Mostly out of necessity and pure exhaustion, my family's diet over the last couple of weeks has consisted pretty much of pizza, cereal, fast food, pizza, bagels, pizza, and pizza. And working out? Yeah, right. I give myself credit for all the hard work I've done packing, sorting, cleaning, and now unpacking, but there was no intense, sweat-dripping, face-reddening, heart-pounding exercise anywhere in there.
I was afraid--really afraid--to step on the scale this morning to assess the damages and see how much extra work I'm going to have to do to repair said damages.
What I saw when I stepped on that scale made me exclaim the following (give or take a few gratuitous farm words):
What in HELL'S BATHROOM is going on here?
Remember those 14.2 pounds I had lost before my moving nightmare began? Well, they're still gone. I've stayed nearly exactly the same. Keep in mind, though, that I really HAVE NOT stayed the same. I know for a fact that there were about 5 or so pounds gained somewhere in there, because I got on the scale and saw them.
This means that I have essentially LOST weight over the last two weeks while eating Burger King "tacos," (that's in quotes for a reason, people), Sonic cheeseburgers, Little Caesar's pizza, Wendy's chicken nuggets, Zingers (oh how I love those spongy rectangles of lemony goodness), and pretty much anything that did NOT look like a fruit, a veggie, fiber, or a lean cut of protein. Oh, and let's not forget the complete absence of intense exercise from my life during this time.
So I repeat: What in HELL'S BATHROOM?
Can some please explain to me what is wrong with my body????? Anyone? The universe, Mother Nature, evil P.A. lady who gave me phentermine, Zackie the evil personal trainer, ANYONE?????
OK, I joke about this and say most of it very tongue-in-cheekish, but REALLY! This leaves me completely confused and not knowing where to go from here. As frightened as I was to step on that scale this morning and discover the reality of the damage I thought I'd done, I'm equally as frightened now to eat healthy and work out! Doing the latter always seems to leave me feeling like I'm in some kind of a war with my body and my brain. I do things like putting spinach in a blender and drinking it, packing nuts and fruit for work snacks, drinking enough water to have me peeing every ten minutes ... and yet ...
Fattening, disgusting, nutritionless GARBAGE seems to be what does it for me. Oh, and substituting extra sleep for exercise. That also seems to be working.
I could reeeeeally use some words of wisdom right now. This battle wearies me, and now to come off of a two-week fast food binge devoid of exercise only to find that I've LOST weight ... well ... I just don't know what to think.
I want to put good things in my body. I feel better when I do. But why do those good things seem to be hindering my efforts rather than helping them? What am I missing here?
You know, I really think that the moving process was what did it. Because packing and moving around like a busy bee is exercise!
ReplyDeleteI guess that's the kicker, Raeesa. Just hard to believe that the quantity and quality (or lack thereof) of food I ate was cancelled out by all the moving activities. Having said that, I can say I've never worked so hard from morning to night for so many consecutive days. Brutal stuff!
DeleteSame thing here. The last month I watched what I ate and exercised everyday and still put on pounds. This last week, however, I have lost weight and I have been eating like a monster! It's moving. You don't realize how much extra work you are doing when you move.
ReplyDeleteIt must be. I repeat: I've never worked so hard for so many days. I suppose that's made the difference.
DeleteI think it's probably a combination of working continually all day long with the move as well as the extra sleep. Your body was able to rest after all the work and sleep is really good for you.
ReplyDeleteChances are you're burning as much as you're taking in even if it is garbage. I sometimes lose weight when I eat less, other times I gain weight. Our bodies are freaking weird. As long as my scale keeps heading south, I'm happy.
ReplyDeleteThanks for visiting my blog and sending an e-mail!
Also, CHANGE. The Fast 5 program that started my intermittent fasting love affair, written by Dr. Bert Herring, includes eating more as a way to break a plateau. Yes, more...He recommends an extended fast or an abnormal feast to help kick start the body off of a plateau.
ReplyDeleteWeird but true. Anything to shake up the routine a bit. If you had continued to eat this way and do the same amount of moving that you were doing while moving, you would have eventually gained weight. But because it was abnormal, out of the routine, it shook things up a bit and made your body go into a bit of hyperdrive to try to counteract what you were consuming.
The body REALLY wants to stay the way it is. Change is hard work for the body, whether it is gaining or losing...it will try to fight either as much as it can.
Jenna, call me kooky, but I've become a huge fan of your blog (and of your perspective) over the last few days, so it makes me happy to see that you're going back and reading/commenting on some of MY posts. Thanks for stopping by my little corner!
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