The Scale Wins
So what, it's been 2 weeks?
The week after I wrote my last post could be described in one word: FAIL. I think that it being the last week of the year, with a ton of junk in the kitchen and no real motivation to do better was a killer. You see, regardless of how much you know you have gone off the wagon and how poorly you fit into any of you pants, it is impossible to know how bad things are until you see that number flash back on the scale in the morning. So last Sunday I did what I had been avoiding for the last 6 months and got back on the scale. I wasn't too surprised with the number, but it is still sad to know that I have gained back almost half of what I lost.
Thirty-five pounds sounds like an easy task and an impossible one all at the same time. I lost 80 pounds 3 years ago, so 35 should be fine, but 35 pounds is a lot of weight: almost 6 pounds for every inch of my height, and I can't do the intense cardio I was doing because of my stupid foot. So I was (and am) at a little bit of a loss of what to do. I went back to my calorie tracker, input my goal (which is not to lose 35 pounds right away, but Ill talk about that in a minute) and decided to try the customizable meal plan feature. I went out and bought food, and for the last week have stayed close to my meal plan, and well within (or below, which always seems to be a problem for me) my calorie goals. I have worked out for at least a half an hour every day (although if Im honest, I never felt like I was really pushing myself), and met my workout goals. And I weighed myself every morning.
And every morning I got frustrated. As of this morning I have lost a whopping .8 pounds. POINT 8. In week one. I know this sounds bad, but I lost an average of more than a pound a week the last time I lost weight. And the first couple of weeks, when I wasn't working out at all, I lost 4-6 pounds a week. It's different this time, I know, and I am not eating the same way I was then either. .8 poinds a week will more than get me to my goal as it stands right now, and I know that a loss is a loss... but I am disapointed.
So I am going to do some tweaking. I am going to change my goal, and cut the bread. I am going to try to find an indoor pool without a pricey gym attached to swim in, and up my cardio intesity. I am also going to get my but back to the doctor about my Stupid Foot, and hope that I can get some resolution (or at least some orthotics) there. If .8 is the best I can do this time around, then so be it, but I am not going to just settle for it either.
Now, just to get it in writing more than one place, some goals:
- Get to 155 by May 1, which means losing just over a pound a week. Totally doable.
- Work up a good sweat for at least 30 minutes 6 days a week. Not counting strength training.
- No bread, or sugar. Back to Core-land for me.