Riddle me this: I am told that in order to reach my "maximum weight loss potential" I must reduce my calorie intake. Got it. So, according to Lose It! Iphone app, I am allowed 1486 calories per day in order to lose 2lbs a week. Also according to the wise one, if I stick to this, I will reach my goal weight by the end of May. Awesome. So I decided that I'm going to do even better than that! I round up. If something is 35cals, I round up to 50, and so on. I started "working out". A few days of video game workout, walking with my kids at recess, walking with a friend at the mall, crunches. I opt NOT to count that against my calorie intake. Instead I am eating ONLY the 1486 even when I am allotted more because of exercise. In fact, I have been around 100 calories shy of my daily allowance every day this week PLUS any calories burned from working out. I thought I was doing GREAT. I lost 2lbs by Wednesday, my muscles were starting to "feel it burn" such as it was, and I am drinking TONS of water. And I hate water. Today, as I struggled to even get out of bed, and nearly cried walking down the stairs (dont even get me STARTED about nature calls. Let's just say thank goodness for the handicap bars on the walls in the bathrooms at school!) I just KNEW it was all worth it. I hobbled up the stairs at work, dragging both my legs like peg legs (SQUAWK! Lisa want a cracker? Sorry no... I don't have enough calories for that) and stood on the scale that had so gloriously told me 2 days earlier that this was all worth it. And it told my fortune. Not only had I GAINED back the 2lbs that I lost, but I also GAINED weight to now be heavier than I was when I started! Yippee! At that moment there was only one thing I could think- ok two things. One, I wont repeat, and the other was YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME. So here I sit. 600 calories left for the day thanks to refusing to eat the "bagel frisbee" option at lunch. In pain from knees to neck. STARVING. And heavier than I was on Monday. Sigh.
5 days down...175 to go!
What time did you step on the scale? Remember- You will ALWAYS weigh more at night than in the morning. If you are going to step on a scale, but for whatever reason it can't be in the morning, make it at the same time that way you can better judge how much weight you actually put on. Don't forget to take a few pounds off for clothes. I usually take two pounds off for my sweatpants and long sleeve shirt.
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