I’m holding steady, but I thought I was going to have lost more weight. The reason is because I thought I was losing water weight. Yes, I’ve been peeing large quantities.
After reading Donna’s post about Lean Cuisine, I think I will pick up some of their frozen meals at the grocery store today. I used to eat them a lot for lunch. You know, a few years ago when I weighed 130-135!
I’m still getting over being sick, but I did eat fewer calories yesterday, resulting in a nice loss. I was 166.5 yesterday!
I’m resisting the urge to go out and buy a box of those mini Chocolate donuts. Yum.
I’ve been sick for three days. Sitting around. Consuming calories. Welcoming them into my body. Letting them stick around. They seem to like it. They’ve decided to stick around and enjoy the scenery for a little while.
Sigh.
I haven’t had the greatest start to this fat fighting contest. But when the snot stops flowing out of my nostrils and my throat doesn’t feel like a hot skillet, I will be putting all the calories on notice: They’re being evicted.
Over the past few years some studies have been published that suggest that sleep helps people lose weight.
I can attest to the fact that sleep is a necessity for the weight loss inclined.
When I get at least 7-8 hours of sleep a night, I’m more likely to have success. BUT read carefully. Sleep is an aid to my efforts (fewer calories, exercise) already in place. I can’t just eat all day, sit around and then sleep off the pounds.
Conversely, when I don’t get enough sleep, I have to work much harder on my diet strategies in order for their to be any results.
I have had poor sleep the past two nights mixed with reducing calories only slightly and not exercising. I’m surprised I’ve been able to remain at a steady weight and not gain a pound or two.
Well, you wouldn’t know I’m in a weight loss contest would you?
Ok, I didn’t really try yesterday.
Onward.
Back up to starting weight.
Three reasons
1. Superbowl yesterday (are you sick of me talking about it yet?)
2. Little sleep last night. More on sleep in a later post.
3. I’ve only exercised once since Friday. More on what exercise I prefer in the future. See you there!
First of all - THE GIANTS WON!
I cannot emphasize enough how happy I am about this. For so many reasons.
1. The Patriots beat my Panthers a few years back.
2. The Red Sox beat the Cleveland Indians during the playoffs (my husband’s side of the family are Cleveland fans).
3. My dad cheered for the Giants. He passed away last year from a brain cancer. So this win is for him!
Anyway, onto the food situation.
I didn’t do so bad. Mostly because I had a wheat bagel for breakfast and never got hungry again the rest of the day. So I think I ended up ok.
I never did exercise today, but now it’s just time to move forward.
I remained steady, which is good. I was thinking I could go either way today (gain or loss), so remaining steady is a good thing.
But today is the Superbowl, so I do expect a gain tomorrow. But I plan on exercising to help offset some of it.
Lost 1/2 lb. yesterday.
Went to bed hungry, but when I woke up, I wasn’t starving or anything. So that’s good!
I’m very tempted to count my calories when I read how specific the other Fat Fighters are. But when I lost weight last summer, I didn’t do that. I simply cut back on what I was eating. And when I went back to eating more, I gained more, which is why I find myself in my current predicament of needing to shed the pounds.
So, I’m trying to stick with what works for me.
