My Fitness Pal - I Hate the Scale

There. I said it. I hate the scale. I hate weighing myself. I do it once a week, the same day, the same time. And I hate it. Usually I'm okay with it, but today when I stepped on the scale it had gone up 3.5 pounds from last week.

 Really? Three and a half pounds? I know I made some bad choices this past week but I didn't feel like it was 3.5 pounds worth of bad choices. I'd actually been feeling better this week, like I was starting to lose some weight. I thought my time with the scale today would be a good time, not a disheartening time that sent me back to bed for another 15 minutes, just running that number through my head over and over.

 The problem with the scale is it shows me a number I don't really see when I look in the mirror. Could I stand to lose some weight? Yes, of course, I see that. But the amount of weight the scale implies I should lose? I just don't see it...

Then I see pictures of myself and think, there's no way I'm that big. But the scale and pictures don't lie.

Sigh. I hate the scale.

I have to not let it get me down, I need to go back through the last week and point out my big mistakes to myself and figure out ways to not repeat them. I need to go back to the week where I lost a pound and see what I did right that week versus this past week. 

My Fitness Pal - Running

Well it's time to be better!

This week was my last week hosting with Events & Adventures and one of the reasons I wanted to quit hosting was so I would have more time to focus on me and my weight loss journey and bettering myself. Too often I let other things get in the way of my workout schedule.

 So to help with that... I let a friend talk me into joining this group:

http://usafitfortbend.com/

 I start on June 29th at 7am with a group run with my pace group! I put myself into the Purple group - the walkers, the 5K/10K. We'll see how it goes. One day I would like to be able to run an entire 5K, not just walk it with little spurts of running. 

My Fitness Pal - BodyBugg

So I got an email a few weeks ago that BodyBugg account maintenance was moving over to Body Media and I needed to change my account if I wanted to continue using it.

 So I did.

And I also investigated and saw that Body Media Fit can be synced with a My Fitness Pal account so I did! So we shall see where this goes... Finally I can have my calories burned fully connected with my calories consumed log. I didn't use the food log in BodyBugg.com because the database for MFP is just so much better and I didn't want to try to do double work.

My Fitness Pal - Walk to Wellness Wednesdays

This is a new health initiative that my wellness committee at work started. I like it!

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Hello everyone,

On behalf of the Wellness Committee, we would like to introduce and encourage all of you to participate in WALK TO WELLNESS WEDNESDAYS starting TODAY.

For every Wednesday this summer, we encourage you to USE THE STAIR WAYS instead of the elevator. For those of you who already use the stair ways frequently, GOOD JOB AND KEEP IT UP. For those of you who don’t, TODAY IS THE DAY to start.

There will be signs to remind and encourage you all to WALK TO WELLNESS WEDNESDAYS. Thank you.

Fun Facts:
- Climbing just two flights of stairs everyday could result a loss of 2.7kg or 6lbs per year. Six flights a day could help you trim nearly 18 lbs.
- Adding stairs to your day can add years to your life. Studies show that risk of cardiovascular disease and death is lower among those who are regular Stair climbers.
- Stair climbing is a 'green' activity; the only energy source used is what is stored in our bodies.... good for you and the environment!

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 So I got to work and headed over to the elevator up to my floor and there was a Walk To Wellness sign posted huge on it, staring me in the face, making me feel guilty if I took the elevator. So I didn't. I took three flights of stairs up to my office and now I'm sitting here with my breakfast of yogurt and a banana, feeling good!