Weekly Weigh-In: down 2 lbs. Yep, I lost the two pounds I gained last week and had lost the prior week. I don't know how I went from losing and gaining the same one pound to gaining and losing the same two pounds, but I did.
I was super frustrated about those two pounds this past week so I overindulged all week, and I lost those two pounds which just made the whole process even more frustrating. When I focus on what I'm doing and track every day, diligently, I gained two pounds. Last week I overate (had chocolate, pizza, ice cream) and I lost two pounds. I don't know what is going on with my body. I'm wondering though if it takes time to register...does that make sense? Does your body absorb and burn everything right away? It can't possibly take an entire week for it to process your food/exercise choices. I'm just trying to wrap my head around the choices I make and the results I get.
What I do know for sure is that I felt like crap all week - I ate bad, and I felt bad, and the scale went down. The week prior I ate well, and I felt great, but the scale went up. It doesn't make a lot of sense to me. I like feeling good though, so I'm going to continue to track and just see what happens.
On to May Goals.
1) Weight. To lose 4 pounds.
I was going to say three, but since I'm up and down by two right now, I'll go with four. If I can manage to lose one pound a week, I'll reach goal.
2) Food. To track every day, even on weekends.
This one will be tough since weekends are the hardest time for me to track, but I've got a plan. I'm going to write it in a notebook, so that even if I can't get on the computer during the day I can enter it all at night or the next morning. Once I get my calories under control, then I'll start focusing more on the food choices.
3) Coffee. I'm lowering the number of TBSP.
I always put four. It gives it a nice color and a good flavor for me. I'm lowering it to three for the first week. I was talking to Chris about this one. The week I lost two pounds I only had one cup of coffee a day, the week I gained two I had 2-3 cups a day. Chris doesn't believe they are tied together, but he said maybe start with lowering the number of TBSP I use, work my way down to only one. So, this month I'm going to get it down to only two.
4) Running. 9 miles a week.
Right now I'm averaging around 8 miles a week. I'm going to set my goal at 9 and see how it goes. I created a challenge in my running group on Facebook. We are going to run 40 miles in May. If I stay on track it should be more then doable. I've also got my first BIG race this month, and it's not just any race, but a FUN one - the Warrior Dash! It's going to be awesome!
5) Workout. At least 5 times a week (doesn't include running right now).
I've cut out one Insanity workout a week, so I'm at 5 workouts. Three CLX, two Insanity. I want to keep that up for the month of May. I also need to determine which workout program I want to start in June. I want to do TurboFire, but I also bought Brazil Butt Lift, and I want to keep running. Should I do strength training? Will I lose some of my results if I don't have a weight program? Which weight program should I do - P90X or CLX again or Jamie Eason's 12 week program? Things to think about and work on this month.


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