Thank you Drazil

I just wanted to take a minute and thank Drazil for the very generous call to arms she sent out for me. I have 32 followers in 3 days!! I am so flattered!! I really appreciate all the support from all of my new followers....and I hope to not bore you to tears.

Yesterday was the day I chose for the BYOC challenge. My goal was to drink 64 oz of water. And I did it. I even drank  85 oz. How cool is that?? I took a sharpie and wrote on the side of my water bottle 10 12 3 5 8 and I made sure I drank a bottle by said times. I crossed off the time when I finished the bottle. It kept me motivated and let me know where I was and how much further I had to go. I did the same thing today and so far I have guzzled a few oz shy of 64. I really think this might work for me. Oh, my bottles are 16.9 oz bottles that I get from Costco and they have this cool little spot on the label to write your name but that little spot is perfect to write goal times.

Tonight I did an hour of step aerobics. I'm really new so I can't keep up with the class to save my life. You know those blooper shows where the marching band is all in sync and looking great and then that one fruit loop starts going the wrong direction and makes everyone else screw up. Yup, fruit loop here.

I have theory on the cause of my plateau.

Sidenote: one thing you will learn about me is that I have an intense need to find a reason for everything...i will analyze something to death....and I have a lot of my own theories...most make no sense at all to a normal rational person, but frankly I don't really care, if it makes sense to me then that's all that matters.

Back to my plateau theory....I have been stuck between 301 and 299 (only saw 299 one freaking day) for the past 2 1/2 weeks. So, I started looking at my food log. And guess what?? I started eating Weight Control oatmeal with 1/2 cup 1% milk for breakfast at about that time, and have eaten it 4-5 days a week. I love oatmeal and I ate it almost everyday before surgery. Now I'm wondering if that's not a contributing factor. If it is then I'll be pissed! I'm conducting a very scientific test in the next few days...no oatmeal....and we'll see if the scales start moving again. If it does then I will wait a week or so and try eating it again. If my weight stalls again then I am going to burn the damn boxes!! Weight Control huh??? Hmmmm I am thinking the control in Weight Control means that is controls your weight from moving at all!!! Has anyone else had a problem with oatmeal???

On a personal note, Hubby leaves for his 2 wk annual army training next week. I really don't think he should be going....he's still using a cane and has an immobilizing brace on his leg....and his steri-strips haven't even fallen off yet. He will be doing a lot of desk work and dispatching, but still...he has to carry a big bag through at least 3 airports. He's the kind of guy that refuses to ask for help and does not admit he's in pain easily. I'm so worried he'll ignore his doctor's orders and re-injure his knee. And I will miss him terribly....I miss him already!!! 

Everybody have a great Humpday tomorrow!!