = 1400-1450: 1700, 1610, 1500, 1499, 1475, 1131, 1002
• 7-day Rolling Average water/tea, minimum 2500mL (10+ 8oz glasses): 3188, 3053, 2990, 3061, 3132, 3065, 3270
• 7-day Rolling Average sodium = 1000-1400: 2160, 2117, 2173, 2260, 2303, 1632, 1425
• 7-day Rolling Average sat fat = under 18g: 25, 25, 23, 23, 22, 17, 13
• Macro -- 7-day Rolling Average Fats = 50-60g: 73, 70, 66, 65, 63, 42, 48
• Macro -- 7-day Rolling Average Carbs = 125-135g: 171, 155, 143, 138, 135, 102, 91
• Macro -- 7-day Rolling Average Protein = 100-110: 92, 89, 80, 84, 86, 73, 73
• Macro -- 7-day Rolling Average Fiber = 35-45g: 25, 19, 14, 10, 7, 4, 8
• Explore! Try something new or do some nutrition-related research at least 2 times:
  • Not sure of the day, but tried the vanilla protein powder. It tasted better than it smelled, but not by very much. Most of it ended up going down the drain.
  • Also tried baking with it. I made a batch of corn and bran muffins, most of which were regular but two of which had added protein powder. I haven't tried them yet -- they're in the freezer.
  • Thursday: Saw an interesting article about people who did some workout challenge for 90 days straight. Every single day. They were all happy with the results! But I'm not sure why -- they all gaind weight and had higher BMI. They all had *slightly* lower body fat percentages and *slightly* higher muscle mass. All in all, it didn't seem like the challenge proved what it set out to prove. I wasn't impressed.

See you all tomorrow. I *hope* I see someone tomorrow :).

Finally! Back home! Had to go out of state for a funeral and had one of the grands last week too. Haven't done too good food-wise but I did try to make decent food choices and limit the carbs--I ate a small slice of pound cake. I enjoyed it but that one-time treat is over. I did eat plenty of veggie salads--no dressing!

I'm very glad I got to pay my respects to a wonderful lady by attending her services. For years, every time I went somewhere I always looked around to see if I was the largest person there and many times, I was. I always looked for the widest exits to make sure I could navigate successfully. This time, I got around the aisles very well and I wasn't the largest person in the room! That felt so wonderful!

See you folks at the weigh-in tomorrow! Vicki

So hard to finagle good food choices away from home, Vicki. It's always tricky trying to make reasonable decisions when you have limited control over the options offered. Sounds like you did a good job! Good for you, enjoying and savoring the pound cake (yum, my favorite!), then having the self-discipline to stop. THAT'S how it's done!

See you in the next M&A thread!