OK after my rant on Wednesday I hopped on the scale Th morning and the .4 leftover was gone along with another 1.2. I hopped on again this morning (b/c I am crazy) and it went down again another 1.5. I just don't get the scale. It seems to do this almost every week. I plateau for 3,4 or even 5 days and then BOOM all the hard work comes sliding off all at once. I would think rationally it would be different like a loss of say 3-5 oz's per day and add it up over the course of a week and its between 1-3 pounds. That makes more sense to me but clearly by body isn't made that way. Apparently I am not the only one. I spent an hour this afternoon googling delayed weight loss and read what the experts have to say and apprently there's no rhyme or reason our bodies just work in mysterious ways. I did read that it's common to plateau even over longer periods of say several weeks and then all of the sudden say 7 pounds is gone. I really don't get it but I am glad I am trying to understand and prepare myself so it's not such a shock every time.
I keep thinking back to that last weight watchers meeting I ran out the door crying from because I had gained a pound or 2. I have learned so much since then and I know there is no way I am running away crying now. I know too much and there's no excuse. Gaining weight happens for different reasons at different points in our life: menstrating, stress, lack of sleep, lack of activity, poor eating habits, eating out too frequently and the wrong stuff. So many reasons really contribute to this. But the reasons for losing weight seem fewer: stress (not to me I eat when I am stressed), illness and being too busy to eat (LMAO I don't get that at all). I never understood people who "forgot" to eat. How do you forget? Your body needs fuel and without it you're not running efficiently and you make poor choices when you do finally eat. For years Dr's have said breakfast is the most important meal of the day b/c it gets your metabolism running and helps your brain and body function. My DH thinks this is a load of crap but I do think there is some stock in it and I certainly believe that I do better eating smaller more frequent meals.
So where was I again? I think I need to really get into the daily meditation so I can focus on my tasks at hand. I feel scattered often times and have too many balls in the air. I had a terrible craving for chocolate tonight so I hopped onto the Drs website and found a 17 DD recipe for chocolate pudding and it did the trick. It was tough driving past all of the amazing chocolate shops in town though to go to Stop and Shop for my cocoa powder. I am allowed limited dark chocolate when I am PMS'ing but I am not sure if I am officially so I am waiting and I will indulge in one piece of dark chocolate one day next week and savor it.
I am going to wrap this up and go enjoy my weekend one meal and one day at a time.
And P.S. for the record as of this morning I am down 23.5 pounds in 41 days. Feeling positive & strong :)
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