Weigh-in & FMF - bible-thumpin' edition

198.8 today. I lost a quarter-pounder! Well, without the bun. And probably the cheese and condiments. But I lost something, at least!

I'm not sure if it's heartening or disheartening that I lost 0.2 lbs on a 2100-calorie daily average. On the positive side, that tells me that I don't have to take my calories down very far right now to see results (though I do know that will change as I get smaller). Conversely, it highlights how much I've been overeating for the last few months. If I can lose weight at 2000 calories, how many was I putting away when I was gaining?

Anyway, SparkPeople is still working pretty well for me, though yesterday was the first time I stayed within my target range since I started. I had to fight with the Inner Fat Girl to do it, too...right around 6:30, IFG was all, "I want chips, bitch" and I was all, "If you eat the chips, you can't have that pudding later, and you're gonna want the pudding." Then she was like, "If you didn't want to eat the chips, why did you buy them?"

I conceded that this was a good question, sighed loudly, then I (we?) ate some chips. But later, I had strawberries instead of pudding, and came in barely under 1950 for the day (1929, to be exact). So yeah, progress may be slow over here, but at least it's going in the right direction now.

And speaking of progress, those of you who look at the sidebar will notice that I've changed my start date yet again. This is because I've got a challenge in the works, which I'll be posting about later. Also, I'm tired of having the fact that I'd kept off less than a pound since August just staring me in the face over there. :) It's time for a new beginning.

Today's music has a bible theme, in that either the artist or the title of each song contains a biblical name. Nothing too churchy (not that there's anything wrong with that).

Doubting Thomas - Nickel Creek

In Your Eyes - Peter Gabriel (a saint AND an angel, all in one name!)

The Marvelous Toy - Peter, Paul, and Mary (three-fer! I'm on a roll here, people!)

Uncle John's Band - Grateful Dead

Jesus Walks - Kanye West

And what inspired this theme, you ask? Yesterday, these two songs came up on my work playlist one after the other:

Samson - Regina Spektor

Hey There Delilah - Plain White Ts

Right-click, save-as, peace be with you.