Well, F*ck.
April 7, 2010 @ 09:32 am
It's been six and a half weeks since my last weigh in. Today's weight:306.2 lbs.
That ... is not what I was expecting. Not even close. I thought maybe I'd maintained around 297. I thought maybe I'd even lost a little bit more. I've been hitting the gym really hard - so hard I've frequently had to take quick naps afterwords just to see straight again. I feel better, even if my clothes aren't as loose as I'd like ... I guess that should've been a bigger clue.
Sigh. I'm not happy this morning; not at all. I'm shamed. I'm confused.
And clearly I've been eating way too much and all-wrong. I've known this. I've known I've been drinking too much, eating the wrong things, and most egregiously I've been eating a lot late at night, whether I'm hungry or not. I can go all day and not feel a bit of hunger and forget to drink water and then I just binge come nighttime. I eat, and eat, and eat. I eat a bowlful of ice cream or a whole pint of Ben & Jerry's. I raid the fridge for leftover meat, cheese, and bread. I scarf down 100 calorie packs in a single gulp (well, almost) and then go back for more. I have a glass of wine, and then another, and then probably another.
I'm doing great at the gym, it's my routine, I feel good. But good exercise cannot make up for poor nutrition, and this morning I was hit upside the head with the fact my nutrition has been for shit.
Dingaling, time to wake up. Time to be tracking my food with the @LWDFoodLog twitter account again. Time to stop eating after dinner just because I'm bored or have a craving. Time to cut back on the alcohol for the forseeable future. Time to guzzle 3-4 litres of water a day. Time to be taking my vitamins and supplements like I'm supposed to. Time to get back on track with meditation and stress-relieving visualization.
Basically, it's time to do the things I know I'm supposed to - beyond just going to the gym.
(Interestingly, the scale says my body fat percentage was unchanged ... maybe some of the weight is muscle, but then, body fat percentage is a difficult thing to track accurately so I always take it with a grain of salt.)
2 Comments
John's Weight Loss Blog — Apr 7, 2010 @ 10:20 am
Hang in there, it's great you post when running bad - get back on the horse. I just did 30 mins on the treadmill for the first time in a LONG time. Got to start somewhere.
Darnfitness — Apr 9, 2010 @ 12:23 am
I heard somewhere that the best definition of crazyness is doing exactly the same thing over and over, expecting a different result. So you had a rough nutrition week, with this you learn and (unless you are crazy) you wont do the exact same food choices and expect a different results, right?
Some weeks you lose weigh. Others, you just learn a way that doesn't work. So you just learned (or re-learned) that great gym momentum has to go along with correct nutrition to get advanced results. Just be sure to recognize this: you didn't lost a week, you spend a week learning. The only way you could lose the week, is if you dont put to work what you just learned.
Oh! And look at stocks graphics. Even when they go down, there's a zig zag pattern to it, up and down. So one week weight in going up doesn't make a thing, as long as the overall trend is downwards, you know? Now SNAP OUT OF IT *bitchslaps in the face* Lets keep going forward!