I know you are all chomping at the bit for the result arentcha?! Well, it seems I too have been chomping at the bit.....too many bits in fact as I am not one decimal point lighter than last week. Still at 16 stone 2.2 pounds; crap!
Okay; positivity......I am also not one decimal point heavier (yip), and am still maintaining the gym regime (peeee!) with the latest run taking me to 13km on the good old FFG, which is classed in technical terms as a (here comes the science, are you ready for this...?) 'bloody long way'.
It is a slight worry that despite all the exercise, I have not managed to lose any weight, and a slightly bigger worry that it is difficult for me to cite any particularly naughty naughtiness to put in the debit column opposite the gym credit. Granted I had a Marks and Sparks chuck in the oven tea with Mum at the weekend, and there may have been a few other minor crimes and misdemeanours along the way; but I have done worse than that previously and still lost weight doing less exercise. Any ideas people?
Asides from declaring it as 'one of those weeks when things don't work out the way you expect', I have two theories. Firstly the two pound loss from last week may have been overly positive (I can accept an average loss of a pound per week, me not impatient man) so this week is redressing the balance. The second reason is very simple; with roughly a stone and a half or so to lose, it might just be getting harder to lose weight, previous minor slips have now become major ones. Fine tuning is now required, as is even more vigilance in keeping it to three simple meals a day (which don't take up a whole dinner plate), plenty of veg, no nibbling between meals and keeping up the exercise. Progress may be slower, but progress it still will be.
The worst possible day would be if I stop losing - or start gaining - weight with genuinely and honestly no clue as to what I've done wrong, but that is not this day. Even as I write I am having flashbacks of the last week, and whilst not so much as a grain of fried rice has passed my lips, the cumulative effect of extra helpings as well as the globs of margarine which have started to find their way onto food - quite by accident I assure you.......ahem - are sure to have taken their toll. Note to self.......just because I don't have takeaway food does not entitle me to have three times as much volume of what I DO eat (you great wally!). Great isn't it? I have rewarded myself for the sacrifice of not eating bad food, by eating so much food that it's bad for you!
So, armed with this new-found logic, on to next week......just wish it hadn't started with a Chinese last night.........I know I know. Got my work cut out haven' I?
2 comments:
Well, what can I say? You've not gained which is great, and you're still exercising, which is also great. Why no weight loss this week? I think your thoughts are probably spot on.
As for what next ... since you ask for suggestions, may I make one? Maybe try eating more slowly, and with no distraction of TV, radio or reading ... just eat, and taste, and enjoy. You may suddenly find that you're full up and haven't actually finished what's on your plate ... it's a relatively easy way to eat less, since you're not actually trying to eat less (if that makes sense!) ... all you're trying to do is to eat more slowly, and with more awareness.
Good luck my friend ... you are doing so well ... your perseverance is admirable.
W-A x.
@Wee_Ali
Sounds interesting, and I will certainly give it a go. Awareness is definitely the key. Getting a bit beaten up by life at the moment if the truth be told so not easy to focus(my own fault, purposefully pushing myself out of my comfort zone...more about that later). Weekend off with no commitments urgently needed...wishing my life away but roll on 4pm Friday!! Love, thanks and hugs always my wee one xx
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