the dreaded 5 pounds

The results are in.

And they are not what I had hoped for.

But actually, just what I expected.

My BMI went up from 28.1 to 29.4  since summer.

The BF% also went up... but I put much more faith the BMI... 

because the little scale (Tanita) as good as it is - can only do so much

at 4 pm, after work, with all my clothes on, in the back room, at CrossFit.

Lean mass stayed the same, after a brief mid-summer fling.

 That's muscles.

Fat mass went up. One pound per weigh in.

Most people ponder and plot and plan to go on diets. 

Maybe they look in the mirror, and shake their head, then shake their fist,

And swear they will never be heavy again.

Cuz they know it is a major undertaking.

One that will one day test the very fiber of their being.

(lol   fiber)

Because it never really is just about the food.

When LoCarb found me, it was some kind of Gift from the Universe. 

It just happened after I got stranded

in a snow-storm in the Grand Canyon - whilst on vacation! (link)

And most of the time my Diet is pretty effortless.

Maybe I push myself to go all out in CrossFit.

Maybe I distract myself so as not to eat Holiday Sweeties.

I've written before that I am just now getting started.

Every day - it feels like I'm just now getting started.

So the two pound gain this last month -

It went hand in hand with upping my carbs!

So much for moving on to Phase 3!

I am not ready for that yet!

And actually, I don't care if I ever am.

Moving on to the next phase as fast as possible - that's not my goal.

Being healthy is my goal.

There are so many good things to eat on Atkins Phase 2...

Non - starchy veggies, etc... and still stay Low PUFA

That it is never a compromise to stay true to LoCarb.

At least I am not doing Very Low Carb any more.

And most days I don't feel like I was 

whipped by a mule..... most days, that is!

So - onward and downward - 

as they say.... Again.... not "a gain"....

Ummm... not that kind of Mass!

a nice day to start...again

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BackAssWards!

Just doesn't make any sense.

I overslept today!

(Not really - this is a story.

Work with me, here!)

I figured this:

"Since I've already messed up and over-slept,

I will just stay in bed. All day."

Then I got up. Cuz I was hungry.

So I ate. Whatever. 100 cakes.

(Not really - just a story - remember?)

So I told myself this:

"Since I've already messed up and had a cake,

I will just eat cake. All day."

Well that didn't last too long.

Pretty soon I figured I'd best go to work.

Beats looking for a new job, right?

So I got dressed and went down stairs.

But I forgot something.

So I went back up the stairs.

Then back down. Only to find I forgot something else.

So I came up with this stroke of genius:

"Since I've already messed up, and done this "stair thang,"

I am just going to keep going up and down the stairs. All day."

Well, that evidently only works for FUN things.

This going up and down all day sucks! Hard work, that!

So I got in the car. Driving....

Hit a red light. I wanted green! 

Grrrr. Grrrreen!

I wanted all the lights to be green, and stay green.

Even before I left out. No waiting today.

Not for me. Late as I am?

In fact, I'm not going anywhere until all the lights are green -

And stay green... but just on my side, that is!

So I decided to show "them."

Whoever "they" are.

So I turned off the ignition, and sat there.

Stuck like chuck. Right at the light.

Thought I: "You lousy fatherless child! Bastid!

You want me to stop? I'll show you *stop!*

I've got your *stop* right here."

Well, that ends up sucking, too. Cus the traffic was heavy.

And the car was hot, and I just wanted things to go ok.

And I really don't need this right now. 

(Insert whimper here!)

All I need is this Thermos. 

And this stool. And this ping pong paddle.

 

Sheesh -  I can't even talk right now...

I can't think... What was I even thinking?

I don't know... My words don't sound right.

So I'm going to only use Igpay Atin-lay from now on-ay.

(Pig Latin)

Because if you can't understand-ay me-ay

Why do I try-ay!?

I mean "I-tray"!

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Eventually we arrive at the "outcome of this strange religion..."

That is the story of what happens 

when "fuzzy logic"  turns into "moldy logic."

At least for me. 

Time to think there might be a better way-ay?

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Every moment is a chance to start over.

Errors call for correction.... not punishment!

YouTube video

"The Jerk"

All I Need!

Hope your day is wonderful - ay!