2010 Week #1 - Queen of Denial
So after a month of no exercise and a month of feasting on burgers, fries, pasta, ice cream, and tons and tons of carbs (basically any damn think I wanted) I finally got on the scale. I naively thought that perhaps I was up a couple of pounds. No big deal, I was slowly getting back to the gym and had gone twice already that week. No matter what my oh-to-tight-pants were telling me, I was convinced I had gained maybe 2-3 pounds.
Half asleep and grumbling I expectantly got on the scale. I waited impatiently for the scale to confirm what I already knew. The red LED lights blinked as it calculated. I gave a start when the red glaring lights read 220.4 lbs. OMG!!!! How had I gained 9.4 lbs in a month? How is that physically possible when I wasn’t binging? How is that possible with no gland disorder? How, how, how?
After careful consideration and a lot of swearing I was able to deduce that although I was not binging like I used to I was eating way too many calories than I should have, especially when I cut out exercise.
I hadn’t tracked my food in almost 4 months, telling myself it was too much work and I could eyeball it. After all I had lost 20 lbs. I know how to do this and don’t need a food journal
Wrong.
Apparently my inner scale and my inner food calorie calculator were both malfunctioning. My only hope was to go back to square one.
Back to basics is what I like to call it.
Logging my food + consistent exercise + cooking more at home +drinking water+ limiting fast food + sleeping 8 hours/day = weight loss
Ah this enigmatic equation. Seems so simple yet it foils most people. So after a month of no exercise and approximately 4 months of not tracking my calories I have dragged by slightly fatter body back on the wagon and I’m digging my nails in and holding on for dear life.
I have done this before and I can do it again!
You measly 10 lbs may have won the battle but I will win the war. This is my body, my home and nobody beats me in my house. Be prepared to be destroyed. And tell your other fat cell friends that I am coming for them too…
Original Starting weight: 233
Last Weigh in: 211
Todays Weigh in: 220.4 (+9.4) *shudder*
Total Weight loss: 12.6
Half asleep and grumbling I expectantly got on the scale. I waited impatiently for the scale to confirm what I already knew. The red LED lights blinked as it calculated. I gave a start when the red glaring lights read 220.4 lbs. OMG!!!! How had I gained 9.4 lbs in a month? How is that physically possible when I wasn’t binging? How is that possible with no gland disorder? How, how, how?
After careful consideration and a lot of swearing I was able to deduce that although I was not binging like I used to I was eating way too many calories than I should have, especially when I cut out exercise.
I hadn’t tracked my food in almost 4 months, telling myself it was too much work and I could eyeball it. After all I had lost 20 lbs. I know how to do this and don’t need a food journal
Wrong.
Apparently my inner scale and my inner food calorie calculator were both malfunctioning. My only hope was to go back to square one.
Back to basics is what I like to call it.
Logging my food + consistent exercise + cooking more at home +drinking water+ limiting fast food + sleeping 8 hours/day = weight loss
Ah this enigmatic equation. Seems so simple yet it foils most people. So after a month of no exercise and approximately 4 months of not tracking my calories I have dragged by slightly fatter body back on the wagon and I’m digging my nails in and holding on for dear life.
I have done this before and I can do it again!
You measly 10 lbs may have won the battle but I will win the war. This is my body, my home and nobody beats me in my house. Be prepared to be destroyed. And tell your other fat cell friends that I am coming for them too…
Original Starting weight: 233
Last Weigh in: 211
Todays Weigh in: 220.4 (+9.4) *shudder*
Total Weight loss: 12.6
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