Odd things

crewahl

From the Department of Mixed Emotions - this ⬆️ happened today.

I’m happy to be under my doctor-note goal weight of 180, and always happy when I’m in my self-defined Green Zone of 170-178 pounds. I don’t want to go above that range, but I also don’t want to wander into the healthy BMI range of < 169. While I’ve always suspected it’s attainable, I also believe it’s not sustainable for me. I’m not prepared to make the decisions and sacrifices I think would be required to stay there, and I’ve got no medical or vanity reason to go there.

But today I did wander into the healthy BMI range at 168.8, sorta by accident. I did my normal daily weigh-in with an expectation of being between 171 and 174 after being at 172 yesterday and having a larger-than-normal meal last night. Promptly got off the scale like I’d been electrocuted by it, reset it, and got back on. Yup, that’s what I weigh today - a decade that I haven’t seen since my sophomore year of college.

There could be some reasons. Since I’m medically barred from exercise (and from eating those points) at the moment, I’m being very conscious of staying within my points. Also, since I have meals out planned for Thursday and Saturday and won’t have access to activity points to fund those galas, I’m trying to hoard some rollover points for those events. (My planned response if I ended up in this situation was the liberal application of carrot cake to reverse it, but I can’t really do that based on the rest of the week.) While unintended, it’s not completely crazy that this happened.

So I’m explicitly not looking for kudos for this. I wandered into it, and I neither expect nor intend to stay here. It is, however, gratifying to know that I was correct it is attainable. Now I just need to stay away from the illusion or misconception that it might be sustainable. 🤯

Thanks for listening while I talk myself through this, the most first-world of problems. 😊

imastar2

Chalie...When it comes to mixed emotions dealing with weight I daily walk through that Jungle. Do I eat this do I not eat that and so it goes. This leaves me with an attitude sometimes of heck with it and wind up eating a food that's on the NO list.