Weigh In Wed

Sadly I am not as excited for this post as I was for last weeks.  The last seven days have hit a stall, which is ultimately a good thing.  I was hoping the rapid loss would hold out a few more days, although I know slow and steady weight loss is the best for keeping it off. 

Through the week I gained 2 lbs.  Not exactly sure how that happened.  One day when
I calculated my calories, I had only consumed 900 calories and then burned 400-600 in zumba and gained one lb the following morning.  GO FIGURE!!!

While a little discouraging, I have been steadfast.  I have continued eating the foods on my meal plan and kept up my daily workouts.  As I have reflected the last few days, I can imagine it was good for me to see a quick loss to validate my abstinence from wheat and sugar.  THAT WAS/IS HUGE for me.  Had I not seen the loss on the scale I may not have been so motivated to keep at it.  Today I am 31 days abstinent.....WOOT WOOT!!  My hope is that as my body settles into this meal plan, I will continue to lose 1-2 (healthy loss) lbs a week (secretly I wish for 4). 

I am continuing with Tuesday and Thursday evening walks with neighborhood ladies.  We walk about three miles in an hour.  Mon, Wed, and Fri mornings (5 a.m.) are cardio.....training for a 5k, new interest spinning and my fall back the elliptical.  Tuesday and Thursday mornings are for Body Pump, full body weight training.  If I have the time (energy) on Wed night I go to body combat or zumba.  The weekends we try to fit in a family walk along the greenbelt or a hike up City Creek.

Honestly, today, just writing this post is making me tired.  Today I am taking a rest day.  Well, a rest night....I was up at 4 this morning and to the gym by 4:30.  I did my 5K trainer for 30 minutes, elliptical for 15 and then spinning for 30 minutes.  I am honoring my body as it tells me what it needs.  Here it is 7:00 p.m. and I have been in my pajamas since 6:00 p.m. (don't judge me).  Tomorrow I have a full body massage scheduled as a reward for my 30 days abstinence and to get rid of a terrible tightness in my neck.  (Can't wait for that reward....even better if someone else was paying for it.)  Never the less, well deserved if I do say so myself. (Not rewarding with food...this is HUGE!!!!!)

Today......259 lbs....gain of 1 lb over the last week.

Loss since starting abstinence net 15 lbs in 31 days.  (Which I realize is pretty great, all things considered.)

Thanks for listening to me ramble.  I am off to climb in bed and watch a movie. 

Happy Wednesday!!!

Net Loss 15...but I still see physical change even though no lbs lost this week