The Inevitable Gain

This week wasn’t great on the scale.

But it wasn’t terrible either.

• Jason: +1.0
• Jenny: +0.2

As most of you know I’ve been expecting a gain for several weeks now and I haven’t seen it. This week was a tough week for me food-wise. I used all of my weekly points (plus a few extra) so I knew I hadn’t been the best. I also hadn’t done as well with my activity. I know that I need to get moving, but finding the energy to do so has been a stumbling block.

Even before weigh-in this week, I was feeling heavy and sluggish. I blame the swimming suit I bought. I knew that I had bought it on the small size, but when I put it on, all I could see were all of the lumps, bumps and rolls. It really hit my confidence hard. Losing nearly 50 lbs underneath clothing looks great, but without working out I still looked terrible in the more revealing swim suit.

Jason and I talked about it yesterday and I think I figured out that starting a workout at the beginning of a workweek just isn’t going to work with me. I intend to get up early, but don’t. I could have time after work but I’m exhausted and just want to relax. So, starting on the weekend might be best for me… I don’t have to get up early for it and I don’t have to wait until the end of a long day to do it.

Thank goodness for a long weekend.

Since we’re taking an extra day after Memorial Day for a family event, Jason and I will actually have four days off. I’ve decided that I’m going to do some kind of activity on each of those five (starting tonight!) days so that I can figure out what I need to be doing at my fitness level that I will also enjoy. Among the activities I’ll be doing are: Walk Away the Pounds DVD, Weight Watchers new Punch workout, Dance Dance Revolution (because it’s fun!) and walking the dogs (because they’ll love it).

I think I needed this gain. I needed it to be a kick in the pants to get moving. I needed it to motivate me to do more than just stay within my daily points. My tiny gain has led to a real gain – a gain in perspective.

I also can’t ignore the other gain I had this week. During this week’s weight watchers meeting, even after having a small gain on the scale, I shared a non-scale victory with the group. When I went shopping over the weekend with Jason I found out that I had officially gone down another pants size.

Gains of every type (scale or non-scale) are a part of the process. It’s what we do with them that matters.