That is a seriously low blow, scale. I weighed in today at 0.8 pounds more than I did when I started in October.
I had Chinese food for dinner last night so I am hoping that at least part may be water weight. I have not been doing well with the meal planning or tracking (Chinese food for dinner the night before a weigh-in, for example) and this is not unexpected. I have been feeling pessimistic since last week about my ability to lose and maybe it became a self-fulfilling prophecy this week.
Successes: I went to swim last night even though I really, really, really did not want to. I have been making more of an effort to dress nicely for work and social events and people have been noticing.
Opportunities for improvement: Tracking. Planning. Getting my fruits, vegetables, and water in. Eliminating the takeout-because-I-didn't-plan meals. More than that, being kind to myself. I need to stop kicking myself for getting out of shape from my Supercool Triathlete Days years ago. I was working on my dissertation and then I worked a job where I commuted 2 hours a day and traveled about 20% of the time. There were reasons. Dwelling on that is only making it harder for me to get closer to my goals. Besides, even then I had moments of feeling Not Good Enough. I'm pretty good at bringing that mindset along with me no matter what the circumstances.
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I think it is helpful to stock my fridge on Sunday, so no matter what happens I have food READY.
ReplyDeleteLast night I cooked chicken breasts, roasted veggies, cleaned/chopped raw veggies, lightly steamed asparagus.
I go to the grocery on the way home from yoga every Sunday night now. When I walk in the door, I cook/prep.
I also have a mental list of food I can get away from home in an emergency.
These are things that made a big difference for me.
Very good job on not kicking yourself over this, good job on just figuring it out and moving forward.
I also have days where I do not want to go to class but make myself and am always glad I did. If I can just keep moving forward in my actions, then I feel better.
Good post.
Food prep & cooking is a big issue for me, too. Any kind of restaurant food makes me bloat & I'm sure Chinese is some of the worst. Could be 2-3 pounds worth of bloat.
ReplyDeleteI love how you are working on being nicer to yourself. It is so hard to not dwell on the glory days of when we were fitter. I do that all the time when I run. "I used to be able to run 3 miles in 30 minutes" runs through my head way too often when my garmin reports 37 min for my 3 mile runs. Then, I take a breath and look at when it was taking me 40-45 minutes to run/walk 3 miles. And I recognize progress instead of living in the past.