Monday... Oi.

Weight: 297.6
Mood: hungry

First, a quick week one recap:

Starting weight: 305
Ending weight: 297.6
Total loss: 7.4
Approximately 1.057 pounds lost per day.

Not a bad first week. I did feel like I got my bell rung this morning when I stepped on the scale and it said I was 2 pounds heavier than yesterday. I know I didn't consume two pounds worth of fat more than I used yesterday. I will chalk some of the difference up to the fact that I haven't set a specific weigh-in time for myself, as my schedule varies too much to do so. Yesterday's weigh-in was at 7:30 am, and today's was at 3:00 am. In order for this to be more accurate, I have to buckle down and set a specific weigh-in time. Some of the added weight has to come from water as well, because I've been drinking water like crazy this weekend. These aren't excuses, I mean, I know I ate too much yesterday, but there's no way I ate THAT much. You're talking about consuming enough calories to maintain my current body weight, PLUS about 7,000 for two pounds of fat.

Regardless of the reasons for the sudden gain, it was a little disheartening to start my day that way. Not to mention this week I have to work 12 extra hours on top of my regular 40, including six hours on Saturday. So I get the feeling that this week is going to be an uphill climb. Pray for my wife and baby, they have to live with me this week. They are gonna need all the help they can get.

I could tell I was in a funk at work today because one of my co-workers said to me, with all the sarcasm he could muster, "Man, you look like a ray of sunshine right now." To which another co-worker, who knows of my blog, replied "Yeah, he's probably hungry!" It was enough to make me chuckle, but it had a bit of truth to it. I'd love to drive to Frugal's and pick up a double cheeseburger combo with seasoned fries and a chocolate shake and eat myself into a grease induced stupor, but I get the feeling that doing so would be slightly counter-productive.

Oh well. Momma said there'd be days like this.