I am getting tired of reporting on Mondays how little weight loss I can report. 188.6 this morning, after doing another week with two "down" days in a row.
I am starting to get annoyed and resentful of dieting, and I am still on track. Why?
Is it another hormone my body is throwing into the mix in order to derail my efforts? Does becoming irritable and impatient lead back to another mechanism for preservation of my fat?
Or maybe I'm just crabby because the loss is simply not fast enough for me.
Dunno, but I'm too stressed to blog about it today.
Monday, March 12, 2012
Monday, March 5, 2012
Sixteen Weeks.
Today I weighed in at 191. I'm a smidge higher than three days ago, when I saw 189.4 briefly. It was exhilarating.
Then Mother Nature intervened, and last night was the beginning of this month's cycle. It explains two things I had noticed two days earlier: a ravenous appetite, and a slowdown of weight loss... once again, the diabolical bloat.
The reason I'm annoyed at the bloat, was because mid-week finally saw the last of February's water retention episode go away, and I started to see the scale really move again. Now the brakes are back on because of those pesky female hormones. Rats!
And soon will come the migraines. Double rats! Well, them's the breaks. On the upside, at least now my appetite will normalize, in a few days the bloat will reduce, and I will look forward to at least a week of steady progress. Unless of course, my body decides something else for me.
Today I am doing a second "down" day in a row to shift around my eating cycle, because on this upcoming Saturday, I will be expected to have meals. I had previously posted that I was considering doing two "down" days in a row for the same reason, and I can now report it is a no-brainer. Easy as pie, do-able, etc. No ill effects, no huge energy crash, no shakes, no headaches, no jitteriness. Nothing to indicate anything but smooth sailing. That was back around Valentine's Day, and I was concerned about the blowback from doing the dreaded two "down" days in a row we had been advised against. Of course, if someone has health issues, this may not be as easy.
It's funny what the hormone dance will do to me. When that time of month comes around, my appetite is turbo-boosted, but not my hunger. I'm not hungry, per se, but simply want to eat everything in sight. Until I'm overfull. And then regretful. This is called a binge in some circles, but these binges are controlled, and counted. Being accountable makes me less likely to overeat. I track the calories immediately, and am less likely to grab the next handy item until I read the label and decide how far I'm willing to go.
The really nice thing about this diet is it's forgiveness. If you have a good cycle for the next few days, it all is forgiven, and gains go away. The mistakes are erased, and all you've lost is half a week, if that. Sometimes the scale even surprises you with a loss you didn't expect. Not often, I'll grant, but often enough that people remark on it with glee. It happens rarely with me, but I do love when it happens!
I need to go food shopping now. I'm out of cod.
Then Mother Nature intervened, and last night was the beginning of this month's cycle. It explains two things I had noticed two days earlier: a ravenous appetite, and a slowdown of weight loss... once again, the diabolical bloat.
The reason I'm annoyed at the bloat, was because mid-week finally saw the last of February's water retention episode go away, and I started to see the scale really move again. Now the brakes are back on because of those pesky female hormones. Rats!
And soon will come the migraines. Double rats! Well, them's the breaks. On the upside, at least now my appetite will normalize, in a few days the bloat will reduce, and I will look forward to at least a week of steady progress. Unless of course, my body decides something else for me.
Today I am doing a second "down" day in a row to shift around my eating cycle, because on this upcoming Saturday, I will be expected to have meals. I had previously posted that I was considering doing two "down" days in a row for the same reason, and I can now report it is a no-brainer. Easy as pie, do-able, etc. No ill effects, no huge energy crash, no shakes, no headaches, no jitteriness. Nothing to indicate anything but smooth sailing. That was back around Valentine's Day, and I was concerned about the blowback from doing the dreaded two "down" days in a row we had been advised against. Of course, if someone has health issues, this may not be as easy.
It's funny what the hormone dance will do to me. When that time of month comes around, my appetite is turbo-boosted, but not my hunger. I'm not hungry, per se, but simply want to eat everything in sight. Until I'm overfull. And then regretful. This is called a binge in some circles, but these binges are controlled, and counted. Being accountable makes me less likely to overeat. I track the calories immediately, and am less likely to grab the next handy item until I read the label and decide how far I'm willing to go.
The really nice thing about this diet is it's forgiveness. If you have a good cycle for the next few days, it all is forgiven, and gains go away. The mistakes are erased, and all you've lost is half a week, if that. Sometimes the scale even surprises you with a loss you didn't expect. Not often, I'll grant, but often enough that people remark on it with glee. It happens rarely with me, but I do love when it happens!
I need to go food shopping now. I'm out of cod.
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