Journey Updates
The Fourth Great Attempt: Week 14
April 17, 2010 @ 06:00 pm
Well it's been a good week, all around. I have absolutely nothing bad to say about this week, myself, or my weight loss journey. I'm in a good place. I'm learning to listen and be in tune with my body. I'm feeling better. My house is clean. That may seem weird but the cleanliness of my home reflects my state of self-respect and contentment. It's just how my brain works. So anyway ...The scale is all over the map lately. A week and a half ago, I weighed in at 306 lbs - nearly the weight I started at 3+ months ago. This past Wednesday, I weighed in at 294 ... apparently I lost 12 pounds in a week. 12 Pounds! What the hell? I even checked the scale by weighing a five pound bag of flour and a bowl of water (a half gallon should weigh about 4.16 pounds). The scale was accurate. Who knows what was going on last week ... maybe it was water weight, maybe I was retaining a lot of gunk because I'd not been hydrating as much as I should, or whatever. But something between the 7th and the 14th made my body whoosh! it all out.
And that, ladies and gents, feels really damn good. Because the normal safe track for losing weight is 2-3 pounds a week, tops, I had the potential at being stuck above 300 all the way through April. To basically get a chance to reset to where I was in a week, well, it's a relief. I wish I could lose those Biggest Loser-sized weights every week, but that's not safe and it's not going to happen. I'd rather lose weight, build muscle and get healthy at a steady clip than deal with the side effects of going too quickly.
Food-wise, I've been good. This is kicking in. I don't eat after dinner (maybe some popcorn). I've had virtually no processed foods and I'm loving all the good tastes that natural, real food can have. I'm drinking tons of water and only about a glass of wine a night.
And I did a mid-week check-in this morning and was down 1.8 pounds, so I know I'm on the right track and it feels good to be movin' and groovin' again.
2 Comments
Reinaldo — Apr 20, 2010 @ 01:35 am
Nice to read that. We got to keep moving forward. May I give you a tought to... think about. Focus more on your fitness, not the scale. Focus more on how much you enjoy eating healthy. Or how your workouts feels. The scale will follow, even if you dont follow it every week.
Losing Weight Daily — Apr 20, 2010 @ 08:12 am
Hey R-
I agree, but as we've seen recently if I avoid the scale, bad things happen. I'm not scale obsessed - my focus truly is on fitness and nutrition as a lifestyle - but the scale keeps those things centered and focused at least for now.