I have an advanced degree in the field of biology. My husband is a physician. You would think, with all of the medical textbooks on our bookshelf, that I would understand this one simple principle:

If you drink a lot of water, you will need to pee.

Water intake is a priority on the Weight Watchers plan. We are encouraged to drink at least six glasses of water a day. I find that on the days I make water a priority, I drink even more than the minimum. This leads me, of course, to pay frequent visits to the restroom.

Before my pregnancy and delivery, I had a bladder of steel. I could have won competitions with my ability to hold it for an unnatural number of hours. My urinary sphincter was a power to behold.

Then came pregnancy and childbirth by Caesarean section. Now, my control is not quite up to par. I know that at least some of you are nodding your heads in recognition. Sometimes sneezes or deep laughs bring an extra surprise. If I say I need to get to a bathroom, you had better understand that I mean soon – especially if you are with me in the car and the next “official” rest stop isn’t for at least 50 miles. Get me to a McDonald’s, or a gas station, or just stop right here because I HAVE TO GO!

Oh, how the mighty have fallen.

For now, the importance of drinking my water outweighs any slight embarrassment I may experience as a result of wiggling and dashing to the restroom. Actually, this sparks a brilliant idea: do you think we can petition for activity points earned during ten minutes of the “I have to pee” dance?

For some reason, this month I have found myself only losing in multiples of 8. I wish that meant I’d lost 8 pounds this week, but unfortunately we’re talking like .8. I lost .8, then 1.6, then .8 and again .8 this week.

I can’t complain too much. At least I”m still losing. And, while I was not as good about sticking with the Weight Watchers core plan this week, I still lost. So, i guess I need to focus on really not eating refined foods this week and see if I can shoot for 1.8 or, dare I dream, 2.4 pounds next week. HA!

For anyone interested in learning about the core plan with Weight Watchers (if you’re tired of counting points and measuring like I was), I recommend going to WW website in the Community area where you’ll find the message boards. There is a Core Plan Tip Exchange board there where you can read all sorts of questions or post questions you have about how the core plan works. It is not near as restrictive as a  lot of people assume it is!

Hope everyone has a great week!

I need a good low fat, low sugar, low calorie, high fiber cereal that doesn’t taste like cardboard.

I’m opening this up for suggestions. I can’t seem to find “The One.” I’ve tried Fiber One and frankly it tasted awful. I felt like I was eating cardboard. I like Special K especially with berries but it doesn’t have enough fiber. I just finished Kelloggs Smart Ones Healthy Heart and it tasted really great but was 230 calories a serving with 17 g of sugar. That’s just too much.

I don’t like Almonds and every time I find a cereal that the stats look good nutritionwise and I think, I’ll try a box of it, it has almonds in it.

So what do you all eat?

*I did a weightloss post over at my place yesterday, I was a little afraid to post, but have had a good response. Why is it so hard to share exactly how much weight you have to lose? Afterall no one is reading because they think I’m drop dead gorgeous or anything.

Sorry, I haven’t posted much.  I have been doing other things to take care of myself.  Like WALKING!  I have been walking w. a girlfriend.  This is where we have been walking.  We take the cliff walk above the ocean, it is so beautiful.  It takes us about an hour to do the loop.  OMG!  I have been so sore.  So it must be working. I will give it a few more walks and then get on the scale to see if I have lost anything.

My computer time is much less, when I take care of myself.  It seems I use the computer as a distraction….I bet lots of us do that.  Anyway, the bottom line is that I feel better!

Good morning, all!  I’m happy to report that the scales moved in a favorable direction this week, after last week’s, er, “stall”.  I’m down 1.5 lbs this morning.

I had a couple of nice, long beach walks this past weekend, which I’m sure helped a lot, and I’ve been journaling again and that always helps keep me on track.

P2G:  52.5 [-15.5] 

The numbers:

.8 lbs lost / 12.8 total lbs lost / 27.2 P2G

The week:

Well, not the best weight loss week, but still a loss.  This past week has been a challenge.  Between a weird work schedule (which had me eating a ham sub and FF Lays potato chips in a strange hotel in a strange town at 10 pm at night), my neice’s birthday party, and the fact that it’s PMS week, I’m quite THILLED will a loss.

It’s time to step it up, though, so I rejoined the gym yesterday.  It’s close to my office, so I can go lift weights on my lunch break, and if I’m feeling REALLY motivated, I can go and do the more sweaty cardio after work.  I also purchased a pair of hiking shoes, since the VIM has indiated that there are some substantial day hikes in my future.  AND I am recommitting to writing down EVERYTHING I eat.  Gosh, it’s easy to get away from that!

Have a great week, ladies!

I haven’t posted here in a little while. I’ve been so busy. My daughter’s birthday was this weekend and I was up to my eyeballs in cleaning and painting.

Thank goodness that passed. I still have a list a mile long but at least I don’t have a deadline all of it now. Just a few things.

Anyway, this morning I weighed in and have lost another pound. I swear it would have been more if not for the cake and ice cream and the unwanted inlaws inviting themselves to dinner Saturday night combined with ovulation which makes me hungry and bloated like TOM.

So that–in a nutshell–is what is going on for me. Another pound gone. 32 total lost. Not cleaning anymore. Still crap to do.

That’s about it. How about you?