166.6 sucks!

I hate this stupid number!166.6 That's what was on my scale this morning, and I am NOT happy.

My weigh in is tomorrow night. That number is 4.4 pounds above what I weighed in last Monday night. How can that be possible?

That number is also the number I weighed in at on August 12. I remember that day well because my car was rear ended and totaled. I got a $500 reckless driving ticket because of the accident, which was later dismissed by the judge. It was a hellish couple of months worrying about going before the judge. Thank God for my smooth talking traffic attorney.

I detest this number, 166.6. It's much too close to 170. And I've been hanging around it for almost six months. What the hell is wrong with me?!

Okay, enough of the self-hate and kicking myself in the head over it. Time to move on.

I know three things that went wrong this week. 

1.) I discovered sweet potatoes. Thanks to my skinny friend David, a health nut of sorts, who informed me they were a super food. I had never eaten a sweet potato until this week. I always ate yams before and although they were okay, they weren't a favorite food. I fell in love with the sweet potato. I had one every night this past week with my fish or chicken breast and skipped my green vegetable. I didn't weigh or measure it either. Big mistake!

2.) I didn't journal. I know the importance of journaling. I preach it all the time. I just didn't do it.

3.) I made a delicious, low-fat 15 bean soup last weekend. My husband kindly dished it up and froze it for me. Unfortunately, he used the 2-cup bowls when a serving was 1-cup. I ate double the quantity I should have eaten at lunch each day last week. I knew what I was doing, but I didn't think it was that bad for me. I was wrong.

What did I do right? Tons of exercise, lots of water, and no binges or late night eating. 

Here we go again, back to the straight and narrow. I know the rules, I just have to follow them. If I had journaled everything, including weighing and measuring, I probably wouldn't have gained 4.4 pounds.

Tomorrow will be a bad weigh in, a gain for sure. First week on BLBE2 so I'll probably get my butt kicked by Team Angie. That's okay. Bring it on. I deserve it.