November 6, 2010

Friday was a pretty good day. I had a calorie deficit of 1,105 and took 8,194 steps.

I am rather disappointed in the scales, though. They are showing a gain of .6 pounds the past two days. Maybe the salty ham ...

I am noticing my legs feeling a pleasant tightness the past several days. It's all the walking, I'm sure. I haven't moved this much in a really long time. I am really enjoying my walks.

I took a melatonin last night and it didn't seem to help that much. I slept 5 hours and 39 minutes. I did get up and snack, but I had an apple cut up and ready to go. I'm going to prepare something "safe" every night from now on.

I would really like to see a loss before Monday morning's weigh in. Monday will mark two weeks with my band. I know it's a lofty goal, but I would like to see a loss of 8 pounds by Monday. With the .6 gain showing today that means the scales would have to show a drop of 2.6 pounds. I don't that's too unreasonable due to the fact that the .6 is likely salt. If the stats on the armband are correct, I am on a losing trend. At any rate, today I'm going to take a longer than usual walk and watch my calorie intake really closely today and tomorrow.