Alright, today was my first weigh in day and I lost 1 pound. My current weight is 172.
I have to be honest, I'm really bummed out. I wanted much better results after all the counting I'm doing and this is not what I'd hoped for. I keep telling myself that a pound is a pound and my goal was only 1.5 pounds a week which isn't far off from what I lost.
I don't know why, I do know that my body in the past has really great weeks followed by not so great weeks, so maybe this is a not so great week. I'm super sore and know that progress is being made, maybe I'm just retaining water or my body isn't sure about what's happening and how to deal with it. Typically, people have a great first week of weight loss followed by a second week slump. Leave it to my body to want to shake things up and defy the pattern.
Maybe I'm a rebel deep down.
Maybe I splurged too much on my free day.
The point is, I don't know.
I do know that I'm not going to worry about it unless I have another slow week this week, then I'll look deeper into what I might need to change.
It could be that I'm not eating enough (as strange as that sounds) but if you think of your metabolism like a fire and food like wood, you'll get a better burn if you are constantly feeding the wood in the fire. If you feed it too much or too little wood, your fire will die. I might need to eat a little more through out the day to see better results. I'm not sure but I'm determined to keep going.
Weight loss is weight loss and you have to start somewhere and it always starts with one pound. Here's to a better second week!
My stats for the day:
3 egg whites Calories: 51 Protein: 12
Sandwich Slim Calories: 100 Protein: 2
Cheese Calories: 45 Protein: 4
Chicken Breast Calories: 165 Protein: 33
Quinoa Calories: 160 Protein: 6
Steamed Broccoli Calories: 44 Protein: 4
Tortilla Chips Calories: 210 Protein: 3
Salsa Calories: 30 Protein: 0
Air popped popcorn Calories:180 Protein: 0
Totals:
Calories: 983
Protein: 64
Water: 120 oz
Exercises: 45 min crunch dance workout
As you can see, I didn't eat enough. The problem with food so high in protein is that you're fuller longer so I think I'm going to take the approach that I'm going to eat every 3 or 4 hours instead of waiting until I'm hungry. I'm going to try that this week and see what happens!
Thank you for reading my blog, all my goals are in the first two posts if you're wondering what the point of all this is, I might start a recap on each post or maybe once a week, we'll see! See you tomorrow!
You're amazing Wendy! I know that you're super frustrated, but just remember that it's the beginning. I know very little about nutrition programs because, I know this is shocking, I am super lazy. There, I admitted it. It could be that you didn't eat enough. I know that eating more throughout the day every few hours helps speed up your metabolism (as long as it's healthy snacks and they're portioned smaller). You'll get in the swing of it. Persist and you'll meet your goal. Remember goals can be adjusted too if you feel that it needs to be. Just stay healthy.
ReplyDeleteI know you are so informed about health! You know what is best and you know what to do. Everyone around you believes in you! Remember, you have done it before so you can do it again. I mean, it's really a habit now, right? And habits are hard to break. ;) Also, when I changed my diet I found out that things like spinach and red peppers and soy (in small amounts) have tons of protein! I just did a 2-day detox as well (not a juice one, an actual food one where I ate the right things and detoxed my mind as well) that made me feel so much better, like I had gotten all of the gunk from the holidays out. Listen to your body, and I always think to myself, "If you feel good, you're body is happy!" Make sure you still feel good.
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