Wednesday, September 3
Weight 148.7
Two mile walk with Louie. It was 52° and the sun wasn’t fully up yet. Really nice.
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Those are the best mornings.
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I agree! I woke from a dead sleep when the alarm went off, which I don’t like - I much prefer to wake on my own (maybe because I hear the programmed coffee beep), and was feeling kind of grim initially. But I was actually smiling as I walked.
I think it’s pretty rare for me not to cheer right up once I’m in whatever workout or cardio, especially if I don’t screw around long enough that I feel rushed. I should cross-stitch some sort of reminder to put by my bed.
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I feel the same way.
Thursday, September 4
Weight 148.7
Two mile walk/run with Louie. 48° when we set off, and I could see my breath for the first time this season. Nice!
I went ahead and dosed 2mg this morning, because I’ve decided that learning moderation would be a better solution to my problem than splitting the dose. I may change my mind later. I felt great this week - no nausea whatsoever - but then ate accordingly. Fall in New England is a busy, social time for us, so having an “or else” built into exercising self-control seems like a good idea.
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Friday, September 5
CG Max day 34/50 - sumo squat, row, lunge, hammer press, stability ball rollouts, pushups - 15 minutes/1 mile cardio warmup. Good workout, no complaints, except that my weight is up again. I expected it to drop because it generally does during the work week. I’m sure it’ll take care of itself, though.
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I’ve been in a hurry as I’ve posted my workouts this week, and so I guess I initially skimmed your post. I came away thinking “yikes, I may do the same thing,” because I will certainly share weird experiences I have, depending on who the client is and why they’re there (if social anxiety, for instance, I am more likely to chit-chat) (and then point out to them that they chit-chat very well and are enjoyable to talk to). But reading it again today, I’m struck by the guy telling you he wanted a different job, and also not wanting to talk about difficult past things. (There is a conversation in Off Topic about that right now, Things That Piss You Off.) Why on earth would you tell a therapy patient that you’d like to be doing something else??
Thank you! Some people like me, others don’t.
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Sunday, September 7
Weight 147.4
CG Max day 35/50 - circuits: abs, around the world, bulgarian lunge, rotational curl, tricep extension, cobra pushups - with 15 minute/1 mile cardio warmup. Husband and dog were on the couch through all of this. Louie finds the cardio pretty exciting, so kept having to grab toys to toss around, but once I moved into the lifting they both fell asleep. And there they remain:
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Your bookshelf looks comforting.
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They’re scattered all over the house! Because I find them comforting, too, and also want to torture my loved ones by running to get the book I’m telling them about so I can wave it around as I talk. 
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I have books everywhere too. I love physical books.
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Monday, September 8
Weight 146.9
Not much to report, couple mile hike and then a walk in town with the dog. Mostly just wanted to post my weight. It was a good weekend for that - I had treats, but was careful not to overdo.
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Tuesday, September 9
CG Max day 36/50 - RDL, chest press, banded bridge, pullover, rear step and static lunge, pullover - with two mile Louie walk/run warmup. Great workout! In fact, I ran out of time again and was going to just start it and finish after work, but it felt so good I decided screw it, I won’t shave anything in the shower and will just pull hair into a clip so I could keep going. Today was heavy and slow, and I just loved it, but I think that’s in part because this program mixes things up so much. The fast, light workouts fly by in a way that’s nice, and the slower ones allow so much mind/muscle connection.
No weight today because I didn’t like what I saw this morning and am giving the scale another day to get its shit together. (Possibly it’s thinking the same about me.)
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I’m somewhere around day five of this. My scale is still being an asshole. Perhaps it is a conspiracy…
Im going to go out on a limb and say that the change in the earths axis is playing havoc with these gravity dependent devices. 
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Whaddaya gonna do? Planets gonna planet.
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Well, if you think about it, the moon’s gravitational pull affects the tides, and we’re made out of 80% water, so it pulls us down heavier on the scale, like a magnet.
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That actually tracks at least as well and with probably more supporting evidence than my theory of “the battle of homeostasis vs. willpower” as an explanation for the downward sloping sawtooth weight loss patterns I’ve observed.
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It has been a full moon… I like where this is going.
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I mean, I keep hearing that when it’s “that time of the month”, weight goes up. I always figured that’s what it meant.
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Full moon. Duh. What else would it be?
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