Weekly Update December 17 2015

So originally I was thinking I wouldn't weigh myself because we're getting close to Christmas.  But in the end I decided to yesterday.  Here are those numbers:

weight: 210.8 lbs
fat percentage: 45.5%
hydration: 37.4%
muscle: 26.8%
bone: 10.7%
cal: 2350

I think that's the highest my weight has been since I started weekly weigh ins.  But it's not significantly more, so basically I'm maintaining my weight.  And going through the next few weeks, that's my hope: maintaining.  I know that's going to be hard because there are a few big meals on the near horizon and I'm going to be less active.  I work Monday night and Tuesday all day, which means yoga is out and so is swimming.  I could try to go another time next week, but I have a feeling I'll be getting ready for Christmas, which is at the end of the week.

But anyway, that's a problem for next week.  This week had enough of its own problems.  On Monday night, I went to my parents' place for dinner.  The plan was to decorate their tree then do yoga with my mom.  Unfortunately by the time we finished with the tree, my glucose wasn't high enough for yoga.  So we decided just to have tea.

That night I went home and made a bunch of cookies for gifts.  Which of course meant I was sampling dough all night (especially since these were new recipes). 

Then on Tuesday, I had a Christmas lunch with work people.  I ended up with this huge panzerotti (I still have half of it in my fridge - that's dinner for tonight).  Lunch was a lot of fun!  Unfortunately I was following it up with swimming.  By the time I got into the pool I was still so full that I was barely able to move!  Where we go swimming has a free swim from 2:30-4pm, which was unfortunate on Tuesday; I was starting to feel better right around 4pm, which is when we got kicked out of the pool.  If we had been able to wait longer I probably would have been fine. So that's a lesson learned: don't have a huge meal right before swimming (or realistically any exercise) - wait at least an hour, if not slightly longer! 

These last few days, I've started to feel like I'm getting a cold.  So we'll see how that goes - hopefully I can get enough rest to avoid getting sick right before Christmas!