4.07.2009
I'm not going to let being up a bit get me down...
I wonder if my body is at war with me? It seems to be refusing to let the fat go. Seriously. I've been eating like I'm supposed too, and I am UP this morning. OK, OK, I know that (a) I shouldn't weigh myself everyday, (b) I am going to flucctuate and (c) I haven't (ahemm) "moved" in a while (and I'm not talking about exercise). I mean, if you aren't eating much, there isn't much to come out, right?!?!?
But seriously - I don't get this. I (think) am doing what I am supposed too, and I'm up? So I weigh myself first thing when I get up and it is one weight. Then I work out, drink 2 glasses of water and DON'T pee, and weigh myself again and I'm down 1/2 a pound??? I think I might need a new scale. And that is not denial. Dennis actually thinks that my body IS at war a bit - that it perceives that I am starving it, so it is holding on with all the fat it can... there might just be some truth to that thought.
I started tracking my food again yeseterday on The Daily Plate (BTW, this is a great site that is FREE - one where you can track food, exercise, etc...). Yesterday, I only ate 1030 calories, and got all of my protein in. And for all you WLS folks out there, it tracks your protein intake too - the hardest thing for me!!! At any rate, I have my "Plate" coded with a goal to lose 2 pounds a week, so it tells me how many calories I should eat. According to the site, I could have eaten 400 more calories yesterday to still be within that goal. I don't think that physically I could have eaten more yesterday, but in theory, that is what it says.
Maybe my fat realized how many clothes I took out of my closet last night and put away, that are too big and it is mourning them by reminding me that I'm up a few lbs... However, I say "screw you, fat!". I'm just going to keep going. I got up again this morning, dragged myself out of my warm, comfy bed and T-Tapped my way to being semi-awake. It felt good. I'm starting to get the hang of it, and am starting to feel semi-coordinated with the moves. I think tomorrow I can try it without the directions for each move. I may even do another segment of it tonight before bed. If nothing else, it is a great way to get stretched out. And I'm really going to try to track my food - so that I can really see what I'm eating.
I know it will come... I know it will come... Patience is a virtue - just not one that I was born with!
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I am telling you...weighing every day will kill us. After my doctor scolded me last time when I said I weigh myself everyday, I told Tracey he would have to hide the scale. THEN I told him not to hide it bc I was going to practice self restraint.hahahahalololol...hasnt worked.
I blame it on the pre/post op diet where we could weigh ourselves everyday and see something happening. We got used to that high! Get a new scale. Or, get a weight and place it on there and see if it read it right.
Keep us posted!
This is the most frustrating part of loosing weight and I experience it all the time. I think what your husband said is right on. The last week, I purposly didn't weigh everyday because I feard I had gained weight and didn't want to face it. On Monday, after what I thought was a not so good weekend of endulging, I had to weigh in for my weekly stats and to my surprise, I had lost a pound and at an all time low. I have done that two times now where I think I have definately gained and not weighed in every day and actually lost. It is so hard, but I'm trying not to weigh in daily and your whole mentality changes. Also, if your working out, you need to consider the calories your burning and maybe not enough calories. I don't know, but everyone always reminds me of that. I have a hard time wrapping my brain around it, but worth thinking about.
And yes, your metabolism readjusts to a lower calorie intake. It does more with less because it doesn't want you to run out of energy. So, unless you do something to increase your metabolism at the same time (exercise) it can take many weeks before your body realizes this is the new normal and starts letting go. You can do it, keep it up!!
Just a warning not to switch from the T-tapp instructionals too soon. You'll get great results from the instructionals alone and you really don't want to switch until you are confident in all the nuances of the moves. There is a lot to learn. Make sure to take your measurements. It's amazing the difference you will see.
I think I need to stop weighing every day. It's stressing me out.
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