Sunday, March 11, 2007

Action and outcome

When I woke up this morning, a thought came across my mind to weigh myself. "You'll see a number around 157 lbs", the thought told me. Up on the scale I went, and the number was 157.4 lbs. Funny how I don't really need the scale to know where I am... funny and amazing how well I've come to know my body and what to expect of it when I act in a certain way.

A gain of 3.2 lbs from the last weigh in, which lasted for the first 7 days of the month (I know, I checked *s*). Of course there's a reason for the gain, which I'm well aware of: A binge hour on Thursday night + dinner out to a buffet on Friday night. Yeap, it was done consciously, and I knew my body will react to the excess load firmly, because it's not used to it anymore.

Action and outcome... It's all about the balance between the amount of calories I consume and the energy I make my body spend while working out. Plus, the fact I didn't empty the waste for few days (my bowels are lazy lately, and I still don't understand why exactly, with all the fiber and water I take in). So, while the numbers in the equation are added = a gain kicks in. Simple!

Though I always prefer to see a loss on the scale, and this gain doesn't make me happy - I know better by now. I'm not going to ponder about this gain and declare a war or something else drastic. No use, because I KNOW exactly why it happened, and I know what I need to do RIGHT NOW to go back to what I should do, and that's that. Case is closed, and YES: I enjoyed my dinner out, and NO - my stuffed stomach didn't feel happy later, and I sure won't want to feel like that again.

And on a related note - we had out first hike out yesterday. We drove to the Weaselhead Natural area by the Glenmore reservoir here in the city, and then walked down to the river. We couldn't resist the gorgeous weather that came upon us, but some parts of the trail were still covered with snow, though it was melting and not very icy. We had a brisk walk for 55 minutes, and it sure felt good and invigorating. Though winter is still not over here - spring is not so far away, and that's a good reason to feel more lively... there's something to hope and wait for in the horizon *s*.

Lorien @ 10:15 am MT

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