Happy Thursday friends and followers. Tonight the sky is booming and lit up like the 4th of July with this crazy Thunderstorm outside. I have wanted to write for the past 2 days but was wracking my brain about what to write about. Inspiration came today during a text exchange with my good friend K. She is also doing 17DD and rocking it by the way. She's about 9 days behind me but lost about the same amount of weight on c1 that I have. You can't compare your own journey to someone else's but sometimes it's tough not to. Usually at this point in c1 I have lost at least 10 pounds. Tomorrow is the 2 week mark and I have lost 7.5 pounds. I mean don't get me wrong, it's a great loss for 2 weeks but not 17DD good. I thought about everything and asked myself the following questions:
1. Am I following 17DD cycle 1 to a T?
2. Have I cheated?
3. Am I exercising?
4. What's different this time in c1 versus other times in c1?
Here are my thoughts. 1. I have been pretty religious about following the diet. I mean any modifications I have made were made in the previous times I have done 17DD. For example, I cannot drink black coffee. I try and just hate it so I add a splash of 1% milk. It's never deterred me before in my weight loss, not sure why it would this time.
2. I cheated 1x so far but it was planned in advance for my good friends birthday. That splurge took 3 days to recover from. It was an amazing meal and worth it but definitely set me back a few days. Other than that, I have been religious.
3. Nope, not exercising. The one thing I know about weight loss is 80% of weight loss is from diet. I think that lifting weights and cardio is important and the more muscle mass you have the more calories you burn just sitting there. Muscle uses more calories than fat. But, when I am in the throws of weight loss I have learned something about myself. I am either awesome at one or the other, but not both. Since diet is 80% of weight loss, I choose to concentrate on that portion for now. I plan to incorporate exercise when I get closer to my goal but for now nursing my son and just keeping the laundry done and simply running around with my kids is all I can handle for now.
4. I think the major difference this time versus the last time I did c1 is I already had lost about 40 pounds after having J. My body was like "hey what's happening to me? I need this fat." I honestly think I am having to work harder now than I did previously to lose in c1. I am still far from my goal though, so I can't get discouraged.
I remember doing weight watchers in conjunction with 17DD for support and accountability a few years back. It was pretty helpful actually and I may consider adding that back in maybe in the new year when I eventually, inevitably, plateau and begin to lose my drive. For now I will stay on course and keep plugging along because as my great friend said "It's better to have lost that weight than gained it." She's absolutely right!
I am only 2.5 pounds from my pre-baby weight. I am really praying that I can get to that magic number by Tuesday when I begin c2. That would be an awesome accomplishment and make me feel really empowered. I am doing everything right. So, fingers crossed it happens. Until then, one meal and one day at a time.
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