Week 1 Completed!

We have completed Week 1!  My weight is down 2.5 pounds.  Walt’s weight is down almost 6.5 pounds. He gets to eat twice as much as me, and loses almost three times as much.  Where is the equity?  Yeah, I know, I do not have to lose as much as he does.  Yeah, I know, he is taller than me. Yeah, I know, he is a man. Like I said, where is the equity?  Okay, so I look better in heels! For me, however, I have been doing “diets” for so long it really doesn’t affect me like it use to.  Again, it’s the basic math, calories in and calories out. Sunday we went to brunch at a great Cajun restaurant in Boulder. Lucille’s. They make a Great chicory coffee and mouth watering beignets this side of New Orleans. But no, I didn’t stop there why should I? Life is also about enjoying things. I also tried their Pontchartrain. It was trout, eggs and a Bearnaise sauce, oh and let’s not forget the cheesy grits. Now I could have done without the cheese on them, I tend to be a purist with my grits, had I done that I could have saved myself 100 calories and would have enjoyed it more, too. But I enjoyed the food and my family and that is what really counts. So I knew I had to eat a little less the rest of the day.  I was so full from that I didn’t really want to eat much anyway and didn’t.  I created a better log in the loss log, it will show you a little more of the calories in calories out. In my excel spreadsheet it will do the entire math. Unfortunately, it will not allow me to convert, but if anybody would like one personalized for them let me know and I can get one to you.  I cannot take all the credit on it, however, my husband is the math mind and he did the actual creation after I directed him to what I wanted.  What never ceases to amaze me, is with only losing 2.5 pounds I was able to get into a skirt that just a few weeks ago I wasn’t able to. It doesn’t take much to see some results.  I love Colorado. I love the change in the weather patterns. I would really love Colorado if the weather patterns would start changing.  It seems we have been stuck in a rain cycle. I enjoy the rain, makes everything fresh. Flowers are blooming. But where I live, it is so muddy. Hard to get out there and hike or even walk. I am hoping for a nice 3 day weekend, we would love to go up Hanging Lake Trail or somewhere that we can take in nice views and get in some exercise. Calories in, calories out. Just think how much weight I could have lost if I had walked a short walk every day.