TALES FROM THE SCALES-LIVING AT THE THEATER EDITION
Posted by Karen on Nov 28 2007
When will the madness end? Life has been Nuts with a capital N. Typically I’ve been leaving the house around 1:30 or 2p.m. and not getting home until after 9. My time out includes running kids from theater to theater for rehearsals. Nick is in the final rehearsals for Winnie the Pooh. His performances start Saturday. To add some fun to his schedule, he starts rehearsals today for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs! KT is in the last two weeks of her rehearsals for High School Musical.
So, how has that affected my weight loss plan? Well, for one thing, exercise has all but stopped. Between rehearsals and teaching school, there really isn’t time. Even squeezing out 30 minutes would be challenging. My last day to exercise was (gasp) last Wednesday!
Water intake, not a problem. I take one of those big 64 oz jugs of water with me to rehearsals and sip on that. Surprisingly, by the time rehearsals are done, my water is almost gone. Luckily, all theaters have bathrooms!
Eating…We haven’t been eating dinners here during the week. Mike comes home and fends for himself (leftover pizza or chili from the freezer) and the kids and I pack a dinner. Because of that, it’s not as big of a dinner as I would eat if I was home, so I’m definitely taking in less calories.
Eating less food this last week is the only way to explain my weight going down 1.8 pounds to 155.6 today. I figured I’d be up, or best case scenario I’d be the same. I never expected a LOSS! But I’ll take it, of course.
Then again, maybe I can explain the weight loss by all of the cross stitching I’ve gotten done. I mean, all of that arm movement counts for something, doesn’t it?
And, seeing as Nick’s rehearsals run until February, maybe I can keep up this insane pace and lose some more weight!
on 28 Nov 2007 at 11:22 am 1 JanB said …
All that running around must have counted as some exercise somewhere! Congratulations!
on 28 Nov 2007 at 11:23 am 2 FRAN said …
Wow…….Congratulations!! Now that’s a nice weight loss for the week! I would certainly be happy with it. Am pulling for you to keep up the downward trend. : )
on 28 Nov 2007 at 11:30 am 3 Shannon **Gabi's Mom** said …
Congrats on the loss! Hoping to see less of you and me next week.
on 28 Nov 2007 at 7:38 pm 4 Becka said …
CONGRATS!!!! Tht is great! I did take a little advice from you, and stopped eating after 7:30, and have lost 6lbs so far! SOO much more to go lol.
on 29 Nov 2007 at 8:53 am 5 ValleyGirl said …
Hooray for 1.8!! I’ve never understood people who claim they’re too busy to eat, but I think I get it in your situation! And of course, having to pack take-along meals is definitely different than sitting down at home and being able to have seconds. Or thirds. I’ll have to start packing lunches too, even though I’m at home, and then pretending to have a picnic with the girls or something.
on 30 Nov 2007 at 10:56 am 6 reba said …
a cross-stitch diet….you should write a book, i’ll bet you could get on the today show