the withings scale

Mike bought this fancy scale a while back, and I thought it was ridiculous. Now I actually appreciate it. It is called the Withings scale. It syncs with the computer ... Fancy! On your account, you can have several profiles for all of the people using the scale. When I weigh myself, my weight automatically gets synced to the Withings site AND the Withings app. And now it also syncs with the myfitnesspal app. It's pretty handy! The funny thing (or maybe it should be the embarrassing thing) is that Mike and I weigh close to the same number right now, and the scale keeps getting confused between the two of us. This morning it did something brilliant and actually asked me who I was. Seriously! After it calculated my weight, it showed this split screen with my name and Mike's name. Then it had a little foot that flashed from one side to the other. I stood on my right foot and it registered the weight as mine. Too funny!

I have been very frustrated lately though with what I see on the scale. My weight has been fluctuating like crazy lately, like within a five pound range. I seriously weighed 181lbs yesterday, and today I weigh 176.7lbs. It drives me crazy. I would love to stay under 180 and keep going down, but it more often than not shows me over 180. On those days I quickly step off the scale before it registers the weight. Ha! Then I get depressed and want to quit. Somewhat sporadically I have that random day where it's a good number under 180, and I take it! (yes, i have moved past not revealing my true weight. who cares anyway?) So, I guess the moral of the story is that I should push forward and continue what I am doing. And probably add in some exercise. :)

At any rate, it has now been five weeks, and I have supposedly lost 7 pounds. I'll take it.

And I am actually right on track with that original goal to lose 10lbs in 10 weeks. How about that? Ha!

counting calories

My oldest son starting using the My Fitness Pal app about five weeks ago to count calories. I was still doing Weight Watchers, but not really doing Weight Watchers. I was paying $18 a month and not getting much for it. It was time to try something new. He was pressuring me to count calories so we could be on the same system. I don't know what clicked in me, but one day I decided to just do it. Best decision ever!

I have been counting calories for almost a month now, and I have lost five pounds. It has been incredibly easy. And this is without much exercise. Ideally I would exercise as well, but my life hasn't been ideal this last month. Hahaha. Collin has lost 25 pounds in five weeks. Wow! We are both very pleased with our progress, and excited to keep going.