We got home from the convention Friday around noon, grabbed a quick lunch, and went to the Cove to work in the library. At 4 p.m. the weather was perfect, so I exercised in the pool for half an hour before we came home. Saturday was a good day, too. We went to shul. Mark read the haftarah beautifully; there was a speaker from Israel about the JNF; we stayed for the luncheon sponsored by two of my choir members; and then we helped another congregant out by driving him back to Lakeland because he had a flat tire and no spare. We got home about 3 p.m. and Mark promptly fell asleep until 6! I napped about fifteen minutes on my rocking chair on the lanai, then I worked on my jigsaw puzzle for a long time and made a lot of progress.
Today we are going to see the Helen Mirren movie Woman in Gold, having lunch at Subway, and going to Epcot for the last day for the Spring Flower and Garden Festival and to hear Herman's Hermits perform. It's going to be another wonderful day.
So why the title about being hard to lose weight?
Well, because it IS!
I have worked hard this week to lose weight. I have kept my calories below the limit without exception. I exercised a lot several days, although not every day because of the convention and Mark sleeping so long yesterday. Even at the convention, though, there was a lot of walking because that place is so huge. This morning I got on the scale, a day early, I know, and thought there would be something good to see. NOT. It showed that I have gained one pound since Monday. I weighed 272.4 on Monday, and this morning I weighed 273.6. That was not what I expected.
Here are my daily calorie intakes for the week:
Monday 1270 with 513 in exercise, net 697
Tuesday 1445 with 415 in exercise, net 1030
Wednesday 1416, no exercise except walking at the convention, not logged in
Thursday 1423, same as Wednesday for exercise
Friday 1476, with 221 in exercise, net 1256
Saturday 1447, no exercise
That's an average of 1416 calories per day if you don't even take the exercise calories burned off in consideration. My Lose It! program will not allow me to set it for more than a two pound loss per week, which I would be okay with, so at my age and current weight, it says I can have 1550 calories per day to do that. I guess that might be true for some people, but not for me.
Today I will be eating breakfast and dinner at home and lunch at Subway. I have already programmed in the calories, and they will be 1194 before exercise, bringing my average for the week down to 1381. My sodium should also be well within the recommended guidelines. I am hoping it might all work out this week after all.
I can go on a cruise ship and gain two pounds per DAY! I wish I could keep my calories low and exercise and lose two pounds per WEEK!
Mark is suggesting it is sodium. We did eat lunch at the synagogue, so there might have been sodium I don't know about. I had 1/2 cup tuna salad on a large plate of green salad with some added carrot and celery sticks, about one mouthful of challah, and 1 cup of vegetarian cholent that included lentils and beans. Compared to what I COULD have taken, I was quite proud of myself at the buffet! For dinner we had our usual Saturday night dinner of a griller burger on a deli flat with some dill pickles and salad. I put grated Parmesan cheese on the salad, but I measured and counted it all. There is a lot of sodium in pickles and cheese, so maybe Mark is right. I got up to go to the bathroom about three times during the night, so I thought I was doing okay. Well, there's still tomorrow morning before the weight has to be logged in as official. I wonder if it's possible to lose three pounds today and then be able to say I lost two pounds this week? I guess I'll find out tomorrow.
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