Eat, Sleep, Play

I didn't cook at all yesterday - just no time. So, since I'll be away for the weekend, I'm leaving you with a few thoughts.

As I mentioned yesterday, I seemed to have hit a weight-loss plateau, so I've been thinking about what I did differently over the last few days that may have caused my already slow-as-the-coming-of-cool-weather weight loss to stop completely. A couple of things come to mind.

First, I had a glass of wine with dinner for three nights now. Heavens to Murgatroid! They were each only a carefully measured 4 oz., or 2 points in WW parlance, but I've been told that wine contributes to weight gain. It may be that something in the wine counteracts the trend towards losing that other foods (like the salad (again) I ate last night or points-conscience WW meals) promote.

The other thing that's different is that I've only gotten 6 hours of sleep for the last two nights. It's those dang video games - who said they're not for grown-ups? Anyway, I've heard that not getting 8 hours of sleep per night contributes to weight gain - something to do with metabolism. So I'm wondering if being tired the last two days has slowed my metabolism enough that weight loss is slower. The question is are the games worth it? That's a tough one!

I'll leave you with that. As I said, I'll be away for the weekend, so until Sunday, or maybe Monday if I'm too lazy Sunday afternoon, get some sleep, stay away from the wine, but play video games - we have to have at least one vice!