how did this happen?

i haven't written in a while because the weight loss came to a complete stall.  i should've been writing because it's exactly what should be shared.  i was dieting like crazy and working out every other day so you'd think there'd be some progress in my favor but i actually gained a pound.  whatever, it's just one pound.  but it's not.  it's like all my efforts weren't effecting my body at all.  i don't understand it.

the special k thing is over, i think 3 weeks of it were more than plenty.  and one week with no weight loss totally killed it for me.  i was toying with the idea of starting the south beach diet but no, i just can't get excited about a life, ok a two week stint, without carbs of any kind.  and i wanted the gimmicky food thing to be over at the end of special k.  i did a search for "how many calories do i need in a day?" after filling in age, height, weight i found out that in order to lose weight i need to restrict my intake approximately 1240 calories per day without exercise or 1886 calories with 30 minutes of exercise per day.  

for around 20 minutes i thought i'd be able to track my intake and do this weight loss the old fashioned way.  it turns out it would be an almighty pain in the ass to keep track of all the calories.  i tried it and it wasn't for me.  at the moment any way.  

i couldn't believe i was doing it but after grocery shopping i found my old weight watchers point slide and a sharpie and started marking the food in my pantry and fridge with their point values.  it's so freakin' easy. the new weight watchers is a serious pain in the ass so i'm not even going to go near it.  the way points are calculated is beyond my understanding.  the old way is incredibly easy, i did it for years and i can remember so much of it.  a banana is 2 points, an apple is 1, veg is 0, and on and on.  basically every 50 calories is 1 point and then you factor fiber and fat in and see what you get.  i don't know why but it's so natural for me to deal with food in this way.  i probably wasn't getting enough calories this past week and my poor body decided to hold onto everything.  pray for me that eating more will actually work in my favor.  i'm going to ride it out and see how far i get.

9.5 more pounds to go.  i'm so close.  putting the scale in storage; i still haven't done that, i plan on weighing in on saturday.