Oh, how I love. . .

. . .Sleep

After only sleep two hours the night before last, last night I had a blissful 11 hours of sleep. Sure, it was unintentional because I had some stuff to get done. But it was glorious! I fell asleep a little after 7, woke up about 8:15, ate a hard boiled--protein protein!--and then a spoonful of peanut butter, took my Flush capsules and headed to bed. Before falling into bed and snuggling down--against all advice I receive, as well as I give--I hopped on the scale. It wasn't great. It appeared I gained a couple of pounds, and I really did not eat anything other than that which I had planned on the program. At 2 a.m. I woke up knowing it had to be time. (Don't you love it when you wake up and you realize you have a bunch of time left to sleep?) I did a groggy happy dance on my way to the bathroom. Guess what I did? Yep, lumbered up on the scale, squinted through sleepy eyes to see the number had gone down a bit. I shrugged and said I'd keep working.

Finally at 7:04 I woke up with a start. My alarm--that I forgot to turn on--was supposed to go off at 6:30! I jumped in a quick shower, cursing that I was running late, but feeling great from the amount of sleep I had just enjoyed. After the shower, I got back on the scale. (You knew it was coming!) I found that I had lost everything that it appeared I had gained--------plus a little more!

I tell you this little story to impress upon you that sleep does wonders!  In less than 12 hours I went from essentially (not using real numbers because I love y'all, but not that much!) 94.8 to 92.6 to 89.9! That's almost 5 pounds. Now, I'm not saying that I do that every night because I don't. It usually appears that I gain about 3-5 pounds during the day--from what I've weighed in the morning--and in the morning it is back down. It just happened that this morning it was down more than I expected.

A second lesson from this story just popped into my head: if you are going to weigh yourself, whether it's every morning, once a week, etc., always weigh yourself at the same time! Your weight fluctuates during the day. If you're tied to the scale (as I still am a bit because it motivates me), remember that. Create your habit and stick to it--until the scale no longer motivates. Then do like I'm going to do--put it away. (I may have to move it to someone's house. I have the discipline and will-power of a mosquito!)

Hope everyone has an enjoyable, happy weekend!
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