Is Shivering a Workout?
Because, brrrr. I've got three layers on, and my thermostat is set for 65, but I'm still freezing. My recent blood tests said my iron is fine, but I'm thinking I might be anemic anyway. Or cold-blooded.
I know what will cure this! Trampoline jumping! Wooo! But before I get to that, I thought I'd update on my progress towards my goal.
Weighed this morning. 168. The hell? I'm not going to take it personally that my scale hates me and I'm going to focus instead on the fact that my pants are even looser than last week, and my face is slimmer. Marginally. If you close one eye and look sideways.
I made my menu plan before shopping this week, and I still haven't managed to make it to the store, so I've been eating lots of canned soups and salads based around weird vegetables. The kids are fine with that, and my husband is out of town for a few days, so I'm not stressing. This is offered up in the interest of full disclosure, so that you all don't think I'm making fabulous dinners on a nightly basis. It has been all open a can/box and heat stuff.
My life is so glamorous!
Speaking of glamorous, I spent yesterday afternoon merrily baking half-batches of four types of cookies. Today is my youngest's last day of preschool before the holidays, and I wanted to do homemade gifts this year. We'll consider the fact that I only ate 4 cookies (one of each, strictly for quality control purposes) a major victory.
This is a great warm-up exercise for Monday's planned Virtual Cookie Exchange! Go check out the original post at Jenn's Journal, and then let me know if you're going to participate, too! I've got some yummy treats up my sleeve, and I'll be photo blogging the process. My marginally looser fitting sleeve, the thought of which is keeping me from going face down in a vat of dough right now.
Comments
Well.
I read this week that part of the reason Americans are so heavy is due to central heating. It seems that when we are colder, our bodies work harder to get the temperature up. Therefore, being cold is actually burning more calories.
Ummmm, Christmas cookies.
Posted by: Carmen | December 8, 2006 1:17 PM
I will not be participating in the virtual cookie exchange because the last thing we need on my blog is cookies . . . but it sounds like fun! An a virtual cookie can't make you fat, right?
Posted by: Shrinkingmom | December 8, 2006 4:45 PM
Nah. If shivering counted as calorie-killing exercise, all of us Canadians would be runway-model svelte. I have to tell you (sigh, with mouth full o' cheesecake) it just ain't so...
Posted by: Jen | December 9, 2006 1:54 PM
My hubby and I have a 10 degree diffence in what we consider "comfortable". He likes 65 while I prefer to bake at 75. We try to compromise at 70, but I always end up sneaking in and knotching it up a few degrees. If being cold and shivering burns calories, I should be burning them at an incredible rate.
Posted by: MJ | December 9, 2006 8:11 PM