I haven't really been on a plateau, I have had weeks that I didn't lose anything, but then the next week I lost a lot. But now I have really hit one, and I don't know what to do. They talked in group about exercising more, but I really don't want to exercise more. It takes me a long time to just do what I am doing (an hour exercise can take up to three hours) so I don't think I will increase the exercise right now.
Last week I thought I had gained 4 pounds so I pretty much starved myself for the day and exercised like crazy. I completely dehydrated myself all to lose .3 of a pound. I am not going to do that this week. The chips will fall were they may. Blah.
On top of that I find that I am drifting a little. I am eating fruit and not recording it before hand (as T2 says I am freelancing) and that can be dangerous since I have my calories worked out ahead of time and then I add more calories. So yesterday I went over my calories for the first time in 7 months. I was really hungry and I ate a lot of fruit. My stomach is still hurting, and it just feels like it is eating itself. I am not sure why I am hungry.
So today I get back up and do only what I am given and hope the pain goes away. I really would like to lose the next ten pounds so I can hit my third goal. It is only ten pound. Pooh.
Last week I thought I had gained 4 pounds so I pretty much starved myself for the day and exercised like crazy. I completely dehydrated myself all to lose .3 of a pound. I am not going to do that this week. The chips will fall were they may. Blah.
On top of that I find that I am drifting a little. I am eating fruit and not recording it before hand (as T2 says I am freelancing) and that can be dangerous since I have my calories worked out ahead of time and then I add more calories. So yesterday I went over my calories for the first time in 7 months. I was really hungry and I ate a lot of fruit. My stomach is still hurting, and it just feels like it is eating itself. I am not sure why I am hungry.
So today I get back up and do only what I am given and hope the pain goes away. I really would like to lose the next ten pounds so I can hit my third goal. It is only ten pound. Pooh.
Here's my pop psych theory: because you are now permitted to choose your own foods you are hungry simply because you know you can have whatever you want. Whereas before, you *knew* you couldn't have any other food, so your mind didn't bother to yearn for them. Just a theory.
ReplyDeleteT2 - good theory!
ReplyDeleteT3 eats LOTS of fruit (which should help with the "elimination" process)