Riddle me this...

     How does one lose weight when one is also trying to gain muscle mass?  It's a conundrum.  I lost only a half a pound this week, but due to the new workout plan of building up my upper body, it's not surprising.  Granted, my lack of weight lose could also be due to the double quarter-pounder with cheese and large fries I zombied down last night. Stupid fast food.   
     Well, I have only 36 days left to go on this most epic quest of mine.  It's been a wild ride, and when I say "wild" I actually mean horrible.  It's no fun regulating food-intake and exercising four or five times a week, but the payoff is worth it...I guess.  Not to brag, but I liken my legs to chiseled ivory now.  I bet I can use my legs to chop firewood this winter.  Anyway, until next week kids.  

Five to Go!

Since I love using visuals in my blog I thought I would show you what five pounds of fat looks like.  What that woman with the slight mustache is holding is what I need to burn in the next month or so.  Gross, but also somewhat interesting. No, just gross. 

Daaaang Calories, You Just Got Burned!

  I just returned from McDonalds where I wolfed down two delicious sausage, egg, and cheese Mcgriddles. Speaking of meat, I wonder why we decided to use the wolf as a metaphor for how quickly we eat something.  I’m surprised PETA hasn’t tried to change that yet.  I think a better phrase should be, “I just zombied down some Mcgriddles for breakfast.”  It’s much more graphic AND less offensive to wolves.  Anyway, this little splurge was my celebration meal for losing 2.5 pounds this week. Hooray for me!  

  Okay, so I officially weigh 175.5 pounds.  I have a little more than five to go in a month and a half.  I think I will just lose as much as I can before January and see what happens.  What a boring post.  What a boring blog.  Ugh.    

D'oh!

 
  What you see above is something I created after I found out the results of my weight loss this week.  I call it the Frustration Reduction Kit.  For best results follow these four simple rules:

1. Place kit on firm surface.

2. Follow directions in circle of kit.

3.  Repeat step two as necessary, or until unconscious.

4. If unconscious, cease frustration reduction activity.

   

  When I play board games I have a tendency to think I am winning the entire game until the moment we all reveal our points/cards at the end and find out I actually came in last place.  It’s rather annoying.  This is a good metaphor for what happened to me this week in my epic quest to look good.  I really thought I had lost at LEAST two pounds, but found out I had GAINED half of pound.  Annoying.  Very annoying.   This week I weigh 178 pounds.  Blah. 

    

  This week marks the tenth week of my diet.  I have a little less than two months to go before my January deadline.  I noticed that my first blog entry said that my goal was 175, but it is actually 170.  Eight pounds to go!  It’s doable.  See ya next week with positive results. Wait, would I want negative results since I am losing weight? Whatever.