I generally get the scale out on Tuesday morning before I get into the shower. The process is to get completely undressed so there isn’t any miscellaneous weight hanging around, punch the #2 button, wait for the machine to go through it’s program, step on the scale and wait for the countdown, look at the results, get off the scale, and press the history button. The machine will then tell me the difference between the last time I was on the scale and this time. The machine measures weight and body fat. It also tells me how many calories a day to eat to maintain the current weight.

I haven’t been very consistent with the Tuesday morning ritual in the past few months. However, with the impending New Year, I decided to establish the baseline this morning. While the actual numbers are being closely held, I can report on somewhat of a regular basis under this Body Stuff category what has changed. For the record, I neither gained nor lost weight since the last weigh-in, but I did lose 1.1% body fat! I’m sure that’s because we bought the new treadmill and I’ve been pretty good about strolling along for about 25 minutes a day on the machine. Since muscle weighs more than fat, that must be the only possible explanation! Today I am +-0 pounds, 35.1% body fat which is 1.1% down from the last reading. I’m ready — bring on the New Year!