I have decided to re-write my weigh in since my last post was a bit pre-mature. I weighed in last night and showed no weight loss. I was pretty shocked. This has been a very active week for running, walking, biking. I'm doing something every day. The nurse and doctor reassured me that this is normal. To me it does not make sense.
I sat in class listening to Michelle (my health educator) talk about "More is Better". The concept is, if you're hungry, eat more in-the-box foods. They are low cal, good for you etc, you will not gain weight. The longer I sat through the discussion the more frustrated I became so I decided to talk with her after class.
Michelle looked through my food and exercise log and believes that with my increased PA, my body is holding on to some water. My TOM is also coming due which would not only contribute to the increased hunger I was having a few days ago but also some water retention. Lastly, since I ran out of cereal which I normally eat for dinner, I have been eating MR's and skipping the last shake. Since I get all my nutrition from the shakes, my body is likely irritated that it was deprived some nutrients.
So the goal for this week is: add an extra shake everyday this week to give my body the nutrients to recover from my PA and meal skipping. Hopefully my TOM will come and go. Keep up with my PA since I'm enjoying it so much.
I felt better after that conversation and plan to do as she says. Tonight, I'm going to ride my bike then soak in the jacuzzi to work out the sore kinks from my last run. I would like to run tomorrow and start Week 2 of the Couch 2 5k program. My sister has started week 2 and I need to keep up with her! :-D
Wish me luck and weight loss!
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