another weigh in...another pound...or two.

I know it's been quite some time since my last legitimate post, but I've been very busy! Well...not too busy...but it's not always easy to get my buttox off the chair and away from the TV!

You may all be wondering why I apologized to Chris and Jess in my last post. Well, here it is. I believe it was Christmas Day that we decided to start this competition. Chris and Jess did anyway, before I so rudely invited myself into it. The NEXT day, we made the trek to Connecticut to his Omi's* house. We literally went over the river and through the woods to get there. How funny, right? No? OK. Anyway...Jess, Chris and I were sitting in the back seat of his Susan's Prius. Saying it was crowded would be an understatement. We all vowed that the next time we had to make that trip to Omi's, it would be significantly comfortable!!! Why did I apologize, you say?

BECAUSE I CAN'T STOP GAINING WEIGHT! WHYYYYYY?!

Oh wait. I know why! Maybe it was the 9 packets of Fun Dip* I ate this past weekend. OR MAYBE it was the McDonald's I ate on the trip down to Virginia. Or the plate of taquitos? Or the bag of chips? Or the Chinese* food? Or the second bag of chips? Maybe the granola bars or sour patch kids! Or the beer and hard liquor! Wait wait wait...my mistake...it was DEFINITELY the buffet*.

Luckily I passed out just in time the second night to miss pigs in a blanket.

I'm sure ya'll are curious what I weighed in at this week. Four weeks into the competition and I weigh 160 pounds. I promise you...for all my millions of readers who don't actually know me...I don't look 160 pounds. I do have quite a bit of muscle. And as we all know...muscle weighs more than fat. With that said...Jess is continuing to lose weight (and at her expense, but also to help make myself feel better...it's a tiny amount each time...sorry Jess...I feel better now). Chris gained weight, but still weighs less than he did at the start. I wish I can say the same.

Here's my concern though, and maybe someone can help me understand this. I feel like I LOOK skinnier! I know I'm going to be BOMBARDED* with comments about how I'm gaining muscle and burning fat, which is fine. But to that, I say, WHY IS MY BODY FAT PERCENTAGE NOT GOING DOWN?! I can see my knees! I really can. Over Christmas I could only see my knees defined when they were bent, but NOW my knees are JUST knees...not a a layer of flab covering my knees. So I'm gaining weight, not losing body fat and I can see my knees? I know you might be thinking, ''If you're looking skinnier, then why do you care?" Well, I care because this is still a competition!

Two more things:

1. I've started my supplement. I was going to wait for after I see Chris the next few weeks, but I was so mad at the scale Tuesday morning I reacted. By the time I regretted it I was already 4 fiber capsules deep. There's no going back. (No change yet, but I'm sure there will be soon)

2. I've decided I don't deserve to have a picture of healthy food as my banner under the title of my blog, so I decided to change it to something more appropriate. Until I weight 150 pounds, it will remain pictures of fat things.

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Omi: German word for grandma! ...and she's a kick ass one at that.
Fun Dip: I'm sure you all remember it. Don't tell me you haven't purchased it from the creepy trailer selling goodies at little league games.
Chinese: Do I capitilize this when referring to food? I think so....
Buffet: Golden Corrale -- an awesome place where employees make fun of you when you don't know what you're doing. I'm sorry Virginia, but people up north don't visit fast food buffets as often as you do.
bombarded: When I refer to things like being ''bombarded'' with comments or my ''millions'' of readers, I hope you realize I'm being sarcastic. However, I DOOO appreciate the six followers I have, three of which I know are pretty devoted (Jess, Jess P. and Chris) and Jess, who always comments :)