Accountability

Gained 2 pounds this week. Now at 238.7 pounds. I wish I could say that it's due to the fact that muscle weighs more than fat. But I know that is not the case. It's all about accountability. Although I only log my weight progress once per week I still weigh myself everyday. I do this for my own benefit. It's kind of like one of those things that keeps me honest with myself. If I look at the scale every morning and I see plus or minus one pound or less I am usually ok with it but at the same time I know right then and there exactly what it was that I done right or wrong the previous day. Then I can make the necessary changes immediately. I am accountable to myself to make those changes today, not two or three days from now, but today. However, we go camping a lot this time of year and we don't have a scale in the camper to weigh myself on those weekend mornings when out in the woods. I know this and so I eat accordingly. I still always try to eat healthy just because that's the way I eat now. However, I have a tendency to over eat, it just all tastes so much better out in the woods over and open camp fire and after a relaxing fishing adventure or a hike in the woods looking for those pretty little tasty morels. So I eat way more than I should thinking to myself, "i'll burn it off on this next hike". But then I take a bag of trail mix in my pocket to make sure I don't get shaky and allow my blood sugar to get to low along the way and I end up munching it all along the way, knowing I have no scale to answer to in the morning. Well the problem is this, Monday morning rolls around and I wake up at home and gee, look there is my accountability tool waiting for me to hop on and weigh myself. Five pounds more than I weighed the Friday morning before and I'm pissed at myself. I know exactly what has happened and exactly what I have done. But I'm still not happy about it. So, I buckle down and get back to what I know works, eat right, only till satisfied, drink lots of water, exercise, stay positive and make myself accountable for all that I do TODAY!

Macco Out!