Week 4 Stats

Week Four Stats
Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Age: 39
Height: 5'6"
Starting Weight: 317.6lbs
Current Weight: 300.2lbs
Calories/day: 1600-1850 (32-37 points)
Calorie average this week: 1600 (32 points)
Exercise: 2 mile walking DVD, 1 hour aquaboxing, 1 hour aquakarate, 2.5 hours drumming
Week 4: -1.0 lb!
Total Lost: 17.4 lbs!!

Ooooooooo, I am so close to being under 300!!! I was really pleased with my results this week. It was my birthday week and my family were terrific at listening to what I needed. We had delicious, healthy Vietnamese soup for my bday dinner and angel food cake with berries for dessert. Yummo!

As for the rest of the week, it was weird. For one thing, I was involved in a car accident. As I pulled out from Saskatchewan Drive to do a left turn, the guy in a pick-up truck behind me decided that he was too busy and important to wait his turn. He pulled along side me and shadowed me as I turned, and... was hit by the oncoming car. I saw him doing it and accelerated fast to get away from what I knew was going to turn into an accident. Then, I slammed on the brakes to stop myself from smashing into the car in front of me. I missed being hit by about a millimeter! So, my car is fine but I am quite sore down my left side from the jerking around. My neck is getting better, but my left thigh is killing me. I have decided to tell people that it's a sports injury... sounds more glamorous, and damn it... I've been exercising my butt off (literally).

The other thing that threw me was that I was given an awesome bday present from my man... a trip to Vancouver to see my darlin' best friend. I was gutted to find that when I opened the envelope, I was struck by horrid anxious butterflies. While I have taken 7 long international flights in the past couple of years, I have always been with my family.

Airplane seats are always too small. I ooze over the arm rest, and under the arm rest, like too much sausage coming out of its casing. I've only once had an issue with having to ask for the seat belt extender, although my belt is always extended to the max. The tray table never folds flat over my lap, and plugging in the earphones and using the dials on the arm rests is not always possible. As for the airplane bathrooms... let's just say that I would never book a flight that comes earlier than my morning constitutional!

I have always been able to make my flights bearable by sitting next to one of my daughters. This, of course, brings me to:

My Reason of the Week
For Wanting to Lose Weight:

When traveling by plane, I no longer want to feel like I am an amoeba trying to perform phagocytosis on the person next to me. (For those of you who have forgotten grade 8 science class, here is the definition of phagocytosis: process in which phagocytes engulf and digest microorganisms and cellular debris.)

Alas, what to do!?! The thought of flying on my own is bloody intimidating. I truly, physically don't fit into my seat. It's not a matter of just being uncomfortable. Going to have to think on this one...