Befuddled....

Ok so cover your eyes boys, its that time again. Yup just as I had suspected this week would be my down week. I am a little confused this time around. I haven't gained. I have eaten what I want, just in smaller quantities and the only semi structured sorta "exercise" I have done is a 2.5 mile walk with the girls. I haven't even just maintained which is all I ever hope to do during PMS and period time. I have lost, and not just a wee bit but quite a bit. 8lbs as of this morning. What the heck gives?

I have started my new thinking (please go check out Dawne here) Susan Powter had said something similar also... the whole eat less of anything, move more always thing and its just coming off. But, it cant be that easy. It just cannot be. I do keep my pedometer on all the time and just the lil things I do like going upstairs to go potty instead of using the main floor bath adds up in my daily steps. ALOT surprisingly. I did a few days to see where my actual step level was and I noted it was really pathetic. I strapped it on the hubby for a few days and low and behold he steps like a crazy man... or a normal thin man which ever way you wanna look at it. Im tempted to recalibrate it and strap it to one of my youngsters for a few days to further test the theory. But I cant think of what else might be giving me these results.

My oldest son is 6 ft 3 inches tall. He used to lift weights day in and day out and eat like a bear. I mean he ate and ate, never getting fat and I would assume this was because of his weight lifting. He has had to stop as he no longer has access to the weights. Hes not at all fat. Hasnt gained a thing. I get mad at him because now he only eats one time a day with some occasional snacking. Not because hes starving himself to death but he simply said "I dont work out like I used to so I cant eat like I used to. If I ate like that now Id be huge." It made me think. Hes 18 years old and knows that weight lifting requires larger amounts of food than his new sedentary life style. He doesnt eat when hes bored nor when hes watching a movie. He doesnt eat to celebrate but he doesnt deny himself either when I am baking. He just has 1 or 2 cookies instead of the over a dozen he would eat when he was lifting weights.

Hubby does the same so maybe it is true? Maybe the whole key isnt a focused obsessed diet after all? Im guessing its more about focusing on behaving like a normal thin person. Maybe its me really for once paying attention to me. If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck... its bound to be a duck! Its all a bit confusing since I have always thought that in order to lose weight you had to rock your whole world and be focused on diet and exercise. I know it isnt what I should say out loud, and people will undoubtedly whole heatedly disagree with me but its workin'. By golly, its workin'...