UPDATED to add: I'm heading to PT in a few and I am PUMPED up. I think my caloric intake needs some tweaking. Definitely need to add more protein and veggies to my mostly vegetarian diet. 'Tis true, how I manage to be mostly a vego is a mystery unto myself, but I rarely eat meat. My weekly goal will be to add more veggies and protein calories and see if that helps any... Here I go!
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Well, that was the most anticlimactic weigh in EVAH!Seriously? I lost nothing. Nada. Zero. Normally, I'd be all, "whatevs" new week and all that, but if you recall, I didn't weigh in last week due to my visitor.
So I expected at least some sort of loss. Sure I'm upset. In fact, that's an understatement, but it's scientifically impossible that I haven't lost any body fat (i.e. weight). For two reasons:
1. I've been working out harder & more this month than I have in months.
2. I'd need to be eating *AT LEAST* 2,731 calories a day to MAINTAIN my current lard.
I can tell you right now with my hand on a stack of Bibles that there is no way I'm eating that much daily. In fact, on my highest caloric day I've only hulked it up to 1,800 calories.
So what's the deal, yo?
I feel better having posted the reasoning behind this inconclusive scale number, but I'm still pissed. Hopefully, by tonight's PT session my mentality will be back in killer mode & I'll be out of this "stupid scale" funk!
Happy Monday!
13 comments:
I know, I know. Just don't let it throw you.
Personally...not that my life matches yours...but I have found that it takes like 1-2 weeks to see the results of what I'm doing. For example I can pig out and the next day see nothing on the scale, so I htink haha I beat yo...but suddenly 5 or 6 days later I'm up 2lbs! So give it a little more time and I bet you'll see a big drop. Also are you taking measurements??
I agree...maybe start taking some measurements.
Also, I find that not eating after supper makes the pounds drop...FAST! Might be worth a try :)
Scrumpy - I'm trying! So far, so good....
RttF - i never thought about it like that, but it makes perfect sense! i will definitely keep that in mind.
Carolyn - welcome back!!!!! that's will be my goal for this month -- not eating after dinner. good plan!
I think the world is out to get us.
Seriously.
Another thing - although the scale isn't showing a discernable drop, perhaps other fitness markers are being met - measurements are an easy one to see, but sometimes it's as simple as just FEELING better when you're working hard. Like Amanda said, it can take a while for the weight loss to show up on the scale, but you are probably noticing differences elsewhere!
Totally start taking measurements, secondly, consider eating more.
I had an incredibly long and drawn out plateau (i mean months... like 6 of them) when I had switched my workout routine and was doing more and more crazy fitness stuff. The solution? I wasn't eating ENOUGH.
I started adding more food to my plate and the pounds fell off. It was crazy. Eat back some of the calories you burn, your body needs them to maintain that level of fitness. Give it a try this week. If you burn 600 calories in a workout, eat back at least 150. 1/4 as a general rule (for myself).
I do feel better, and I'm sleeping soooo much better. So there's that...
I wonder how much I should be eating?! Perhaps, I'll ask the trainer tonight...
I like the idea of taking measurements. The scale is such a pain!
Just a thought, it would take you over 2,000 to maintain your current weight IF and ONLY IF your metabolism is running efficiently. If it's not, there could be any number of reasons behind that. Best of luck finding out what works for you!
Ah yes, the evil scales of doom - long have I struggled with their tyranny. I have to say I would be throwing myself about, having a hissy fit and generally having a tantrum. But then I would tell myself, what's the alternative? Unless there's a genuine one (NOT going pacman and eating everything in sight) you just have to plod on and hope it will all come out right. I speak from bitter experience....
here's my two cents a little late:
whenever I'm doing intensive strength training, I have to stay off the scale because it is guarateed to stay the same or go up. I don't know why but it does. I don't usually see results for a couple of weeks. If I'm doing cardio ONLY, I usually see the scale drop sooner. Of course it could be a calorie thing, too. But WHAT you're eating is just as important as HOW MUCH you're eating, you know?
so what did the PT say?
get into those measurements - who cares about the scales if the clothes and the measurements are getting smaller!
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