Today is my last of eight days in the homeland before I head back to World Headquarters.
It will be a good thing to weigh on the scale at home. I know that Mom and Dad's scale is crappy. I also know that a lack of exercise there does change things a little, too. But, after three straight days of having the scale go up, this morning I was down 2.5 pounds. I think that's probably right and I can't explain it any other way except to say that this kind of wild fluctuation doesn't happen at home. The lesson is: trust the process, keep focused, and forget the short term stuff.
Yesterday was a long day. I drive 450 miles and worked a full day. Today is a work a full day and drive 315 miles (60 miles in already). Tonight, home with my girls. Tomorrow: back at the gym. Incidentally, not to go all @dadboner on you, but Applebee's 500 calorie entrees are pretty good. That's my go-to place on the road. Spicy Asian shrimp: not bad. Leave the top shelf margs on the top shelf.
Day 57
Weight: 256
Last ten days: 2.7 (we'll see how that looks tomorrow)
I feel you on the scale. My parents' scale is an old dial scale where the line to read the number is as thick as the gap between the ticks on the dial, so the accuracy is +/- about 0.5 lbs. And the dial moves when I lean forward to see better. I'll be getting a nice digital scale come Christmastime, unless whatever gym I join in Buffalo has a nice scale in it.
Not to be spending other people's money, but might it be worth the small investment in a new scale for your parents just to cut back on the aggravation?
Hey, sbg, if you weren't part of the moocher class, you would buy your parents a new scale!
This runner is funny, but we should probably be careful.
#fairpoint.
on a completely different, athletically related point: seen in the paper today, courtesy of fark.com: "What do Matt Barkley and one percent of Google have in common? Stanford owns both."
After Sunday's long bike ride and near wipeout, had this crick in the right shoulder. Took a couple days off from running, but today decided to have a prolonged stretch and relaxed run. Did a hilly 5-miler, with no shoulder freakout.
Kudos to the teams at Ben Gay (Walgreens version) and the Epsom Salt Co.