Day 13

Today - (0.6), Total - 20.0

That's what it is. Lucky number 13. Today I gained 0.6 pounds. Admittedly, this depressed me a little this morning. I waffled about going for a walk, but when I stepped out the door, I thought a lot about it on my walk. I ended up extending my walk, again, and it is now about 4 miles according to my pedometer ( I drove it in my car, and it appears my pedometer is pretty accurate). I realize that every once in awhile, especially after tweaks to my diet, there will be days that I either don't lose or even gain weight. I also realized what I think is the cause of this. Yesterday was the first day I ate the chicken broth brown rice. I bought the low sodium broth, but it still had a lot. I think this extra sodium played a part in water retention as I drank the same amount of water that I have been drinking, but I did not pee that much. This made me realize that instead of all broth, I need to split it, and cook with 1/2 water and 1/2 broth. Tweaks. Small changes. I tried it one way, it didn't work and so I must change it and try again. I am still going strong.

Work today was not that exciting. A pretty vanilla day, but after work I went out with one of my co-workers and her husband. I met her awhile ago but never really hung out with her that much before the last 2 weeks. We went to Dave & Busters. BRUTAL. Of course, they ordered the sliders and fries. I fought really hard and was pretty unsure I could hold out, but I ended up getting the house salad without cheese. It was basically salad greens and a few grape tomatoes. I am actually really happy about the fact I held out as this was my first time at a restaurant since the diet began (also, including work and dinner and walking around after, I got about 7,200 steps, or 3.4 miles today).

The more I think about it, I am actually happy where I am at right now. 13 days is not a long time and I have a lot to show for it. More tomorrow...