Weight Loss Wednesday! Week Four

After the rain.

Well, they’re looking a little leaner.  We can definitely see a difference in their appearance this week which bodes well for the actual weigh-in stats. But as any scale junkie can tell you (I confess to being one of them), being thinner and weighing thinner are not necessarily the same thing!  And even though the most important goal of this weight-loss plan is to improve their health and well-being, it is really hard to ignore the numbers game.

Once again, we have stuck to the plan with a vengeance. There was one brief, wobbly moment the other night when D. silently watched me prepare their meagre dinner.  The look on his face spoke volumes, and I suspected that we were about to debate the merits of the plan. When he finally spoke, though, his only comment was “No wonder they’re so hungry”.

It IS hard to scale back, both for them and for me. I understand why people overindulge their pets – and their children – when so many of our emotions are tied up in the food we prepare and serve.  Feeding someone is one of the ways we show we care, and it is so easy to confuse the size of the serving with the quantity of love. Breaking that association is hard, and I have to constantly remind myself that in this instance LESS food = MORE love.

On the exercise front, well, we didn’t get out as much as last week because of the incessant rain. It’s been raining for DAYS, folks, a steady, unrelenting pour that would do justice to Seattle and environs. Living in Texas, where we pretty much always need rain, it is unseemly to complain….but ENOUGH already! Over six inches of the wet stuff, and we have fungus sprouting in the lawns. We really need a break, and even my couch potato dogs are desperate to get out.

So the lack of exercise may have some effect on the results. And here they are:

Quinn:

• Last week: 59.6 pounds.   This week: 57.8 pounds.  Net loss: 1.8 pounds

Jack:

• Last week: 55.2 pounds.   This week: 54.4 pounds.  Net loss:  .8 pounds

Sadie:

• Last week:  51.6 pounds.  This week: 50.6 pounds.  Net loss: 1.0 pound

So!  Success all around! Everyone lost weight and this week’s winner is Quinn. We are finally on the right track here.

Now I think it may be time for us to take a second look at our own diet. We haven’t gained weight yet (we train too hard), but a steady diet of these

is bound to have consequences eventually.  Or maybe I’ll just be like Scarlett O’Hara and think about it tomorrow……

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