I said I'd come back on Monday and report about how I did with my no-gain goal for the weekend.
As of this morning, the scale said I was up two pounds from Saturday morning.
This is not great, but better. My husband saw everything I ate this weekend. He would attest to the fact that I did not eat enough to gain two pounds. At least not enough for a NORMAL person whose body isn't an unforgiving jerk.
I believe that this two pounds could easily represent water and stuff I'm still carrying around in my insides. Sorry if that's too gross for you.
Here comes some accountability:
For our Saturday date, we went to a Thai place and I ordered the seafood and veggies curry dish. I had barely ANY rice with that. I shared some with my husband and took the rest home to my daughter. I had a helping of hubby's beef and veggies entree, too. Good stuff. I had a plain old Hershey bar for my treat afterward. We had our Thai at around 4:00 and I didn't eat anything else for the rest of the day. Not to starve myself, but just because I wasn't hungry.
For Super Bowl Sunday, I made tacos with regular sized corn tortillas (not the giant kind) and ate three for lunch. We had some queso dip with corn chips later on during the game and I had one small helping of that. That's it. I ate a very sensible breakfast and nothing else the rest of the day.
These were my "cheats" for the weekend. I'd hardly call any of that going crazy. Certainly not "gain two pounds" crazy.
But this is my life. This is my reality. When I eat really well all week and work out hard, my metabolism is nice to me. But when I deviate from the healthy stuff, even for a moment, it suddenly forgets all of the nice things I did for it all week long and hangs on to every last ounce to punish me.
But my mantra is still "No Excuses." It doesn't matter that my metabolism is bi-polar and hates my freaking guts. It is what it is. I just have to work that much harder and be that much smarter.
I do believe those two pounds aren't "real" pounds and that they'll disappear quickly. I worked out VERY hard this morning and was right back on plan as of 4:30 a.m.
Protein, veggies, nuts, seeds, controlled healthy carbs, almost no sugar, lots of water.
Take that, you dumb old metabolism.
Frustrating!! Do you measure yourself? Something that has really helped me is to not weigh myself very often. Our body weight fluctuates up and down throughout the week, so weighing ourself too often can just set us up for disappointment and we feel like giving up. I've learned that my measurements are more important than my weight. Honestly...you are working out SO much and SO hard that you are probably gaining muscle, therefore the scale doesn't move that much, but your body is changing on the inside. Make an appointment to weigh yourself once a week or even better...every 2 weeks. See if that helps! I stepped on the scale after doing SO good with eating and working out for 2 weeks and it only went down 2 pounds (which is great ..but seemed like it should have been more because I was so good.) Then combined with my measurements of a half inch off here or one inch there, my results showed that I actually lost 4 lbs of FAT and gained 2 lbs of muscle. DO NOT get discouraged. You are doing awesome! Keep eating lots of little meals throughout the day and you will kick that dumb metabolism to the curb! LOVE YOU!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Nikki. That is why I say they're not "real" pounds. I know that it fluctuates from day to day with water retention and all of that stuff. But I said I'd do my best to not gain on the weekend and that I'd come back and report, so there's my report! I believe today's good eating and working out hard will take care of those two pounds. Love you, too!
ReplyDeleteThe weekend is my nemesis, too. I gained 5 pounds in one day but like you, I know not all of that five is real pounds. It was an unusual weekend with the Super Bowl and I was admittedly "bad" but I do feel your pain. As you know, the muscles that you are creating will help burn fat. Keep up the good fight.
ReplyDeleteI feel like I could have written this myself. I am in the exact same boat. When I weighed myself Friday morning, I had lost 4 lbs. for the week. Weighed this morning and I had gained 2 lbs. My cheats were a slice and a half of pizza on Friday night followed by 3 chocolate covered strawberries and a few sips of sparkling cider. That was it. It's soooo frustrating! But then I think about the long term and since November (when I started on this new eating plan) I've lost a net of 12 lbs. Not as much as I would have liked for a 3 month period, but it's something. I also have to give myself credit for losing over the holidays, so I'm happy with that.
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