80 Sticks of Butter: Monday Blues

Monday, October 4, 2010

Monday Blues

Warning: This is a whiny post.

So I'm kinda feeling blue today.

"Why?" you ask.

(And thank you for asking...)

Well, number one last night as I'm getting ready for bed: a massive allergy attack.

This attack has just everything: dry eyes that I want to claw out of my head, sneezing like you wouldn't believe, headache, and stuffy and drippy all at the same time. Down 3 Benadryl tablets that barely even touch this horror show. I head out to the living room so as not to keep my very pooped spouse awake with all of the snorting, sniffling, nose blowing and sneezing going.

Which leads me to the second reason I'm feeling blue today: not only does the Benadryl not really do much to stop the allergy attack, but it doesn't even knock me out.

So, to add insult to injury: insomnia.

Couldn't fall asleep for the longest time and didn't manage to hit any kind of deep sleep through the night. Am feeling foggy-headed this a.m. and pretty grumpy.

Which brings me to the third reason for feeling blue: did not exercise this morning because I was too beat and now I have to pack a gym bag so that I can get my exercise in this evening.

Oh, just my favorite time of the day to exercise!

And last, but certainly not least in the Why-Jenn-is-Blue-and-Grumpy-on-this-Grey-Monday-Morning: weigh-in day!

AND...

Weigh-in did not go well. True the number on the scale was down from last week so yay, but down only by .6 pounds. Not so great.

So, there ya have it, People...a very whiny post from a blue and grouchy blogger.

Hope you'll please accept my apologies, I'll be in a better mood later on and I'll come back with something a bit more on the cheerful and optimistic side soon...

** Addendum **

OK, I just did the BMI calculation and I feel better because I just realized that I am only 16 sticks of butter away from finally no longer being classified as "obese." That means that by the end of this Fall Fitness Challenge, my BMI will be in the high 20s where it hasn't been for quite some time. This is definitely full of The Awesome.

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The Story of 80 Sticks of Butter

A number of years ago, a dear friend of mine just starting on her weight loss journey was seeing a nutritionist. During the first week, my friend reported the loss of her first 2 pounds, saying, "Well, it's just 2 pounds," to which the nutritionist responded, "You sound like this is no big deal! Think of it this way - 1 pound equals 4 sticks of butter...so you just lost the equivalent of 8 sticks of butter!" Quite a unique way of looking at shedding pounds.

As of August 16, 2010, I have lost the equivalent of 80 sticks of butter (I'll let you do the math...) However, I still have many more sticks yet to lose. This is a record of my journey.

Melting Away in 2010

8 January - BMI = 29.38
8 January - 156 sticks of butter
13 December - BMI = 29.38
13 December - 156 sticks of butter
15 November - BMI = 29.38
15 November - 156 sticks of butter
8 November - BMI = 29.88
8 November - 144 sticks of butter
25 October - BMI = 30.09
25 October - 136.8 sticks of butter
18 October - BMI = 30.09
18 October - 136.8 sticks of butter
11 October - BMI = 30.27
11 October - 132 sticks of butter
4 October - BMI = 30.45
4 October - 127.2 sticks of butter
25 Sept - BMI = 30.56
25 Sept - 124 sticks of butter
20 Sept - BMI = 30.86
20 Sept - 116 sticks of butter
10 Sept - BMI = 31.15
10 Sept - 108 sticks of butter
5 Sept - BMI = 31.3
5 Sept - 104 sticks of butter
31 Aug - BMI = 31.45
31 Aug - 100 sticks of butter
27 Aug - BMI = 31.6
27 Aug - 96 sticks of butter
20 Aug - BMI = 31.97
20 Aug - 86 sticks of butter
16 Aug - BMI = 32.19
16 Aug - 80 sticks of butter
1 Feb - starting BMI = 35.14