A minor loss, but a loss all the same.  This coming week will be filled with some tough situations, since I know I'll be eating out for dinner every night from tonight through Saturday night, plus Sunday morning.  And I won't be working out on Friday night. But, a reprieve is granted!  My group leader for Weight Watchers is off next week and the following, which means I have at least one meeting, most likely two, where I don't have an "official" weighing.  In other words, I get a week to undo the damage I'm going to do this week. :) In other news, I discovered the scale at the gym is roughly accurate to the one I use for Weight Watchers, so I can at least get an idea of what I'll see on Wednesdays when I weigh in and won't get any unpleasant surprises. Also, during last night's workout, I put some running into the mix.  Short bursts, ranging from 4 to 6 miles per hour.  Enough to get the heart rate up there for a little bit, but not too long -- I really want to keep it between 131 and 145 beats per minute to optimize what my body is burning.  At that level, it's pretty much equal parts (and high amounts) of glucose and fat.  Any higher than that, and the burn rate goes *way* up, but it's almost exclusively glucose, which isn't want I'm really looking for at this point. I'll play with the workout a little more tomorrow night (already hit the gym this morning pre-meeting), then take the weekend off before returning in earnest on Monday. Onwards!