Weigh in (52)

It would have been a bit of a damp squib if the 52nd weigh-in celebrations (I had party poppers and everything; bit pathetic doing it on your own though.........while watching Star Wars on DVD........and surveying my prized stamp collection......having just got back from a whole day on the local train station platform) was marred by a gain in weight wouldn't it? It was a close one, I can tell you.

After a quick-ish sesh at the gym (including 6km on the FFG), the worst was feared. For some reason things just seemed to be fitting a bit snugger around the waist than the day before, and past experience (is there any other kind?) when this happens is of an entirely negative nature when getting on a set of scales.

Surprisingly, the weigh in gave two results rather than the one. The first was 'Lo'; which was either a qualitative comment of what my weight was going to be (clung on to that one), a sign that my scales had got so bored it was trying to quote me lines of the bible, or maybe possibly the slimmest chance that the battery was on its way out. Want to take a vote on it?

Anyhoo; considering my frame of mind when getting on the scales, It was very pleasing to find out that not only had I lost weight; I had also stayed the same! This was bound to come back and bite me on the bum wasn't it? Unofficially I have lost 0.6 pounds, but officially that takes me from 16 stone 5.4 (worked for me last week, not this week!), to 16 stone 4.8; so frustratingly the roundy rules keep me at the 5 pound level. GRRRRRRRRRRR!

No complaints; I think it's a fair result (I also think it might be the first time I have ever been unchanged on a weigh in?). No takeaways this week, and much less booze too; plus three good turns at the gym and a bit of social badminton on the Friday (where, may I say I hit a level I have not been at for quite some time - good level that is! - ....proper little athlete bouncing round the court). Lots in the 'tick' column. I am however a little concerned by the nibbling between meals trap I seem to be falling into; and that, I think, is the difference between losing decimals, and losing full pounds. A particular problem is last thing at night, in a tired stupor picking something up on the way to bed; not hungry, and not really knowing what I'm doing until I already have a gob full of sandwich. So it's a three meals a day mission this week, and staying vigilant against stealth snacking. There is very little wrong with what I am eating, so as long as I stick to it (and even allowing for the Chinese/ten-pin bowling night with the badminton posse......that's Chinese meal and regular ten-pin bowling) we should be looking at a more successful result this time next week.

All that said, it was a nice feeling to see the scales saying 16 stone 4 point anything! Switch the 6 and 4 round and I think we might be looking at our - well...my.... - target weight folks. That makes it less then two stone to go!