Okay. It appears that I either was carrying water weight, or I just need to stop weighing so often. Fluctuations of several pounds is a weird phenomenon. Unfortunately, because I'm hovering so close to around 180, that anything in the 170s feels like a big success. Such a success, in fact, that it makes me feel like dancing (side note: Boots, my dog, gets very confused when I dance. He sees me moving around and wants to be involved, but he doesn't understand what I am apparently expecting him to do). Anything in the 180s feels a lot like failure.
Today, I weighed in at 178.75. I worked out hard, I sweat a lot. I felt good. I'm sticking to my mini-commitment of drinking more water. I'm still iffy on sticking to my commitment to not eat so late. Especially since late night eating is often super shitty food. I currently do weekly weigh-ins along with my friend on her blog. She and I were in The Vagina Monologues together in college. YAYYY VAGINAS!!!
Anyway, I weighed in at 178.75 on Thursday, March 17. I then kind of jumped around on the scale the next week, but weighed in at 178.75 on the following Thursday. After that, I was seeing steady increases until today! Back to the 178.75. Now to go LOWER!
I was feeling really discouraged by the increases on the scale as well as by my job/lifestyle being so greatly incompatible with healthy eating habits. I'm feeling better now, making small changes. But I often feel great right in the middle of the week. Enthusiasm: ENGAGE!
I apparently like ending paragraphs in ALL CAPS.
YAY VAGINAS!! i've been told not to weigh myself more than once a week while trying to lose weight, but to weight myself a few times a week when I'm in maintenance mode. it's definitely weird how our bodies fluctuate so much in one week. i'm glad you're feeling back on track! WOOT WOOT! ALL CAPS!
ReplyDelete:) Thanks! And I'm super glad to see the RWWF group growing (and shrinking!)
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