October 27, 2021

Wednesday Weigh-In : Week 22

Holy cow, 22 weeks already?!

If you ever wonder why I pose so awkwardly in my mirror selfies, it's this: I am trying to maneuver my arm to hide the toilet paper holder on the wall behind me, hahaha. I just don't want toilet paper (or the toilet) in my photos, so I use my upper arm to hide it.

Anyway, this picture was before my first run this week. I actually wore running tights and long sleeves because it was pretty cold! 

This past week has been ridiculous. I was really excited last week when I thought I could see the 150's today (spoiler: I didn't). However, I wasn't at all surprised to see that the scale barely budged. There were two days where I didn't give a single thought about calories and I ate comfort food like I needed, well, comfort.

I was so frustrated with the exterior door I'd taken apart (in order to "fix" it) and everything was going wrong. I would spend hours working on it each day only to find out that something else was wrong. (I *should* have just done the whole new door jamb from scratch--but instead, I thought it would save time and headache if I bought a jamb kit. I was completely wrong!)

After each day that I wasn't able to fix it (I think it was four days in a row?), I had to rehang the old door jamb and try again the next day. But it left me feeling totally defeated. At first I was mad and wanted to throw the whole thing in the fire pit (before I was medicated, I probably would have! Hahaha); after that, I just felt exhausted.

Sometimes, my chronic insomnia comes in handy; it was thanks to not being able to sleep that I *finally* fixed the damn door! I was lying in bed, trying to fall asleep, and started going over the door jamb stuff in my head. I was thinking about the measurements and the pieces and how to alter them to work, etc, and it finally hit me what I could do. (I'll spare you the boring details.)

The next morning (yesterday) I went out to the garage and tried out my idea--and it worked! I was able to hang the new jamb, spray some insulation, install the strike plates, and FINALLY--hang the door and have it work well. Better than before! I still have to hang the interior and exterior trim, but I'm just really happy that our door is functional.

I thought for sure I would see a gain on the scale this week after eating a LOT of calories for two days in a row. I was pleasantly surprised, then, when I saw that I actually lost weight (barely anything, but it's better than a gain!).


I was at 160.6 today, which is down just 0.4 from last week's 161.0. I'm down 36.4 pounds since 22 weeks ago.

I joined a four-week DietBet three weeks ago, so having a bad week means I have to be extra diligent this week. I'm so close to the 150's--I was hoping to be there before Halloween, so it could still happen ;)

5 comments:

  1. You are such an inspiration. I can't for the life of me get moving. I have all the gear but keep making up excuses why I can't go to the gym/go running (which I HATE). Any suggestions? I'll stay 200 pounds all my life if I don't start. Oooff...

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    1. If your main goal is to lose weight, you can do that without exercise. I lost 60 pounds before I started exercising, because I hated it. After losing that much weight, though, I found myself wanting to try it again--and that's when I really discovered that I like running. Exercise is obviously healthy and ideal, but you can lose weight without it. I just ate less calories. After losing some weight, maybe you'll want to try exercising again and see if you like it :)

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  2. Well done on the weight loss Katie. Wish I could get back into that mindset. Congratulations on figuring out that damn door jamb. Some of my best thinking is done while I’m trying to get to sleep!!

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  3. Glad you figured the door jam issue. I always feel great when I finally get a task completed. Especially a really annoying one. I started your 6 week MAF running plan. So far I am really enjoying it. I am not dreading running again. You're doing so well with losing weight. It had motivated me to keep trying. I am trying to lose 10% in the next 4 weeks. My first weigh in is Saturday. I have cleaned up my diet so hope to see the kind of loss you have.

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  4. Same here, but trying to get back into the 160s and was down .6 this week putting me at 171, grrrr. 160-164 is my goal...so close yet seems like I'll never get there!

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