HA, take that fat!!! I am down exactly 4 lbs this week. Although to be honest, I think part of that may be blood loss... I did donate blood Thursday evening and they do take very close to a pound of blood. I looked up how quickly a person builds their blood levels back up but it seems there are factors involved which makes it hard to know. From what I read, I think the blood builds up quickly but not the iron and therefore maybe the 4 lbs is pure weight loss... Yeah, lets go with that theory! :)
Speaking of donating blood... Have you done so recently, or at all? If you have never donated blood, you need to start! Let's think about it for a minute... If you are in the hospital and in need of blood, you are really not doing so well, or possibly dying, and that could be any of us at anytime. It could be any of our loved ones too. :( It only takes an hour of your time to donate blood and it doesn't cost a cent. It's actually a selfish act because you feel so good afterwards! One little story and then I will get off my soapbox... Several years ago, on a whim, I popped into the blood donor clinic to donate blood. I hadn't donated in a long time because of health reasons and I wanted to start donating again. When I walked up to the desk and they saw my blood type on my card (the second rarest type) they asked if I had been called in. They told me there was a gentleman in the hospital in Halifax in critical need of blood and so they had put out calls to everyone with my blood type. They whisked me through the process and off went my blood... It was a very real and eye opening experience and really made me realize how important it is to give!!! I urge you all to at least look into this if you haven't donated before. If you have donated, but haven't done it in awhile, please sign up and go again. Oh, and if you're on medications you think will keep you from donating, chances are they won't so just call and ask.
So back to the topic of weight loss... :) I realize last weeks blog was rather depressing and down, and I apologize. I really was feeling as though it was slipping away from me. This week; however, I am feeling strong again and back on track. Most importantly, I am excited too! I just want to move my butt more and get this fat gone already!!! Unfortunately I had several commitments after work this week and could not go walking; but the one day we did get out, we walked further than we ever did before, and we were very proud of ourselves too! Plus, I have crappy sneakers with no support so just think what I could do with good footwear... I'd just be a blur of motion! ;)
Oh yes, blur of motion; that reminds me of something... I discovered while walking with my Hubby the other night that moving fast is really a necessity to staying alive, and here's why... So we're crossing the road in front of our house and we see there's a car coming, but it's ok, if we move quickly we have time. So we set out in a brisk walk to beat the car, which by the way is in the left lane hugging the concrete meridian because he is turning. So Hubby gets to the meridian first and he steps up out of harms way... and stops dead in his tracks. What he apparently fails to realize, is the meridian is very narrow and I am still behind him, and still on the friggin' road, with a car still heading straight for me... OMG!!! Now I am writing this today so I am obviously ok, but I just barely got my arse out of the way in time. I was teasing him afterwards and saying I didn't trust him so I was walking on the inside of the sidewalk away from traffic so he couldn't push me in front of a car... LOL Lesson learned, never walk behind Hubby when illegally crossing the street! ;)
So on to another topic altogether... Today I have a big decision to make which will play a big role in next weeks weight loss numbers... I have a couple of lobsters coming my way today and I really really REALLY want to make lobster dip with them. If I do that, I will be eating lobster dip and chips three evenings this week and that's a lot of calories! Or, I could just eat the lobster today and not make the dip, but that breaks my heart... I won't get lobster again until December; that is 6 long months from now... :( UGH! What to do, what to do.... Next weeks weight loss will tell the tale, stay tuned.... :)
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