Day 36 Weigh In #5

I dropped exactly 1.6#. Right on the money. I am hoping you are tracking with equal success. If your scale didn't grin at you today, and you have been faithfully following The Plan, then you have nothing to worry about. Think of this Weigh In as your personal Job plateau: you did everything right, you counted every calorie, you walked every day, you trusted that you would lose weight this week, but, for inexplicable reasons you didn't lose or maybe you gained. And the injustice of it all is your friends don't believe you. But you refuse to turn away or fall off The Plan. Good for you. Stay committed.
Why the scale didn't move this week could be attributed to any number of things; water retention, constipation, who knows, but it will correct itself. The scale may register double the amount in loss next week.
True Story: One of my 20PO pals, who has free registered for Weight Watchers a dozen times, had her first weigh in after following the program to the 'point" for the first week. She excitedly handed over her membership card to the scale monitor and got back a big, fat 0. She was devastated and discouraged, not to mention, pissed off. This was her Job moment. She could've taken one of two approaches: thrown in the towel, cursed Jean Nidetch and devoured a small pig or dug in her heels and remained resolute, knowing she did everything she could have. She chose the latter and went back to Weight Watchers the next morning, asking to be weighed again. She had to fork over another coupon but it was worth it. She lost 4.7 pounds. Imagine if she had chosen the first option. Unfortunately, she gained that 4.7 pounds back and has the rest of her coupons stashed in a junk drawer.
We can't question why bad weight loss happens to good people. Blow it off and stay on course. You can be proud that you counted every kernel, slurp and bite, right? You hoofed it everyday and you pushed yourself away from the counter, table or buffet when you hit your magic number, right? But, if you didn't, that's another story...
Day 36 Calorie Count: 1402 and 48 minutes walking
Breakfast: Coffee (80), 1 /2 Lender's bagel w/1 T. Polaner's Sugar Free Marmalade (150), 3 oz scrambled egg (100)
Lunch: 1 ounce pretzels (110)
Lunch/Dinner: Steak soft taco (170), half Baja Chicken Chalupa, no sour cream (160), 6-7 nacho chips (70)
Later: Gala apple (50), other half of chalupa (160), 1 Twix stick (142)