A Very Detailed and Shocking Wednesday Weigh In

That’s what the scale read this morning. Down 2.2 on my scale from last week.

However, yesterday I had my Body Composition analyzed at the gym. Once a quarter they offer a Bod Pod test. This is the first time I’ve done it. In a nutshell it told me I was fat.

NOT KIDDING.

Here’s the details:

%Fat: 31.7%%Fat Free Mass: 68.3%Fat Mass: 48.768 lbsFat Free Mass: 105.080 lbsBody Mass: 153.848Body Fat Rating: Excess Fat 30.1-40%

Honestly, I’m speechless. I mean I know I’m not skin and bones but still, I expected to be in the "Moderately Lean" category. I also expected this not to bother me, but it did. I swear I went through the 5 stages of grief.

Denial — At first I thought it must be a mistake. There’s no way I have over 30% Body fat. I workout. I run. I lift weights. I workout 6 days a week for pete’s sake! Anger — F* you Bod Pod. F* YOU! Bargaining —I’ll skip all carbs for a few days. Maybe that will help? I know, I won’t eat after 7. I’ll give up ice cream. I’ll up my workouts. I just need to____.Depression — Why bother. It’s useless. Why do I keep trying? What’s the point? Acceptance — Whatever! It’s a feakin’ number. Like the scale. Like my size. It is what it is. I’m healthy. I’m strong. I’m happy. I just have to keep doing what I’m doing!

In all seriousness, the number stung. It really did. I know my diet isn’t perfect and frankly, I don’t want it to be. I can’t imagine not sharing ice cream with my boys or making smores after a BBQ or getting popcorn at the movies. I know if I cut these types of things out of my diet completely I could lower the number on the scale and my overall fat percentage, but I’m not willing to give them up right now.

I’ll say what I said to myself when I started this journey 7 years ago… If I’m going to lose weight I need to do it on MY terms. I’m living the lifestyle I want and that is WAY more than half the battle.

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Shocking Image From My Grocery Store Haul (Don’t Be Jealous)

There is no need to adjust your computer screen or overdose on eyedrops to intensify your vision. You are indeed viewing a high resolution, groundbreaking image from my recent grocery store haul.

So how can a clean eating diva such as myself have the ballz to buy all this shitty food?

Food is fun. I use the tasty-healthy foods for fuel and health, but sometimes I just like to have a little sinister fun and buy some crap. Years of practicing moderation (and finally getting it right over time) has given me the ability to enjoy crappy food indulgences without going overboard. I trust myself around sweets, so every once in a blue moon I allow myself to go buck wild enjoy these kind of treats.

The Apple Jacks and Devil Dogs are for me. That is all.

The cookies, doughnuts, cinnamon buns and Fruit by The Foot are for the Greedy Family. I don’t eat their stuff. I don’t like their junk food choices.

I tried to do the cold turkey thing with the family and force them to eat healthy all the time and totally restrict their junk foods, but that didn’t work. There was bitching and whining and uprisings. So while I still (sometimes) buy them the crap they request, I’ve been very successful at slowly introducing healthier options into their lives that stick.

In the midst of the junk food crap you see pictured, I’ve already got the Greedy Family enjoying healthy options like brown rice, fresh salmon, whole wheat instead of white flour products, Greek yogurt and fresh fruits, where they refused that stuff relentlessly in the past. I let them have some crappy foods as a compromise as I continue to slowly (and unforcibly) encourage better food choices. It’s been a process.

As for me? I’ve already had multiple bowls of Apple Jacks and plan on a Devil Dog for late night snack (gasp!). Once my treats are gone, they’re gone. It’ll be weeks before I enter into this kind of greedy glory again. This is how I have my cake and eat it too – all without gaining any weight.

So tell me: what’s your own greedy-eating philosophy?

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