3/1/12 247.2
Pounds lost doing SpireSpire: 78.1
Pounds lost in March: .7
Pounds lost in April: 3.5
Pounds lost in May: 7.0
Pounds lost in June: 7.1
7/7/13 152.3
7/14/13 150.8
7/20/13 148.8
7/28/13 156.1
8/4/13 162.3
One of the main benefits of blogging is reflection, so let's examine the last two weeks very carefully. My water intake has been good- roughly 75 ounces a day. There was a day or two this week that I maybe drank about 50 instead of 75, but for the most part, I'm doing what I need to do there. I didn't exercise at all last week, but this week I did five relatively intense workouts (more on that later). For breakfast the last two weeks, I've been doing either a Fiber One breakfast bar and a piece of fruit or an Egg White Delight from McDonalds- about 50/50. The Egg White Delight is a new addition to my routine, but I don't think it's the culprit- it's only 250 calories, which is a reasonable breakfast. Lunch has been a Michelina's Light frozen dinner or a Progresso Light Soup. Dinners, snacks and desserts have been the same as normal. What I'm seeing as I look at the trend is that maybe between the Egg White Delights, the frozen dinner and the soups, I'm getting too much sodium? Too much processed stuff?
Or it's very possible that the Wii balance board is no longer a reliable scale. I changed the batteries a couple of weeks ago, and that's when the trouble started. I don't know why fresh batteries would make it go bad, though... you could argue that weak batteries were giving me false low numbers in the weeks leading up to this, but why would the fresh batteries make my numbers go up so dramatically? I've gotten back into the swing of daily weigh-ins this week, and one night I weighed in before I went to bed and then the next morning I was up over 5 pounds from the night before. That's just not possible. I may have to give up the scale that so kindly weighs me in at least ten pounds lighter than the very, very reliable scale at the weight loss clinic where I work.
Either way, this result really pisses me off. I worked hard this week. I sacrificed birthday treats (I had Subway for lunch and a salad at our birthday dinner out and only had one small piece of cake). I ate half a sandwich when I really wanted the whole thing a couple of times. I did my workouts when I felt like skipping. And it is incredibly hard to make myself do the same thing next week when this week, it led to a 6 pound gain.
I'm going to give it one more week. If I don't start to move in the right direction again, I'll make some changes to my menu, and if that doesn't work, I'll make the switch to the scale at work, which I really really don't want to do.
It's a pretty intense workout, and I've felt sore the next day a few times, and that could be one of the factors if it is a real weight gain rather than a busted scale. When we work out hard we tear our muscles, and when we tear our muscles our bodies retain water to make the necessary repairs. So maybe I'm retaining massive amounts of water due to the new workout.
Today is day 6, and I've been pretty faithful with it, missing only one day (not out of lack of willpower, more out of lack of opportunity)- I even did the workout on my birthday. It's only 25 minutes from warmup to cooldown, and level 1 is right at my fitness level, despite the first day knocking the wind out of me (I had to take a five minute break in the middle, certain that I was going to pass out or throw up). I'm sure it'll get harder as I move into level 2- you spend 10 days at each level. I've already seen some improvement, though- I can now (sort of) do a (girly) pushup. I still can't go very far down, and I'm sure it doesn't look far at all- but I'm doing my best and going down a little further every day, and it feels good to be conquering something challenging again.