Those Devil Scales!

Yesterday I woke up feeling pretty confidant that the scales would make me happy since I'd been so good all week with only one minor stray (half a Garden Burger at a restaurant without even touching the french fries!). However, my devil scales showed that I was up a full pound!

So I went for a long walk and weighed again (after eating only a half of a small orange for breakfast) and I was up another half pound! I let out a little scream and then proceeded to get really, really mad. (So very logical, right?) I had my husband bring in our newer set of scales from the kitchen and I got on those. They said I was down 1 1/2 lbs, as I had hoped. Then I jumped back and forth between scales wondering why they were 2 lbs. different (my husband who is 80 lbs heavier weighs the exact same on both!) until the newer one edged up a half pound. SIGH!

OK, so these scales are not the most accurate...THAT is for sure! And they are conspiring against me!

I was so ticked off for the rest of the day about this and I let myself fall off the wagon at a church potluck that we attended. I didn't weigh myself this morning, knowing it would be bad and not wanting to ruin my morning in which I had to teach a class at church.

So here are my thoughts: I think I need to reduce the amount of fruit and start counting calories. I am considering doing Weight Watchers online, except sticking mostly with the Eat to Live plan--lots of salad, vegies, low fat, low or no dairy, no meat except some fish and sugar only like once a week. I also want to add a portion of oatmeal to my breakfast because it just stays with me a lot longer than the fruit. I think I am eat twice as many fruit calories as I would if I just had a bowl of oatmeal.

I think I also need to up my excercise to 90 minutes daily which is quite a lot of time! But if I want to meet my goal, I'm going to have to make some changes!