Happy Tuesday folks! Its your favorite day, and also a day that Ive been worrying about all weekend. That said, lets talk about both the lows and highs for this Tuesdays weekly weigh-in. This week, I just barely slid by with any loss at at all. I literally only made it to the one pound lost mark by the skin of my teeth - less than 2/10 of a pound! I know what youre thinking: last week I talked about having a big loss, so what happened? In short, I messed up. I already discussed this in an earlier post, but this past week was literally one of the most stressful weeks of the year for someone in my job. One of my old go-to coping mechanisms for stress was eating, and throughout most of the week I truly did great avoiding this. I rode out the storms at work, lost a bunch of weight, and had been on track for the 4-5 pound week i wanted, despite the stress. Then Friday night hit. We had a work function that brought me to a buffet. I know the stress from earlier in the week was still on my mind, and some added stress that night may have helped me, but ultimately, stress or not, I was the one who let myself lose track of my portion control. As a result, I had a massive dinner, something thats a definite no-no on my eating plan. Saturday morning I knew Id messed up, and between Saturday, Monday, and this morning, I hit it hard at the gym to make up for my poor choices earlier. Truth be told, this morning I saw my weight before going to the gym, and I was so bummed by what was certain to be a bad week, that I didnt want to go at all. I knew I had to, but I dragged my feet big time. Eventually I snapped out of it, and I went and did a good hard 6.1 mile run along with some strength training. At the time I truly thought that for the first time since I started, Id have a week where I gained weight. I really didnt want that, but I decided that I had to try my hardest, and if I had a gain week, Id have to see the positive in the fact that I worked off as much as I did. Of course, I didnt have a gain week. I didnt even just maintain. It was a small loss, but I lost something, and that was truly incredible. More than that, this week also marked another really cool milestone - I lost another inch, and can now (just barely) fit into a pair of mens size 40 pants! Theyre tight, but about as tight as the size 64 pants were which I was wearing on day 1. Thats a total lost of 24 inches! How big a difference is that? Just see the photo. So what are the takeaway points from this week? Let me try to sum them up: -Were mortal. You can lose weight for weeks and months, and still potentially gain if youre not ever diligent. -Watch your old habits, or they can creep back! You have to fight them daily. -Dont quit, even if you want to. This morning I thought there was no way I could have a loss this week, and I felt like saying why bother? But I did bother, I gave it my all, and I lost weight. -The scale isnt everything. Losing an inch around the waist means that while my weight loss was small, my body converted a lot of fat to muscle this week, and thats a great thing. Never never never give up. Even on the bad weeks, we can overcome what we were and become something wonderful. See you again soon!
Posted on: Tue, 28 Oct 2014 20:23:15 +0000
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