Too short for my weight!

Before I tell you what made me laugh this morning...I laughed so hard I almost peed (well, I started my 6 week body makeover diet & exercise program this morning and you have to drink a LOT of water)...I need to tell you about a science project from a really long time ago.

I think it was Wendy's science project, but I can't say for sure.  The project was to light a small bulb using lemons as the energy source.  I think it was lemons.  It was citrus of some type.  And it was when she was in junior high, probably.  Anyway, it did work, although I don't remember much more than I already told you about it.

This morning, as I said, I started my weight loss program.  The one that has me eating, drinking and peeing all day long.  At least it seems that way.  I woke up later than I wanted to...well, really it was only 15 minutes later, so never mind about that.  I had my breakfast of a 1/2 cup oatmeal, 1 scrambled egg, 1/2 slice pre-cooked bacon (only 10 calories in that sucker), and 1/2 grapefruit.  I spent some time putting these food items in my Lose It! app on my phone.  Then I went to the living room to set up the Nintendo Wii Fit program, which I have had for probably a couple of years.

I got it all set up, but couldn't proceed because the Wii informed me that the batteries in the balance board needed to be changed.  (It's always something!)  I changed them and went to the kitchen to dispose of the 4 AA batteries.  I have heard for ages that you shouldn't store batteries together in, say, a plastic bag.  It might cause a fire...somehow.  Don't know if I really believe it, but, what do I know?  So, I put one battery in an empty potato chip bag, another one in a plastic cup (yes, it could be recycled...but, it's one little margarita size cup), another one in some other isolated place and the last one I dropped into the remains of half a grapefruit.  And right then, a split second after I dropped the battery into that grapefruit, I remembered that science project.  And I started to reach into the garbage to move the battery, a bit worried that the energy from the grapefruit might cause a fire.  And then I processed the absurdity and started laughing and nearly peed my pants.  

Back to the Wii:

I've told you how snarky the Wii welcoming words can be.  This time it told me it had been 281 days since it had seen me.  281?  Geez,  I knew it had been a while, but I didn't realize it had been that long.  I have just let myself go to pot!  Which was made abundantly clear to me as I completed the weigh in.  Not only am I the heaviest I have ever been, my BMI has now moved me from merely "Overweight" to "Obese"!!!

I don't think anyone would really call me obese...at least, not to my face...but, I'm overweight, for sure.  And I want to work on that.  I really want to get that body mass index number down a few digits.  Who would have thunk that I would be working towards being merely overweight?

After the weigh-in, I did a few of the activities on Wii Fit.  I did a couple of rounds of hula hoop and a couple of rounds of step aerobics.  Then I did a few ski jumps and another balance exercise which escapes my memory now.  Lastly, I did a couple of yoga poses.  There!  A balanced exercise program that took 21 minutes.  At least the Wii gave me credit for 21 minutes.  I'll start doing my regular exercises in a day or two.

It finally occurred to me that even if my daily calorie intake is only the 1500 or so that Lose It is allowing, I won't lose any weight unless I burn more than those 1500 calories.  Evidently, if the recent past is any example, sitting on my heinie playing Free Cell doesn't burn very many.  I burn more calories turning over in bed, especially since it's so challenging to not only turn over, but also reposition all my pillows.

I've also resumed (as of this morning) taking the fistful of vitamins and supplements that I deem necessary.  If only they made ONE tablet or capsule to take the place of all those things....

I hope my resolve holds firm for at least the 6 weeks.  Or maybe I could go into the Wii and edit my height...I'm not obese, I'm just not tall enough!