day 241 ...

the scale taketh away and the scale giveth back ...sigh.

blueberry season in full swing and i have been shoveling them into my mouth by the pound. since i eat virtually no junk, i feel that this is perfectly acceptable. fresh, unprocessed fruit ... what's not to like ?

water intake ... WIN;
clean eating ... WIN;
scale reading ... FAIL ( 176).

day 243 ... forgot to post yesterday.

normally that would mean good news but the scale has other ideas, correcting the nose-dive it took earlier in the week.

water intake ... WIN;
clean eating ... WIN;
scale reading ... FAIL (177).

day 244 ...

realized that the way i am recording scale readings could easily show a bunch of wins while actually gaining weight, so for days when the scale reads no change i will record a "neutral", rather than a win.

i am concerned that the amount of blueberries that i am inhaling may result in a small weight gain before the season is over. we shall see.

water intake ... WIN;
clean eating ... WIN;
scale reading ... WIN (176).

day 245 ...

i am now wishing that i had recorded my weight on each daily post. early on, when the weight was coming off at 1.5 lbs. per week it wasn't really necessary, but at this point, i am wondering whether any is coming off at all; i.e. am i still running at a calorie deficit ? i don't actually count calories but i am keenly aware of the calorie load of the food that i am eating. i am ok with the weight coming off at a snails pace, as long as it IS coming off.

water intake ... WIN;
clean eating ... WIN;
scale reading ... WIN (175.5).

day 246 ...

water intake ... WIN;
clean eating ... WIN;
scale reading ... FAIL (176).

day 247 ...

indulged in a couple of buns last night. the weird thing about bread is that i can eat it and then forget that i have, by that i mean, if i had eaten those buns in the middle of the day, later in the evening i would be thinking that they were still in the cupboard. maybe wishful thinking at work; i don't know, but i do know that baked goods are my weakness. i don't miss cheese, jam, meat, nuts, etc as much as i thought i would but i sure miss bread a lot. with my "dietary correction", no food is off limits, so i think that having the option of eating bread OCCASIONALLY, keeps me sane. the challenge, of course, is to make sure that i only eat it occasionally.

water intake ... WIN;
clean eating ... WIN;
scale reaing ... WIN (175.5).

day 248 ...

a birthday celebration involving 2 beers and a dessert. scale was neutral on the matter this morning ... so there's that.

water intake ... WIN;
clean eating ... WIN (nothing is banned; it's about self-control);
scale reading ... NEUTRAL.

day 249 ...

scale decided to penalize me for the previous days indulgences . c'est la vie. need to string together a few spartan days in a row and, having had some french fries and sugary iced tea earlier, today isn't shaping up to be all that spartan.

water intake ... WIN;
clean eating ... WIN;
scale reading ... FAIL (177).

day 250 ...

DID manage to keep the calorie load down yesterday evening, but the scale still going the wrong way.
staying the course.

water intake ... WIN;
clean eating ... WIN;
scale reading ... FAIL (177.5)

day 251 ...

fresh blueberries stop coming usually around labour day. by then i will have eaten my weight in them. beats stuffing myself with bread, pie, peanut butter, jam and cheddar, i sez.

water intake ... WIN;
clean eating ... WIN;
scale reading ... NEUTRAL (177.5).

good job

day 252 ...

in spite of the hot summer weather, i find i am barely getting enough water into me, and i am sure i earned a demerit in that department yesterday.

water intake ... FAIL;
clean eating ... WIN;
scale reading ... WIN (176).

day 253 ...

did better in the water department yesterday. at least i got enough in me to score a win. i find if i don't have a glass very soon after waking i will put it off for many hours ... so there's that. went a bit off-plan for dinner yesterday, having sushi AND 2 bagels so i score a rather rare fail in the clean-eating category. nothing is actually off the menu but a sensible meal would have eliminated one of those items and included a leafy green instead.

water intake ... WIN;
clean eating ... FAIL;
scale reading ... FAIL (177).

day 254 ...

not sure what my weight was on july 1, but i am pretty sure that i am going to "break even" for the month. considering that there were a couple of birthdays, and a bunch of restaurant breakfasts thrown in, i am ok with that. a loss would have been nice (and is still a slim possibility) but at least i won't show a gain.

water intake ... WIN;
clean eating ... WIN;
scale reading ... NEUTRAL (177).

day 255 ...

another hot one, but a good day all around. easy to drink water when it's hot out. got some stuff done and the scale is going in the right direction.

water intake ... WIN;
clean eating ... WIN;
scale reading ... WIN (175).